Logon Screen "Windows 7" logo remove/change?

Hi all,

I'm specifically looking for a way to change the logon screen Windows logo from its (personally) ugly appearence to white (both examples attached), I'd rather not remove the logo because I have it in my head that a plain white logo would match the "Windows 7 Home Premium/Ultimate/etc" text at the bottom of the screen.

I have opened authui.dll in notepad although I'm not too sure if it is possible to edit this .dll with notepad. I really do not want to use a resource hacker program to do it. I mean, I'm quite happy going into the registry to activate my own logon background and as happy editing a picture to fit nicely to my resolution! Hell, I go into the registry to do what most merge a downloaded .reg file to do! I am perfectly happy customizing Windows manually as I believe its a perfect way of being able to undo any problems that occur.

Excuse the length of this post and an apparent rant, I really am hoping that there is an "offline" method of customizing the logon logo!


EDIT: I don't mean the Boot animation. I just realized it may seem so by the attached images!

Cheers!

Hey, cheers for the quick reply,

I know how to change the logon background, I did however find a couple of interesting links on the link you gave me that I will try in the next couple of days, didn't want to have to use a program to do it but it looks as though I'll need to

Cheers dude!

fimble said:

Is this what you are looking for?

How to Change the Windows 7 Log On Screen Background

HTH.

Cheers man, in the end I decided agaisnt changing it in case it screws Windows up somehow! :)

fimble said:

Sorry, I misread your post.

But hope the links help you out!

rikusd said:

i want to remove the windows logo on the logon screen on Windows 7 starter. Any tips?

Welcome to the Seven Forums
Posting the same question in multiple posts remove welcome screen is against the forum rules, and these are old posts. Next time start a new thread.
In a other post you said you are able to do it with Pro and Ultimate they must be different then starter I do not have starter so I am unable to help.
I have always wanted to ask this question how much time you do you spend on the login screen that this logo bothers you.
Jerry