Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator
Till Windows Vista & Xp there was no support for changing Login Screen background and you have to use third party apps like logon studio for changing login screen background.
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8.6.2009 Change Logon Background in Windows Vista
I caught this via Steve Clayton (who caught it via Jeff Sandquist showing off his home) - Stardock has a really neat application called LogonStudio that allows you to change the background of your logon screen in Windows Vista. I absolutely love the space background.
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2.12.2007 New improved Win 7 Logon screen chenger
This app will auto resize you image to fit you current screen resolution. Must be run as admin. Works great.
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19.3.2009 Windows 7 to officially support logon UI background customization
As you probably know, Windows 7 build 7057, a build recently leaked to the public, sports a new (yet ugly) login UI background.
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16.3.2009 Configure Windows Logon Process with Winlogon Configuration Tool
Windows Logon Screen is the first screen displayed after you boot your Windows OS. Often you feel the need of changing logon user, enable/disable multi users logon session or running some script immediately after you login.
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15.7.2009 Windows 7 Build 7004 Is Win7 Beta 2?
The whole world is eagerly awaiting the official public release of Windows 7 Beta 1, widely speculated to be build version 6.1.7000.0 (or simply build 7000) in early January 2009, which may be as soon as within days.
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4.1.2009 Incoming - Real and fake Win7 patches
Microsoft has made available a patch to a Windows 7 bug in the Release Candidate (RC) and is preparing to roll out some “fake” test patches to verify Windows 7’s automatic-updating abilities this week.
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13.5.2009 Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs
Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
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22.5.2009 Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs
Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
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26.5.2009 Leaked memo hints at Win7 prices
Microsoft officials may not be ready to share the date of the Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade program they preannounced this week. But Best Buy is.
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5.6.2009 Windows 7 E (Europe) Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
Microsoft Windows 7 E Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
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8.7.2009 Get Free Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition with Party Pack By Hosting Win7 Launch Party
In a new campaign to promote Windows 7, Microsoft is giving chances to Windows 7 enthusiasts around the world to be part of Windows history by hosting a house party to mark the official launch of Windows 7.
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4.9.2009 Windows XP LogonUI Changer - Change Windows XP Logon Background
Windows 7 has got built-in feature to change Windows 7 Logon background and we have already covered Logon Changer & LogonUI background changer for Windows 7. For Windows Vista & XP Logonstudio is best tool to use.
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12.8.2009TuneUp Utilities 2007
Expand the possibilities of
your operating system. All
important aspects of system
configuration, security,
cleanup and maintenance can be
accessed through a modern
graphical interface. The new
TuneUp Utilities 2007 will
make Windows even faster, more
comfortable and more secure
than ever. Configuring the
system, making backups and
performing maintenance can be
easily carried out using the
intuitive user interface - all
easily done in one program at
a single glance.
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19.12.2006Microsoft on Win7 UAC: 'Take the emotions out of the discussion'
The latest blog posts from Windows 7 engineers reveal this quandary: If the whole point of accelerating Win7 was to eliminate the Vista complaints,
and the tool to accomplish that is generating more complaints, what do they do?..
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06.02.2009Windows 7 to support logon UI backgrounds
In the latest Windows 7 build (7057), recently leaked to the public, Rafael Rivera over at Within Windows has found that users can customize the UI
logon background images to include custom images. Rafael reports that the functionality was probably designed for OEM manufactures to include
custom images for Windows 7 in pre-configured computers, but users can now include their own images without the need to use a simple third-party
program. After enabling a registry setting, users can use any image of their choice, as long as their are less than 256kb in size.
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16.03.2009Neowin's Top 10 Windows applications
A little while back, Neowin news writer Andrew Lyle went ahead and asked the community about their favorite Windows Mobile and iPhone applications. It
seemed fitting to repeat this process, with a larger scale in mind; the top 10 favorite Windows applications. I'm not going to bore you with a
witty introduction or lame jokes, so let's just jump straight into it, starting from #10. #10: TuneUp Utilities 2009 TuneUp Utilities tends to be
the crowd favorite when it comes to performance optimization software. It has a crazy range of features, and it wraps them all up into a slick
interface. I use it myself, daily, and have done for years now.
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11.04.2009Why does Windows XP generate so many logon failure events?
Eric Fitzgerald: I got the question last week, why there are so many logon failure events on Windows XP when it is not domain joined.
The short answer is, by design. (Yes, bad design.)
The longer answer is that the shell team is working around the fact that
there is no "tell me if this user account has a blank password" API.
When in a workgroup (not domain joined), Windows XP
displays a welcome screen that has little pictures (called "tiles") for each user who is permitted to log on to the computer.
The shell team wanted the experience that when you click on a tile, that you will immediately be logged on if your password is blank (we have good
data that a large percentage of home users have blank passwords). They only want you to be prompted for a password if you actually have a password.
Fair enough, and it also helps with accessibility for people for whom typing is challenging.
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10.11.2007Two timesavers when Windows misbehaves
Windows occasionally gets into a weird state where, well, things just stop working - the start menu doesn't launch some apps anymore, clicking links
in Internet Explorer doesn't work, context menus stop working, etc.*
Instead of rebooting Windows to get things working again,
try logging out and logging back in. When Windows (and the apps that plug into the Windows shell) get into some weird state, you don't need to
reboot; a logoff shuts down the Windows Explorer, and a logon loads it again.
The system services in Windows generally don't get
into too weird a state. So they can just keep on running during your logoff/logon.
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22.01.2008Ballmer: Yes on Windows 7 for netbooks, but maybe not a specific SKU
Did the Microsoft CEO really say what the financial press says he said about netbooks and Win7? Not really.
