Remove Pre-welcome Screen Wallpaper.

[Guest Indicium]

Hi,

 

Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after

the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is displayed.

In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

 

In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC the

normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the welcome-screen

appeared.

 

Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot

just before the welcome screen?

 

I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"

(http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen

wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other articles.

However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to get rid of the

pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the normal light blue

Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

 

The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility

"remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the "login

screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by pressing

"Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

 

I am looking forward to any suggestions.

 

Thanking you in advance.

 

Kind regards.

[Guest Malke]

Re: Remove Pre-welcome Screen Wallpaper.

 

Indicium wrote:

> Hi,

>

> Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after

> the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is

> displayed. In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

>

> In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC

> the normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the

> welcome-screen appeared.

>

> Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot

> just before the welcome screen?

>

> I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"

> (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen

> wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other

> articles. However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to

> get rid of the pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the

> normal light blue Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

>

> The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility

> "remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the

> "login screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by

> pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

 

Control Panel>Display>Desktop - set the wallpaper to none, Apply/OK out.

Reboot to check that no wallpaper is displayed. If all is well, go to

Control Panel>Display and set whatever wallpaper you like.

 

Malke

--

MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

Don't Panic!

[Guest Indicium]

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

Hi,

 

I have done what you want. At the moment there is no wallpaper on my

desktop. However, after restarting WinXP (after the boot) just before the

welcome-screen the default wallpaper is still displayed for a couple of

seconds.

 

Is it not possible to get rid of the wallpaper?

 

I am looking forward to your advice on this matter, because I find it pretty

annoying. I just re-installed Windows XP on my Dell-PC.

 

Thanking you in advance.

 

Kind regards.

 

 

"Malke" wrote:

> Indicium wrote:

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after

> > the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is

> > displayed. In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

> >

> > In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC

> > the normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the

> > welcome-screen appeared.

> >

> > Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot

> > just before the welcome screen?

> >

> > I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"

> > (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen

> > wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other

> > articles. However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to

> > get rid of the pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the

> > normal light blue Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

> >

> > The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility

> > "remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the

> > "login screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by

> > pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

>

> Control Panel>Display>Desktop - set the wallpaper to none, Apply/OK out.

> Reboot to check that no wallpaper is displayed. If all is well, go to

> Control Panel>Display and set whatever wallpaper you like.

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> Don't Panic!

>

[Guest Jordan]

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

On Mar 24, 4:29 pm, Indicium <Indic...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have done what you want. At the moment there is no wallpaper on my

> desktop. However, after restarting WinXP (after the boot) just before the

> welcome-screen the default wallpaper is still displayed for a couple of

> seconds.

>

> Is it not possible to get rid of the wallpaper?

>

> I am looking forward to your advice on this matter, because I find it pretty

> annoying. I just re-installed Windows XP on my Dell-PC.

>

> Thanking you in advance.

>

> Kind regards.

>

> "Malke" wrote:

> > Indicium wrote:

>

> > > Hi,

>

> > > Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after

> > > the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is

> > > displayed. In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

>

> > > In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC

> > > the normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the

> > > welcome-screen appeared.

>

> > > Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot

> > > just before the welcome screen?

>

> > > I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"

> > > (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen

> > > wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other

> > > articles. However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to

> > > get rid of the pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the

> > > normal light blue Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

>

> > > The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility

> > > "remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the

> > > "login screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by

> > > pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

>

> > Control Panel>Display>Desktop - set the wallpaper to none, Apply/OK out.

> > Reboot to check that no wallpaper is displayed. If all is well, go to

> > Control Panel>Display and set whatever wallpaper you like.

>

> > Malke

> > --

> > MS-MVP

> > Elephant Boy Computers

> >http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> > Don't Panic!

 

Indicium,

You said you already tried the options at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm.

Did you actually try to do it yourself, or just use the program? I

would try to do it myself. Since you said you just reloaded, having a

backup of your registry is probably not important, and as long as you

stay in the keys listed on the site, you won't screw anything up.

(That's a 95% guarantee. There is always a 5% chance when working on

Windows.) As a last resort, you could find the same wallpaper you are

seeing at logon in windows explorer, rename it, and then create a new

picture in Paint with the exact name of wallpaper before you renamed

it. Then you could have any color you want!

 

Hope that helps!

</jordan>

[Guest Richard in AZ]

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

 

"Jordan" <hackerX361@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:319a194d-c4ae-4410-9117-19ee1cea005a@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> On Mar 24, 4:29 pm, Indicium <Indic...@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote:

>> Hi,

>>

>> I have done what you want. At the moment there is no wallpaper on my

>> desktop. However, after restarting WinXP (after the boot) just before the

>> welcome-screen the default wallpaper is still displayed for a couple of

>> seconds.

>>

>> Is it not possible to get rid of the wallpaper?

>>

>> I am looking forward to your advice on this matter, because I find it pretty

>> annoying. I just re-installed Windows XP on my Dell-PC.

>>

>> Thanking you in advance.

>>

>> Kind regards.

>>

>> "Malke" wrote:

>> > Indicium wrote:

>>

>> > > Hi,

>>

>> > > Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after

>> > > the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is

>> > > displayed. In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

>>

>> > > In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC

>> > > the normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the

>> > > welcome-screen appeared.

>>

>> > > Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot

>> > > just before the welcome screen?

>>

>> > > I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"

>> > > (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen

>> > > wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other

>> > > articles. However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to

>> > > get rid of the pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the

>> > > normal light blue Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

>>

>> > > The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility

>> > > "remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the

>> > > "login screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by

>> > > pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

>>

>> > Control Panel>Display>Desktop - set the wallpaper to none, Apply/OK out.

>> > Reboot to check that no wallpaper is displayed. If all is well, go to

>> > Control Panel>Display and set whatever wallpaper you like.

>>

>> > Malke

>> > --

>> > MS-MVP

>> > Elephant Boy Computers

>> >http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

>> > Don't Panic!

>

> Indicium,

> You said you already tried the options at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm.

> Did you actually try to do it yourself, or just use the program? I

> would try to do it myself. Since you said you just reloaded, having a

> backup of your registry is probably not important, and as long as you

> stay in the keys listed on the site, you won't screw anything up.

> (That's a 95% guarantee. There is always a 5% chance when working on

> Windows.) As a last resort, you could find the same wallpaper you are

> seeing at logon in windows explorer, rename it, and then create a new

> picture in Paint with the exact name of wallpaper before you renamed

> it. Then you could have any color you want!

>

> Hope that helps!

> </jordan>

I had this same problem with a customer's machine. (posted a month ago with the same advice) I did

find the photo that flashed between the logo screen and the welcome screen. I copied with a new

name to a new location, then changed it to a single color (with paint). That did not stop the

flash of the original picture. I had also set up the desktop background to none, rebooted several

times, still that photo of the baby's feet still flashed between the two screens. It looked like a

total reinstallation was require to delete that bug, but that was not in the customers be$t

interest. The program listed in the link above allows you to change the Welcome Screen background.

That is not the problem. The problem is the bug that locks a picture flash between screens.

[Guest Indicium]

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

Re: Remove Pre-welcome screen Wallpaper.

 

Hi,

 

You could be right. I re-installed my system twice. However, the wallpaper

is still displayed. It is located in

 

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\OriginalWallpaper

 

And

 

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper

 

 

If I remove those keys [i.e. to "Blank" or to "(None)"] the registry also

changes the following:

 

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Desktop\OriginalWallpaper

 

And

 

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper

 

I am looking forward to any advice on this matter.

 

Thanking you in advance.

 

Kind regards.

 

Indicium.

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