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  Posted 09 August 2007 - 01:07 AM

:thumbup :hello: :whistle:
Is there a difference between the logon, boot and desktop screens in Windows 2003 and Windows XP , could someone outline those differences between those version of Windows? John


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Posted 10 August 2007 - 06:00 AM

logon, yes
'03 uses the classic logon screen and xp uses the new logonui screen

boot, yes
the progress bar is a shade of grey instead of blue / green
the main branding bmp is also predictably different

desktop, kinda
by default '03 doesn't use themes so you're in classic mode
the start menu default places and pinned items are also different
my computer doesn't show my documents or common tasks and the details view is the global default

overall, yes there are quite a few changes
hardware acceleration is disabled
drive mounting is disabled
ieharden and shutdown event tracker are both enabled

need any specifics ?
just ask :)

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  Posted 22 August 2007 - 04:41 AM

:hello: In Windows 2003, can I use the logonui.exe file? or should use the msgina to hack the logon screen of Windows 2003? John

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Posted 23 August 2007 - 12:07 AM

:o :o How about OOBE? Is it availible in Windows 2003? John

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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:06 AM

OOBE has been pulled from WinXP sp3.

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