"turn of computer message" changed!!

ivrytwr3 · 2 Mar 2010 at 02:15

Hey all,

IT instructor has had a play with my laptop and i have only noticed he has changed the "turn off computer" message (like in pic below, bottom left)

How do i change it back?!

mrochester · 2 Mar 2010 at 06:45

Just looks like the standard Windows XP login screen. I don't get it. What are you expecting it to look like?

ivrytwr3 · 2 Mar 2010 at 07:13

the picture shown is not my laptop pic. I put the pic up to show which screen was displaying the wrong message.

Wht ai was trying to say was that on the picture above, where it says "turn off computer" my display has a different message.

mrk · 2 Mar 2010 at 07:38

And what is that message?

PapaLazaru · 2 Mar 2010 at 07:40

It says "If you can't change this message back you fail".

mrk · 2 Mar 2010 at 07:46

The logon screen is managed by 1/2 executables, LogonUI.exe and Winlogon.exe; you'll have to open both in a Resource Hacker and search for the text entry he has put in, change it back then save and exit.

Both executables should be located in the Windows folder although I've not used XP in this long >>> [size of the universe].

Then call the guy an eggface ^_^

UKDTweak · 2 Mar 2010 at 07:56

If you google "changing your XP logon screen" (or similar), you will find plenty of resources to help fix this... or better still, change the boring screen to something more interesting.

Totality · 2 Mar 2010 at 10:32

Has the button dissapeared or the actual text changed? If the button has dissapeared maybe the local policies have been changed on the laptop to disable the shutdown button on the log on screen?

Check out the link here for an explanation as I'm too lazy to type - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/frisvold1.mspx

ivrytwr3 · 2 Mar 2010 at 11:34

the button works fine, it's the actual prompt that has changed

"turn off computer"

is now

"Time for home is it John?" - (My ******* instructor was called John!)

A[L]C · 2 Mar 2010 at 12:48

search the registry for this string?

lcg · 2 Mar 2010 at 14:33

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-change-windows-xp-login-screen-text-entries/

So first we'll edit LogonUI.exe file:

1.) Open %windir%\System32\LogonUI.exe file in Resource Hacker and navigate to String Table section.

2.) Here you'll find sub-directories, 1,2,3,4,7, in which only first 3 directories 1,2,3 are of our use.

3.) Following are the locations of some interesting text entries, which you will like to change:

...

Turn off computer : String Table -> 1 -> 1033 -> 11 & 12

richb93 · 2 Mar 2010 at 14:47

Oh, it isn't the computer name is it? You can change that in system properties and when you do it says Turn off <computer name>

ivrytwr3 · 2 Mar 2010 at 17:21

guys i appreciate the help, but i'm a pc biff. Will give your suggetsions a try later!

(ws hoping for a 'click here' click that' 'type that' good to go - -- - - - ****!)