Remove Pre-welcome Screen Wallpaper.

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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.
 
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
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!
 
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
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>
 
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
> >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>
 
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
>> >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.
 
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.
Think on the end before you begin [~ Sir. 32:24].
 
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