Comments on: Custom Logonscreen Background

By: fredcadet

fredcadet — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:20:31 +0000

I like the concept of this but following this to a T on a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise service pack 2 will leave you with windows saying that this version of authui.dll is not meant for this version of windows. Any attempt to login will just leave you with a black screen. To fix this I replaced it offline with a backup from another computer.

By: Almaazon

Almaazon — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:58:36 +0000

Many thanx from egypt.

By: Wanted

Wanted — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:41:24 +0000

Hi Brian… I tried that and lots of other things. The biggest problem with this is that if it does not work, you have absolutely no way to get to your desktop. Even safemode does not work and as we all know, the super super smart people at Windows decided not to include a recovery option on the installation CD like the one in XP.. I am sad that it didn’t work for me but I am happy to see that is is working for others. I wish that the Windoze company had just included a way to customize this is the first place.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:58:13 +0000

Wanted, have you tried hitting “CTRL+ALT+DEL” twice at that login screen? It might just bring up the classic login screen…

By: Wanted

Wanted — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:36:18 +0000

I am sorry to report that this little “experiment has caused me to totally lose all access to my server. Yes… I backed up the authui.dll file… but no I did not expect what happened next after all the glowing reviews on this page. I followed every single step with surgical precision and I used the authui.dll file that was provided by the author of this document. I also used the software that was recommended above to apply the new logon screen. I changed no other settings with the software… when I logged out and logged back in… I got a black logon screen with nothing but a cursor. No field for me to enter my user name and/or password… I decided to wait to see if the logon screen would appear. I waited….and waited… you get the picture right… no logon screen… then I restarted about 25 times and waited for about 10 minutes each time over the next several days… Now I sit sad and frustrated… I fortunately have a backup of my server but sadly it is an old one… I write this as a warning for others who think this might be a great idea… It is no insult to the author but a warning not to try this unless you back up right before doing these kinds of experiments on your machine.

By: white

white — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:22:38 +0000

Hi,

Ist just tried this on some of my servers, so it works. But it appears just on the local console and not via remote.
I also installed it on my Terminalserver and it appears just on the local console. Does somebody have an idea how I can change this?

Thanks for your help

Mr. White

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:04:06 +0000

Is there a way to change the backgroup or a way to edit the authui.dll file for free?

This way of changing the Authui.dll works on all version of Windows Server 2008 and R2 I have tried it on all of them in my company.

Cheers

By: hmtilford

hmtilford — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:39:25 +0000

@ All..

Open up a command prompt window in administrator mode, it will not work if you right click and run as administrator. Once in command prompt manually run the command as administrative command prompt mode.

By: hmtilford

hmtilford — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:38:20 +0000

Got it working many thanks!! Will this change for any reason during windows update down the road? Guess that may always be a possibility.

By: sodaxp

sodaxp — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:36:08 +0000

Great job! I was looking forward to seeing this resolved many months ago! I will need to test this out in a virtual machine.

Thanks very much!

By: bboy_sonik

bboy_sonik — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:16:22 +0000

Cool stuff, glad to see you made our discoveries an official page Arris! *Thumbs up*

Carlos: Yeah, you can’t use SP1 files – must be from Vista without SP1

Arris: All credits to you and the other forum-members! I only made a summarizing article of your findings.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:14:38 +0000

Nevermind, I got it. I downloaded the authui.dll files you posted instead of using my Vista x64 SP1 versions. Now it works!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:12:03 +0000

I have tried this a couple of times, but when I get to the part where I use either Visual Master or LoginStudio, nothing happens when I hit apply to change the background.

It just remains with the blue background. I have gone over your instructions a few times over and it seems I have done everything right. Any thoughts?

By: Brian L

Brian L — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:19:02 +0000

Why does your welcome screen have a large display picture and name?

On my server 2008 enterprise, that icon and name is much smaller.

Arris: I think it’s because of the 800×600 resolution and it’s the only user there is

By: Mike Givler

Mike Givler — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:27:41 +0000

Thanks very much. One note for Corel Paint Shop Photo X2 users on Vista x64 or WinSvr2008 x64: if you manually copy in the two authui.dll files, you will have first changed ownership of the original authui.dll files from TrustedInstaller to something else (e.g., Administrator) in order to do the copy replacement. The two (new, replacement) files copied in will be owned by Administrator. The program Corel Photo X2 (PSP12) will fail with errors in kernel32.dll and ntdll.dll unless, after copying the two replacement files in, you change their owner to SYSTEM, or to TrustedInstaller if it is available. Failure takes the form of a total white screen.

By: Paulo Gabriel

Paulo Gabriel — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:10:24 +0000

Hi. I'm using the webserver version and testes with the "Automatic" mode. The logon screen was changed to vista screen, but I can't change it to another one. Any idea? Arris: I tested it in (Non-R2) Enterprise Edition virtual machines, but I expect all editions will use the same authui.dll. What error do you get when modifying the background using the applications mentioned in the article? If you don't get any error try monitoring the actions of the application during patching using Sysinternals Process Monitor. More information about this program at the forum.

By: Nick Pitello

Nick Pitello — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:26:29 +0000

Thanks!

By: Nick Pitello

Nick Pitello — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:31:51 +0000

Where did you get the mountains picture in the example picture above?

Arris: Here you go!

By: Jan Ringoš

Jan Ringoš — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:21:59 +0000

Is there a way to just change the background color (i.e. to full black) without replacing any of the files? I know that I can put there just black image, but that's not what I want, I would prefer not to replace any system files. Arris: I don't think this is a registry setting so at least you have to modify a system file. (imageres.dll or authui.dll?) Arris Edit: Just saw the following site that might help you: Virtual RJ: Black background at the login screen.