[Login] PDC Login Screen

[BuG]

hmmm, i dont remember, i think we just modfied the png file... im gonne have a look when i get time and tell you :)

-BuG

[zhangm Supervisor]

Ok, I've updated both sites yet again with DamuzZ's version of the background bitmap. It doesn't have the black/grey splotch problem, and it shouldn't have the white patch problem because there's no pure black on it. So...

Yay, the bugs have been squashed. I hope. :)

[Flash]

hey does this login have the welcome message for those who have computers to themselves with only 1 login?

[zhangm Supervisor]

I'm not sure what you mean... This computer's always had more than one login, so I've never been able to see what the single user welcome looks like. Care to post a screenshot of it, and describe what you'd like it to look like/say?

[BMac]

Great update works very well. Thanks man! :D

[zhangm Supervisor]

You're welcome. I'm glad we finally got this annoying problem fixed for good.

[Recall1982]

Big THANKS 4 U Relativity_17.

I love this login.

Thank U. :D

[ToastGodSupreme]

Forgot to mention, new version works perfect. Fantastic man.

[BMac]

More of a general comment here but I can't see MS leaving this login screen as is. There needs to be the text telling the user that it's "saving personal settings... etc" because noobs will think it has froze. I bet they'll change it but for me it's fine without.

[itsnotabigtruck]

Very nice! I just switched to it. :D

[Steve]

Thats a 'replica' of the PDC build login screen? I've not seen it before. I dunno if any pointed out before... But it sure does resemble OS X - Panther's. Oh well! :D Cool!

[BMac]

Thats a 'replica' of the PDC build login screen? I've not seen it before. I dunno if any pointed out before... But it sure does resemble OS X - Panther's. Oh well! :D Cool!

It's not a replica it's a conceptual design. It's close though. Check out thecats version it's pretty close to the actual version.

[Steve]

It's not a replica it's a conceptual design. It's close though. Check out thecats version it's pretty close to the actual version.

The 'wat' version? I am outside of my Mac (forum) playpen, pardon me! :laugh:

[BMac]

Click HERE and you'll see a closer "port."

[zhangm Supervisor]

Read my first post all the way up there... I put a link to it. :D

No, its not meant to be a replica. I thought the original was a bit plain, so I switched some of the images to make it look smoother.

If anyone has more suggestions on what could be improved, speak up... New challenges are always nice. :)

Edited December 27, 2003 by Relativity_17

[Recall1982]

There needs to be the text telling the user that it's "saving personal settings... etc"

That would be nice.

Relativity_17 can U do that?

[BMac]

I would like for my fam too but I didn't think anyone else saw it that way. What do you say Relativity?

[zhangm Supervisor]

When logging out? Hmm, I may be able to change it. Does it say the same thing on the default WinXP logout screen also? Its been so long, I've forgotten. Anyway, I'll be looking into other logins and how they work, so I should end up with a pretty good idea of how to do it, if its possible. :)

[BMac]

When logging out? Hmm, I may be able to change it. Does it say the same thing on the default WinXP logout screen also? Its been so long, I've forgotten. Anyway, I'll be looking into other logins and how they work, so I should end up with a pretty good idea of how to do it, if its possible. :)

In the actual PDC version it doesn't have the text but it would be nice if you added it. Thx.

[zhangm Supervisor]

Evidence that I'm not a good coder. I've been trying for a few hours to enable the "Logging off...", etc part of the login screen. My efforts culminated in getting a black screen and a frozen computer every time the login screen came up. So, this is the second time in history I've *ucked this computer up to the point where booting off of the CD and using recovery console was necessary. Now its saying that the loginui file directory is corrupt/unreadable. Which is a bad thing. I'll see if I can continue tomorrow, but for now, I need a break. :)

[BMac]

Evidence that I'm not a good coder. I've been trying for a few hours to enable the "Logging off...", etc part of the login screen. My efforts culminated in getting a black screen and a frozen computer every time the login screen came up. So, this is the second time in history I've *ucked this computer up to the point where booting off of the CD and using recovery console was necessary. Now its saying that the loginui file directory is corrupt/unreadable. Which is a bad thing. I'll see if I can continue tomorrow, but for now, I need a break. :)

Thanks for your efforts. And don't F*ck up your comp just to get the text. It's not that important.

[Recall1982]

Hello.

Is there any progress with this login, I mean "Logging off..." etc?

[zhangm Supervisor]

Sorry, I haven't been able to find any documentation on how to alter that aspect of the login. I'll see what I can do tomorrow. School's starting back up, so... :(

[seeya]

a stupid question. how do i change my logon screen?

[zhangm Supervisor]

I use LoginLoader.

http://www.radfiles.com/logonloader/

As for the logoff text, I'm still working on that... I've added the bitmap image for logging off, I'm now trying to make it show up.

*Edit: I can't seem to find any references to the specific string which is displayed during logoff. If anyone's familiar with the code behind these login screens, please contact me...

Edited January 6, 2004 by Relativity_17