PDC Slate Login Screens Build 4051

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K, heres mine, as you see the flag is above the logon area :)

http://www.pcadventurers.net/iboard/Post_I...051/Preview.png

I just resized the wallpaper so try it out and see if you can see the flag now ;)

See attachment below !

there is still no flag for me. :no:

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thecat2000

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Well its definately on the wallpaper :) it could be hidden behind the login box area, or its above the screen area at the top of the screen. Remember I did the wallpaper as 1280x1024, and when I re tested in all resolutions the flag was suprisingly still there for me.

So its on the wallpaper, maybe its not showing because of one of those things I said. Open a resource builder hacker program and you will see it does have the flag. Maybe it would be better if you can extract the wallpaper and move the logo to where it shows for you on your screen. Then re -insert it.

Other wise I doubt I am going to get this right for everyones resolutions -Sorry.

Like I say, it works for all resolutions for me with the flag always showing, so its hard for me to change some thing that looks ok already ! - At least it does resize in all resolutions now anyway.

We could be more inventive and stick the Windows logo actually on the Slate panel area ? - would anyone go for that version ? - it will resolve the problem of the flag anyways :D

Just let me know :)

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Well its definately on the wallpaper :) it could be hidden behind the login box area, or its above the screen area at the top of the screen. Remember I did the wallpaper as 1280x1024, and when I re tested in all resolutions the flag was suprisingly still there for me.

So its on the wallpaper, maybe its not showing because of one of those things I said. Open a resource builder hacker program and you will see it does have the flag. Maybe it would be better if you can extract the wallpaper and move the logo to where it shows for you on your screen. Then re -insert it.

Other wise I doubt I am going to get this right for everyones resolutions -Sorry.

Like I say, it works for all resolutions for me with the flag always showing, so its hard for me to change some thing that looks ok already ! - At least it does resize in all resolutions now anyway.

We could be more inventive and stick the Windows logo actually on the Slate panel area ? - would anyone go for that version ? - it will resolve the problem of the flag anyways :D

Just let me know :)

cant. this error shoes up whenever i try to view or replace it in reshacker.

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BuG

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cat, that would make this more professional to fix the glitches yes :D, and if they dont wanna re download heh...bad for them

as for the logo problem....yes its cose of the walppaper, we should try to do this :

put up a BLACK wallpapers and put the xp flag logo as it was the WELCOME logo, if you follow me..then we could put it where we want and, it wont matter of any resolutions...

for the shutdown texte etc etc... i think i got the stuff to enable them back...ill try to have a look at this tonight when i get the 2 litlles glitches fixed.

hope i can help you more cat.

See ya

cheers,

-BuG

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dpanda

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Well its definately on the wallpaper :) it could be hidden behind the login box area, or its above the screen area at the top of the screen. Remember I did the wallpaper as 1280x1024, and when I re tested in all resolutions the flag was suprisingly still there for me.

So its on the wallpaper, maybe its not showing because of one of those things I said. Open a resource builder hacker program and you will see it does have the flag. Maybe it would be better if you can extract the wallpaper and move the logo to where it shows for you on your screen. Then re -insert it.

Other wise I doubt I am going to get this right for everyones resolutions -Sorry.

Like I say, it works for all resolutions for me with the flag always showing, so its hard for me to change some thing that looks ok already ! - At least it does resize in all resolutions now anyway.

We could be more inventive and stick the Windows logo actually on the Slate panel area ? - would anyone go for that version ? - it will resolve the problem of the flag anyways :D

Just let me know :)

cant. this error shoes up whenever i try to view or replace it in reshacker.

im sorry. forgot to insert the screen shot. and yes. i believe the flag is animated in longhorn's logon. i heard it came down slowly from the top of the screen to rest on the logon.

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BuG

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yes guys,

in order to modify the resources 100 in bitmaps you need something else than resource hackers, i dont know why but in almost all logins, reshack crashes when opening this bmps

http://www.tgtsoft.com and look for RES BUILDER its same as resources hackers but works nice :D and free

Cheers,

-BuG

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Hi guys hope you had a good weekend :D

Ok ! I had some new idea's last night and will do another test build today - wont say what I have in mind in case it doesn't work ;) But It might sort out the flag problem here.

@h99120351

I can see there's something really wrong with that login ! - the colour depth looks like its in 256 colours too. Which shouldn't be the case at all, as the login box area is a 32bit Bitmap ;) It has alpha transparency in there. Is your PC ok with Alpha blending ? - the wallpaper is showing as white I think because your PC seems to take the colour I have used for black as being transparent. The wallpaper however is a 24bit bitmap :)

Hope this helps.

