Any detailed logon editor for windows 10?

sunnyskies · 27 Dec 2018

One of the things keeping me from switching to Windows 10 is the lack of customization ("ricing") compared to Windows 7. I'm using ALE in Windows 7 right now to change the login screen. Here's an example of what you can do with it.

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The box is part of the background image, but the important part is changing the layout of the buttons, user image, and password box, as well as removing any extraneous buttons. Is there anything like this for Windows 10?

dalchina · 28 Dec 2018

Hi, you're correct that options are a lot more limited. No, not seen anything of the sort you describe. At most it's what you can do with the background picture and apps which can be configured to display info on the lock screen.

You can ...
- apply some theme files
- use Windowblinds
- use high contrast themes to achieve certain effects
- use Aeroglass for translucent borders and even rounded corners
- colour title bars
- set background colours (free 3rd party program for file explorer-related regions, registry hack for others)
- change some icons by one means or another, including 3rd party programs
.....

for more- see examples in this section of the forum e.g. posts by Edwin

Also see the SMACC utility here (free) for a GUI to change a lot of colours- a sort of replacement for the Advanced Display Settings window in '7 that disappeared in '8.

Edwin · 28 Dec 2018

sunnyskies said:

......Is there anything like this for Windows 10?

I doubt it!
You couldn't pull it off in Windows 10 anyway, the system files you'd have to modify now have some of the craziest High Privileges in the entire system! You'd get locked out!