Welcome Screen Problems

[madmatt]

I have tried everything to resolve this issue, this includes unchecking and rechecking the box under user accounts: change the way users log on or off, searching the registry, and so on. So please don't suggest those methods.

Problem is: I was running StyleXP and I used it to use a third party logon screen. I then removed StyleXP and installed PatchXP (for various reasons). During this transition to PatchXP, Windows XP went back to the classic logon (not the welcome screen).

I need to restore the correct logonui.exe
- C:\WINDOWS\System32\logonui.exe

Solution is unknown to me. Does anyone know, without using a third party program (such as StyleXP), how to do so?

Like I said, I tried checking and unchecking the feature in user accounts, but to no prevail.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Click Start, and then click Run.
Type msconfig, and then press ENTER.
On the General tab, click Extract File.

CD DRIVE:\i386\LOGONUI.EX_ (with xp cd in the drive)

 

[SPeedY_B]

Or from the command line...

C:\>expand f:\i386\logonui.ex_ c:\logonui.exe
Microsoft (R) File Expansion Utility Version 5.1.2600.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1990-1999. All rights reserved.

Expanding f:\i386\logonui.ex_ to c:\logonui.exe.
f:\i386\logonui.ex_: 127114 bytes expanded to 504320 bytes, 296% increase.


C:\>

should create an 'original' logonui.exe in c:\

 

[madmatt]

The file already exists in C:\WINDOWS\System32\logonui.exe

I am trying to get Windows XP to use it instead of classic login.

I also forgot to mention that I cannot use the restore feature because these changes were made too far back.

 

[yoyo]

Perhaps check in the registry at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
if the value for UI-Host points to logonui.exe or to something else.
Could be the problem because some programs change this setting. In my registry it says logonuiX.exe, put there by LogonStudio.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Hrm, don't know then
Tried looking through the group policy editor (gpedit.msc) there might be something in there, other than that, its got me stumped.

 

[madmatt]

yoyo, that was it. thank you. I appreciate it.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

If anyone needs it for future use this will restore the logon screen to original.

 

[madmatt]

Yes, that is a good idea. Now that I know where to make this change, I can change it again without a third party app. =]