Sure if this next test doesn't work guys, I will ask you to just down load a wallpaper for your resolution, and use Resbuilder to insert the bitmap wallpaper yourselfs. But I will see if I can do this fix again first !

The wallpaper is really weird. using the hex value of #000000 - on my PC produces that white background which our friend has. if I use an off set colour of back it works fine. (for most people)

I'll see about changing the colour to another hex code to see if it will get rid of that problem too.

Seeya later, when I have something !

Cat.

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Hi all i have a problem

when i start my pc then right before the login a blue screen from the standard loginscreen of xp comes

then the black Longhorn 4051 logonscreen comes. how can i change the blue screen to black? thanks in advance :D

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the glitches on the account pictures, where you get that weird blue showing up is on the account login pictures within the file. Now they are supposed to have an alpah channel I think, so you get that transparent affect with the shadow. You must preserve the image pixel depth and colours other wise it could cause the login to fail ??

I have been working on that last night though and have almost finished re doing that so the glitch should be gone I hope.

I am working through some idea's I had last night, and will let people test it out for me if they like later on.

If no go, then sure I'll post up wallpapers with the windows logo for those who feel confident enough to hack their logonui's and to fix the wallpaper problems.

By the way in my new test I have changed the colour black to another hex code - so hopefully it will no longer clash with any transparency area's in the theme.

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Hi Bug :)

Ok the user colour in the password box is hex (#ffffff) = WHITE (or 255,255,255) if you like so its really just white ! - actually according to my editing programs they are both WHITE ! the values are as shown for both of the white area's.

Ok I have a new test Login for people to try out for me. Fingers crossed this will work better.

- Changed Black colour to another value

- re did user login panel added Windows flag into that area.

- re did wallpaper - now it has no logo (been moved)

- shadows for user pictures removed. (not sure if its fixed)

NEW! - added shutdown/un dock pictures to theme - removed text link. Now looks a little more like the real Login ?

Should support all resolutions. If there are bugs remaining still PLEASE provide details of your resolution, and actual problem - with a screen shot :) - it will help me see what your seeing ;)

Please download the attachment !

LH_Login_4051_Test_Copy_all_Res.zip

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dpanda

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Hi Bug :)

Ok the user colour in the password box is hex (#ffffff) = WHITE (or 255,255,255) if you like so its really just white ! - actually according to my editing programs they are both WHITE ! the values are as shown for both of the white area's.

Ok I have a new test Login for people to try out for me. Fingers crossed this will work better.

- Changed Black colour to another value

- re did user login panel added Windows flag into that area.

- re did wallpaper - now it has no logo (been moved)

- shadows for user pictures removed. (not sure if its fixed)

NEW! - added shutdown/un dock pictures to theme - removed text link. Now looks a little more like the real Login ?

Should support all resolutions. If there are bugs remaining still PLEASE provide details of your resolution, and actual problem - with a screen shot :) - it will help me see what your seeing ;)

Please download the attachment !

you said you removed the logo. now this version has the logo for me but its not very well done. the width seems to be stretched.

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did you read what I said properly ! I said I REMOVED the logo from the wallpaper - its now part of the login bitmap. Why is it stretched ? - thats because the flag logo is now part of the login area bitmap - it's doing what its doing because the login box resizes for each resolution that is used. The flag will never look 100% but Its a compromise really. Besides it doesn't actually look that bad.

I'll release some source files too - the wallpaper with the flag seperate. If you wish you can use rebuilder to re do my login, with the original wallpaper - all you need to do is add the logo. The re insert with resbuilder.

Personally I think this version is ok - the logo isn't that bad.

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For anyone wanting to have a go themselves with rebuilder - to get their fixes any fixes done themselves with their own modifications, please try the flag and wallpaper in the attachment. For other bugs just let me know about them.

P.S @bug

not sure if that colour problem around the accounts picture was a bug in the original Microsoft Login too ? :unsure: Seems to happen when you move the mouse/cursor over the account picture. I have removed the drop shadow altogether, but still get some glitches there.

I'd use photoshop to edit those images if you do, anything else just screws up the alpha channel and doesnt save properly. ;)

Attachment for flag and wallpaper ! >>

Flag_Wallpaper.zip

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What about log off and shutdown dialogs?

I said earlier I need a little help with some tips on how to put those back in the login. The login I have re hacked has had these bits removed or disabled in some way. Its been a long time since I have done anything like this - so can't remember what I need to look for in the login.

So if anyone knows what bits are missing or any tips on what to find, I'd apprieciate it if you tell me ! I will then put that dialog text back into this login.

Cat.

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