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Windows Classic themed logon dialog

Published in Windows XP User Interface Tweaks by Steve Sinchak with 7,290 views and 1 comment

If you are using the Win 2k style logon prompt (not the Welcome screen) and want to change its default "XP" style to the "Classic" style, do this:

(Backup your registry before doing this, just in case you end having a problem.)

Open regedit, then navigate to: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager

Change the value for DllName to:

%SystemRoot%\Resources\themes\Windows Classic.theme

Close regedit and log off to see the new logon window right away.

 
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EddieJohnson
2 years ago
Thanks for this, I knew it was something similar, looked forever. Various machines I've gotten at various times defaulted to classic or XP, I wanted to get them consistent.