Tired of looking at the words Novell plastered all over the screens of your computer when they’re not logged in? This guide will show you how to change both the banner for the “Press Ctrl-Alt-Del” screen as well as the screen where you enter your login details.
Changing the Login Screen
Boring old Normal Login Screen
To change the banner there, you need to first get a picture, the standard size is 452x113x16M but you can increase the height.
This picture should be in a BMP format.
Put the picture in a nice place, probably C:\WINDOWS\ would be a good idea (that’s where the rest of the Novell stuff is), you could also try something like C:\Novell\
Once the picture is there, fire up regedit (Windows Key + R -> regedit -> enter) and go to:
HKLM\Software\Novell\Login\Banner\Image
(HKLM is short for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
On the standard install, the banner part isn’t there, if this is the case, right click on the “Login” key, go to New -> Key and call it “Banner” then right click on the Banner you just created, go to New -> String Value then enter the path to the banner in there.
When you’re done, log out and admire your handy work!
Isn't it pretty?
Automatic Version
This can all be rolled into a batch script too.
In fact, here’s a nicely pre-built script that does it nice and easy like (built for Novell 4.91 SP5, but should work on other versions too).
Banner Changer
There’s also a version made by Novell, but I feel this is a little more complicated than is necessary (though check it out if you’re planning to roll it out to heaps of computers.)
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/13538.html
I got my info for this article from the Novell Forums here: http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/open-enterprise-server/oes-platform-independent/oes-client-windows/144131-title-logon-screen.html
Changing the “Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to Login” Screen
It’s the same process as before, I haven’t really tested it because we don’t use that welcome screen here, but here’s the two reg keys that specify it:
Welcome Screen Bitmap Filename
Registry Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\NWGINA\Welcome\Screen
Registry Value: [string] Bitmap
Default Value: NWELCOME.BMP
Range: N/A (Any valid string is allowed)
Client Version: Implemented in NT Client versions 4.3 and later
Description: Specifies the bitmap that appears on the welcome screen when you start Windows NT/2000. You can specify any bitmap located in the WINNT directory.
Welcome Screen Caption
Registry Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\NWGINA\Welcome\Screen
Registry Value: [string] Header Message
Default Value: Begin Login
Range: N/A (Any valid string is allowed)
Client Version: Implemented in NT Client versions 4.3 and later
Description: Specifies the text that appears in the header on the welcome screen that appears when you start Windows NT/2000.
You could also just get sneaky and alter C:\WINDOWS\NWELCOME.BMP
Questions/Comments? Leave a comment below or send me an email!
Ducky
