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Description
Personalizing
the Windows look has always remained in agenda for users, no matter which
versions they are running on their computers. Windows 8 brought a new UI,i.e.
“Metro Tiles”, which received wide acclaimation from computer fraternity. Provoked
by the new look, experts at Techvedic thought differently. And, they came with
the same UI on Windows 7.
They modified
the introduced registry settings using a customization tool Resource Hacker to come with the new look. Actually, there are 2
built-in Registry tweaks available in Windows 7. Former is used to change
background image and the latter to customize shadow and transparency effects
for text and buttons present at the login screen.
Preview
of this login screen is given below:
Recommended for
Windows 7(32-bit and 64-bit
editions)
Solution
Follow the below
step-by-step solution using the Resource Hacker tool to give a facelift (pretty
similar to Windows 8 login screen) to your Windows 7 user-interface:
1. Download the login screen
using following link:
2. After downloading the file,
extract it using 7-Zip or WinRAR and you'll get a folder containing 2
sub-folders:
• x64
(64bit) files
• x86(32
bit) files
If you are using 32-bit edition
of Windows 7, you'll need the files present in "x86(32 bit) files"
folder. 64-bitWindows users will need the files present in "x64 (64bit)
files" folder.
3. Both folders contain 2 dll
files:
• authui.dll
• basebrd.dll
You'll need to replace existing
dll files in your Windows with these new dll files.
4. Please follow the rest of the
steps given in following tutorial:
Note: This login screen can only be used in Windows 7 with SP1 operating
system. DO NOT try it if you don't have Service Pack 1 in your Windows 7
system. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available.
To enjoy this login screen in Windows 7, you just need to follow these
simple steps:
1. Click on the below link
to download following file:
Extract the downloaded RAR file using 7-Zip or WinRAR and you'll get 2
folders:
• x64 (64-bit) Files
• x86 (32-bit) Files
Windows 7 32-bit users will need to use files present in "x86
(32-bit) Files" folder and Windows 7 64-bit users will need to use files
present in "x64 (64-bit) Files" folder.
Both folders contains following 2 files which are required to have
Windows 8 look-like login screen in Windows 7:
• authui.dll
• basebrd.dll
"authui.dll" file is the main file which will provide Windows
8 login screen in Windows 7. "basebrd.dll" file will only replace
Windows 7 branding logo which is displayed in bottom-center of login screen
with new Windows 8 branding logo.
2. After extracting the downloaded file, go to
"C:\Windows\System32" folder and take ownership of authui.dllfile. To
take ownership, you can take help of following tutorials:
PS: We assume that you have installed Windows 7 in C: drive, if its
installed in some other drive in your system, change C:\ to that drive letter.
3. Once you have taken ownership of the file, rename it to some other
name like authui_bak.dll
4. Now copy new authui.dll file from the extracted folder to
"C:\Windows\System32" folder.
NOTE: 64-bit Windows users will also need to replace
"authui.dll" file present in "C:\Windows\SysWOW64" folder.
5. Now go to "C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd" folder and take
ownership of basebrd.dll file.
6. Once you have taken ownership of the file, rename it to some other
name like basebrd_bak.dll
7. Now copy new basebrd.dll file from the extracted folder to
"C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd" folder.
8. At last set the "Background.jpg" file present in the
downloaded archive as login screen background
9. That's it. Windows will start using the new files and you'll enjoy
Windows 8 login screen in Windows 7.
Congrats! You have successfully changed
the Windows 7 UI (similar to Windows 8 look).
Hopefully, it would ease the navigation of programs and files, besides
offering innovative experience. For more suggestions, contact our computer
support helpdesk, as per below contact-details:
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