Log On Screen - Change or Remove Text Branding

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Hey all I think everybody knows how to change the logon screen background according to Brinks tutorial:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5382-log-screen-change.html

Well, this tutorial will help show you how to change or remove the log on screen text branding in Windows 7.

   Note

You can remove after install, but I don't know if you can edit/replace it after installation. I did managed to replace it before installation modifying the install.wim file.

EXAMPLE: Log On Screen




Here's How:
1. In Windows Explorer, go to C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd and take ownership of the basebrd.dll file.


2. If you do not already have reshacker or restorator installed, then download and install one of them or a program like them.
3. In Windows Explorer, go to C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd and open the basebrd.dll file with reshacker, restorator, or etc.
4. Navigate to the bitmap folder and delete it.
NOTE: You can also edit or replace this BMP file as well to change the log on screen text branding.

5. When you restart the computer next time, the text branding will be gone on the log on screen.

And DONE Hope you guys like it

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• How to Fix Windows 7 Logon Screen Showing Only "Other User" and Last Logged On User Icon
• How to Change the Font on the Log On Screen in Windows 7
• How to Change the Logon Screen Text Color in Vista and Windows 7

 

[Magikill]

Fantastic tyvm this worked perfectly fine with reshacker . I only tried it with random bmp images but it worked fine which now motivates me to personalise a nice start up image

 

[CJW]

Good tutorial, easy to follow & fast to do. Thanks Dridzz

Interesting that many are having trouble. I am running 7 Pro 64Bit & using Resource Hacker, tutorial has worked for me no problem on the 1st try!
Didn't try editing the branding just yet, but I may this weekend. Be great if it works, will let everyone know.

 

[CJW]

Couldn't customize the branding by way of color / wording , but at least I did get rid of it.

 

[Redhouse]

...Adobe Photoshop is the way to go for editing any image with an alpha channel....

Can you expand on that a bit?

I just tried (with Photoshop7) and I get the same as the other poster, its a mish-mash of two bmp's or something.

How exactly do I save the bmp with alpha channel, and where is the alpha channel comming from?

{Edit}...

Ok I see the Alpha channel in the original bmp's extracted from reshacker, when I edited and saved mine, the alpha channel went away.

Also when I edit mine the alpha channel doesn't seem to edit along with the RGB channels (it stays as it was)

So how do I create a new alpha channel out of my own newly edited (RGB channels) bmp?

BTW, alpha channel staying as it was (looking at the channels palet) originally explains exactly what I see on the loging screen where it appears as a mish-mash of two images overlapping.

 

[Britton30]

I removed the win 7 logo from the Welcome screen with the reshacker option. On each reboot I now have to click my name, sfc /scannow finds corrupt unfixable files, and reboot times have doubled. Any way to reverse the process?

 

[Brink]

Hello Gary,

Since the SFC command was unable to repair the basebrd.dll file to restore it back to default, you could use the tutorial below to extract the basebrd.dll file and any other corrupted file listed in the sfcdetails.txt file from your retail Windows 7 installation disc to replace them in your installation.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/42776-extract-files-windows-7-installation-dvd.html

If you like, here's a unmodified copy of the basebrd.dll file from my 64-bit system in a ZIP file below. Be sure to extract and unblock it before copying it into your C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd folder.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Shawn, I went the easy non-geeky way and used your basebrd.dll. and replaced my modified one, seemed a lot easier. running sfc /scannow now.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome.

 

[Britton30]

And my final answer...back to normal, system speed good and reboot time at ~71 seconds again.

Thanks again Shawn.

 

[Brink]

Great news.

 

[IUseWindows7]

Venths i just found :
Windows 7 branding changer by ~myjuman on deviantART

 

[andyzan]

Hello to all!
Very interesting thread, but I should be interested in one step more, not found here but related to this argument:

How I can edit the CTRL+ALT+DEL screen?

I need to add some words more on that screen and up to know I found many tricks let me just to get a custom message but after that screen.

To let you to understand better what I'm looking for, you'll found attached to this post an image edited with PS (as an example, the message I would write is more serious)

Finally, I need to know which windows file is related to that screen, so I can modify it with Reshacker app.

Tks in advance!

 

[thomasblake222]

Reshacker

Reshacker works on it too!

Load the file, go to bitmap, right click a number eg (120) AND CLICK DELETE RESOURCE. DO THIS FOR THE OTHERS AND EVENTUALLY, THE BITMAP FOLDER WILL BE DELETED!

 

[kjbmarr]

okay, so i tried to edit the bitmaps and replaced the dll using reshack. i tested it and instead of the branding text being changed, it removed it. what is the problem?

 

[nevesswodniw]

Is there any way of stopping sfc scans from repairing/replacing the file?

 

[Brink]

Hello nevesswodniw,

You could use the sfc /verify command to only check and verify if you have any corrupted or modified system files without repairing them.

If you use sfc /scannow, then I'm afraid not since that is the whole purpose of a sfc scan to try and fix/replace corrupted/modified system files with a clean default copy.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[MourningStar]

For me, I used Restorator 2009.

I also had to enable Administrator account and log into it (when instructed to "run as administrator" this is what is being required)

Hope this helps others.

 

[scott]

anyone know what type of .bmp file it has to be before i go stabbing in the dark

 

[etienne2000]

Hello, i have changing on the file Basebrd.dll is done, replace original file is working, but after restart, i have nothing changer, (i have retarted 5 times, no change) i have windows 7 professional X64


If i edit authui.dll and modify the correct text by this:

<element id="atom(Branding)" layoutpos="none"/>

<button id="atom(Accessibility)" tooltip="true" layoutpos="none"/>

The brand logo after reboot do no appear on the screen, but all other try i have making for changing the logo is definitively not working on my computer. my computer is also working on UEFI boot , HDD have no bootmgr folder and file.


i have tried all what i have found on the net (application thad make automaticly the modification) mannual setting with ressource hacker, restorator, etc... but nothing working for changing the brand logo.

 

[zer0117]

Brink thanks for the great tutorials!

If you have trouble Saving as I did with restorator instead of going to the file with explorer, run restorator as admin and get to the file from there then edit it and save

-first time post hope this helps