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Posted 04 July 2006 - 10:10 PM

Is there a way to position the CTRL+ALT+DEL screen on logon and when the computer is locked wherever you want on the screen? I kind of don't want to block out the major part of my wallpaper! :lol:


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Posted 05 July 2006 - 12:28 AM

now that would be cool, have u tried resediting msgina.dll to try to find something that would control it? if that doesnt work then you can do it the lazy way, say u want the box on the bottom, then just make an image 500px in height with the top 200px being transparent.

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 01:56 AM

This might be impossible if the dialog box is created from a resource, since it is always positioned in the center of the screen when it is created, just like a messagebox.

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 06:40 AM

View PostLLXX, on Jul 5 2006, 03:56 AM, said:

This might be impossible if the dialog box is created from a resource, since it is always positioned in the center of the screen when it is created, just like a messagebox.
Actaully, it looks like its slightly above the center. Also, ive seen systems that had the ctrl-alt-del dialog in the top right corner. i have no idea how they did it though.

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 09:40 AM

The UA guide is your friend ;)
Make your prefs etc and export the regkey from
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TaskManager]

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 01:09 PM

View PostT D, on Jul 5 2006, 11:40 AM, said:

The UA guide is your friend ;)
Make your prefs etc and export the regkey from
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TaskManager]


How exactly does that work? If I move the CTRL+ALT+DEL box and then press the key combination, it goes right back to the centre. :wacko:

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 02:36 PM

bah it didn't work.... I tried a guide from:
http://www.virtualplastic.net/msgboard/thr...&thread=323

I saved the changes, copied to dllcache and renamed the msgina.dll in system32 (to allow me to copy it there..) then rebooted and no change.

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Posted 06 July 2006 - 12:02 PM

@gamehead2000 maybe Task Manager removes those settings on exit? Try it while it's open and customized.

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Posted 06 July 2006 - 12:57 PM

View PostT D, on Jul 6 2006, 02:02 PM, said:

@gamehead2000 maybe Task Manager removes those settings on exit? Try it while it's open and customized.


I'm not trying to position the Task Manager. I'm trying to position the CTRL+ALT+DEL login screen that appears when the Welcome screen is disabled! ;) You either have Home edition installed or have the Welcome screen enabled, since the Task Manager keeps popping up everytime you put in the key combination! ;)

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Posted 06 July 2006 - 03:24 PM

That's not the CTRL+ALT+DEL login screen, that's the NT logon prompt! :P ANd you can change a setting so you don't have to press ctrl+alt+del.
Generally, ppl see ctrl+alt+del screen as taskman. Because the key combination isn't exactly the most prominent part of the nt logon screen.
I don't think you can customize it, UA'ly.

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