Alternative text on login / welcome screen ?


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Hi folks
If you have several Windows versions is there any way to change the text on the initial Windows login screen where your user account name and password is required -- it would be nice for instance to add the version of Windows being logged into for example.

I know the Windows blue boot menu shows a list and you can change the descriptions via bcdedit /set {id} description="xxxxxxxxx" but that's fiddly to give a decent description to and a confirmation at login would be far better.

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You could possibly create/duplicate the image to be selected for the 'Lock Screen' and add a Text Box to display the VM Name. Just need to avoid 'overwriting' the already used display area.
 

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You could possibly create/duplicate the image to be selected for the 'Lock Screen' and add a Text Box to display the VM Name. Just need to avoid 'overwriting' the already used display area.
Thanks -- worth a try. If I hose it up it's on a VM so no problem if (and when) it usually goes wrong on my ist try !!! --Lucky I'm a better private pilot than a Windows technician. !!!!

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Probably easiest to duplicate an existing Lock Screen image file to work on, then you can easily revert to the original. I always try make a full VM backup before 'messing' or applying significant updates, then it's easy to copy back the last working version if any changes go belly-up.
 

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    macOS (plus VMs: Windows XP, 7, 10 Home/Pro, 11 Home/Pro, Linux Distros)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    a) Apple MacBook Pro (Intel) - 2019 b) Apple MacBook Pro M1 MAX - 2021
    CPU
    a) Intel i9 b) M1 MAX (ARM)
    Memory
    a) 16GB b) 32GB
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    a) 1TB SSD + 256GB SD Card b) 1TB SSD (+ 1TB SD Card)
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    a) Safari/Vivaldi/DuckDuckGo b) Safari/DuckDuckGo
    Antivirus
    -
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    Windows 11 Pro (plus VirtualBox VMs: Windows 11 Pro & Linux Distros)
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    a) Microsoft Surface Book 2, b) HP Spectre X360
    CPU
    a) i7, b) i7
    Memory
    a) 16GB, b) 16GB
    Hard Drives
    a) 1TB SSD, b) 1TB SSD
    Browser
    a) MS Edge, b) MS Edge
    Antivirus
    a) Defender, b) Defender
Probably easiest to duplicate an existing Lock Screen image file to work on, then you can easily revert to the original. I always try make a full VM backup Thanks.

Am messing around with this now.

Cheers
jimbo
before 'messing' or applying significant updates, then it's easy to copy back the last working version if any changes go belly-u
 

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