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09.03.2009Tech support firm expects bump in business from Win7
With Windows 7 in the wings, on-demand tech support firm iYogi is expanding its staff to accommodate an anticipated run on its services, especially
from those moving off XP.
The New York-based firm, which offers remote technical support to consumers and small businesses, has
increased its staff by more than 200 people. The company, which has 90,000 users around the globe, says it is anticipating that XP users will have the
most trouble and the most questions.
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17.09.2009Microsoft says yes, will augment UAC in the next Win7 RC
In a stunning and maybe unprecedented accedence to public opinion this morning, Microsoft has announced it will take the emotion out of its
discussion, and simply do something its users are asking for...
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06.02.2009Canonical discloses Samba Vulnerability in Linux
Canonical has disclosed a security vulnerability that affects various versions, including the latest version 7.10, of its Linux distribution, as well
as corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The flaw occurs because Samba, an application which provides seamless file and print
services to SMB/CIFS clients, does not correctly check the size of reply packets to mailslot requests. It is therefore possible for a remote attacker
to execute malicious code by sending a specially crafted domain logon packet, assuming that domain logon is enabled on the server. Thankfully, it is
disabled by default in Ubuntu and upgrading libsmbclient as well as samba to the latest versions for the OS fixes the issue.
Update:
Several members have noted in the comments that this is, in fact, not a vulnerability limited to Ubuntu, but is a problem with samba itself. We
recommend keeping up to date, no matter what distribution you are using.
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19.12.2007XP Pro to receive WGA similar to Vista SP1
Remember how everyone was excited about how Vista SP1 received a WGA update to not block you from your computer?
Well, the same is coming
to Windows XP. (Professional only, though. Who would want to pirate XP Home?)
From the WGA Blog:
With this update to
WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows
Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their
next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously (see below).
The desktop
background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue
to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.
Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop
notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image (see below) appears over the system tray and is
non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.
As with previous releases, if a copy of Windows fails
validation, notifications will appear above the system tray regularly - and we will continue to have the pre-logon message, the logon interrupt
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27.08.2008Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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25.02.2009Leaks indicate Microsoft is un-rethinking the Win7 taskbar
During last week's touring WinHEC conference in Beijing, attendees were treated to the latest Windows 7 build running in a virtual machine. Trouble
is, someone apparently pilfered a copy of the VHD, and now it's loose...
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09.12.2008Elevations Are Now Blocked in the User's Logon Path
Hi, Jim Hong, Program
Manager on UAC, here again to
tell you about a new change in
the UAC user experience coming
in RC1. Applications that
start when the user logs on
and that require elevation are
now blocked in the logon path.
Without blocking
applications from prompting
for elevation in the user's
logon path, both standard
users and administrators would
have to respond to a User
Account Control dialog box
on every log on . While
this potentially becomes an
annoyance for administrators,
it is an unusable UI for
standard users who cannot
drive the UAC elevation prompt
without having an
administrator around to
provide credentials.
Furthermore, we advise users
to be wary of prompts that
appear without them taking an
explicit action -- and prompts
generated at startup go
against that advice.
In RC1 and later,
Windows Vista notifies the
user if an application has
been blocked by placing an
icon in the system tray and
providing a notification
balloon during the startup
sequence. See Fig. 1 for a
visual of what this might look
like:
microsoft.com/windowsvista - 29.05.2007
A peek at an early build of the new Win7 taskbar
One of Mac OS X's most successful features has been its zooming apps dock, which has been mimicked in third-party utilities for Windows. Windows 7's
new taskbar looks more similar, but its changes are already themselves being changed...
betanews.com - 05.11.2008
Desktop Security: Create Custom Login Experiences With Credential Providers For Windows Vista
Credential providers in
Windows Vista allow you to
customize the logon experience
and integrate the
authentication methods that
best meet your organization's
needs. With this article,
learn how to write your own...
msdn.microsoft.com - 27.01.2007
Microsoft on Win7 Beta: 'The download experience was not ideal'
After adding some server horsepower to the Windows 7 beta download over the weekend, some testers did manage to receive working copies. That's not to
say everything's working perfectly just yet...
betanews.com - 12.01.2009
Ballmer: Windows Live to integrate with Facebook, new Win7 beta
Its enterprise brands have all been succeeding quite nicely -- Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Office, SharePoint. But in the consumers'
mind, Microsoft took a beating last year. How will Ballmer recover?..
betanews.com - 08.01.2009
Windows 7 On Track For 2010 Release
That's the year we'll make contact, and not before.
Chris Flores, the head of Microsoft Featured Communities confirmed to Neowin by
stating "As most of you are well aware, there has been quite a bit of recent speculation about Win7. While I am not at liberty to discuss the details
of Win7 (yet) I do want to set the record straight that we are still shooting for 2010 - 3 years from the launch of Vista."
Bearing in
mind that 2010 is just a little under a year and a half away, it's unreasonable to think that something would be released in between; however we
can speculate that SP2 for Windows Vista will come before then and may introduce some new features making the upgrade from XP worthwhile. Pure
speculation of course!
neowin.net - 09.04.2008
Free Windows XP tuneup: Put new life into an old workhorse
Microsoft may have given up on Windows XP, but that doesn't mean you have to.
While there's plenty of life in the old operating
system, there's also a good chance XP may start looking long in the tooth to you. The good news is you don't have to live with an XP that feels
sluggish or looks and acts outdated. In this article, we'll show you plenty of ways to spiff up XP -- and make it faster and more reliable -- without
spending a penny. So come along and get your free DIY Windows XP upgrade.
winbeta.org - 07.08.2008
