Many of us are testing recently released Consumer Preview (Public Beta) build of Windows 8. This new Windows 8 build comes with many changes and improvements. Also there are many UI changes and one of these UI changes is the new login screen.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview login screen is a little bit different than previous login screen found in Windows 8 Developer Preview build. The background color has been changed. Also the buttons are now more metro style.
If you are still using Windows XP but want to get similar login screen, this topic will definitely help you.
Our friend "PeterRollar" @ DA has created Windows 8 Consumer Preview look-like login screen for Windows XP users.
Following is a preview of this login screen in action:
You can download it using following link:
After downloading, extract the RAR file using WinRAR or 7-Zip and you'll get "LogonUI.exe" file. That's the file which contains the login screen. You'll need to replace existing "logonui.exe" file present in "%windir%\System32" folder with this downloaded one. Use "Replacer" to replace the file.
Or you can use Tuneup Utilities to easily apply the login screen which is very safe.
NOTE: Windows Vista and 7 users can also get the similar login screen. First create the background image using any image editing software and then use any of the tools mentioned in following topic to apply the image as login screen background:
Ultimate Collection of the Best Free Tools to Customize Windows 7 Login Screen
This article was posted by VG in following section: Windows XP.
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Addy
Shouldn`t it show the date and time on Windows 8 logon screen ? You guys should try to make one which shows date and time and day of week (:
anyway the metro buttons and the background are nice too :P
Olli
Hello,
I have installed windows 7 styled login screen to my XP. How I can remove it safely and install this Windows 8?
I hope anybody could answer.
VG
^^ You can simply replace existing logonui.exe file with this new one using Replacer. Or use Tuneup utilities to apply it.
PS: Make sure to take backup first.
Olli
Now I tried to load on tuneup utilities 2010 and it does not show preview, says the file might be faulty. What should I try ?
VG
^^ Sometimes the custom login screen dont show preview in Tuneup utilities. Apply the skin and it should work.
Olli
Hello,
thank you for advice.now it works. Is it possible to make higher quality of the background image, because it does not show up very good resolution in myscreen.
SMBR
gud
peterrollar
The background is 1024x768. I will add one with higher resolution. Please redownload in one hour.
Voyeur
VG what resolution is this?
Why not just make a REG file for this so that you'll just have to put it on C:\Windows\Resources\LogonUI?
Btw, thanks!
tuti
what do i do if I used the Replacer and it says access denied..?