Last night I got bored, and decided to port the Longhorn 3706 logon screen to Windows XP. I managed to make a logon screen that is very true to the one on Longhorn, but without the clock. (unfortunately getting the clock to work requires more than just reshacking )

Here's a picture of Longhorn 3706 next to XP SP2 which is running my logon:


Link: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38752086/

cool, too bad about the clock

Nice work pr0gram...

...Whos Ben? You're not called Ben are you?

Yes, he is called Ben.

Yup. Well, from the screenie I'm not the "n00b" user, so I have to be Ben

Propably there is no way to have clock on logon in xp... maybe changing some files from older LH builds (3683/3706/3718)?

not without some thirdparty program that has a lot of spyware/bloatware

I dont see the use of the clock on the login screen. I mean how many people do you know that leave their pc on the login screen just to look at it or look at a clock? I know none.

I have 3 clocks in my room so I never need to look at the pc one. I have a watch, my alarm clock and my hi-fi.

because we can, why else?

True, but some features really are useless.

I tried running the 3706 logon directly under XP, it didn't like it at all.

I think one thing that might complicate things is that the LH logon has bits through it which look like it supports replacing the classic logon for logging onto domains as well, which could be a bit of a problem. However, the part which processes the UIFile and the appearance doesn't seem to have changed a lot, because I only had to make a few tiny changes to get it working on XP.

...and a clock on the logon screen *is* useful Having a clock on screen at all times is very convenient when you don't have a clock handy

hmmm, i wonder if you could get it to work under 95

good luck

that screen is sweetness! Im gonna try it soon!

Thanks for a quality login screen!

i just installed it, works great. too bad i only have one user and never use the logon screen but i will keep it

Nice job.

nice like this thanx

x64 version ?

Thanks for the positive feedback guys, I appreciate it



Send me the XP x64 logonui.exe and I'll make one

Can you do one without the "Codename: Longhorn" text?

open the file with reshacker and change the Codename: Longhorn bit

right here...
http://rapidshare.com/files/1066788/logonui.rar.html

There is a 32bit and x64 version supplied with Windows x64... Which one must be modded i don't know (how about both?)

Do you know if this works with StyleXP?

Probably, not sure ... I think if you installed the logon screen by copying to your system32 dir and changing the registry entry, it shouldn't matter if StyleXP is running or not.

Does this logon say stuff like "Windows is shutting down...", "Saving your settings", "Welcome", "Logging in...", "Loading your personal settings"??

If it doesn't can you make it so it does please??