Changing the unhappy cyclops picture on the login (username/pw) screen

[Garacesh]

In C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures there are a bunch of images, guest.png, user.png, user-32.png, user-40.png, user-48.png and user-192.png. I have no idea what these are for.

Inside the same folder is also guest.bmp and user.bmp.

 

Through some combination of replacing/deleting images I've ended up with the image vanishing, which is better than the unhappy cyclops that is there by default. So far I've had no luck replacing the files.

 

I don't want it gone, though. I just want to replace it with our school emblem. (And preferably make it use the .png file so I can utilise transparency)

 

Anyone come across this one?

Edited May 11, 2016 by Garacesh

[mrwoberts]

If it helps, I also have an empty file 'defaultuser0.dat', along with another empty file matching my login name 'joebloggs.dat'

 

(Windows 10 Pro x 64)

[Garacesh]

Yeah, those .dat files are there for me too, but they're 0KB files so I'm not really sure what they do.

[mrwoberts]

Check out these locations, I saw that it references them when I changed my logo.

 

(Explorer) C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures

 

(Registry) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountPicture

[Garacesh]

(Explorer) C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures

Empty except for desktop.ini

 

(Registry) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountPicture

Only contains (Default) REG_SZ with no value, and another key named 'Users', which again only contains (Default) REG_SZ with no value

[Joanne]

I changed mine. I replaced them all with images the same size (pixels) and type. So I opened powerpoint, imported all the images of the sad grey man and made my school logo the same size as each one and then saved them over the sad grey men.

 

 

My powerpoint looks like this:

 

 

then reboot the machine and you get:

 

 

Just done it now on a VM. No reg editing or anything.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Joanne

[Garacesh]

I changed mine. I replaced them all with images the same size (pixels) and type. So I opened powerpoint, imported all the images of the sad grey man and made my school logo the same size as each one and then saved them over the sad grey men.

I tried doing this (well, with Photoshop, not Powerpoint), I created new user/guest.png and user/guest.bmp (the png ones having a transparent background) that are all 448x448px, the same as the original sad cyclops images.

I haven't touched the smaller icons yet as I suspect they're only used for user account pictures in the Start Menu and other places.

 

I'll try doing them all, with no transparency.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Garacesh

[mrwoberts]

Empty except for desktop.ini

 

That folder on my PC has a subfolder labelled with my USER SID, inside of which has seven versions of my user logo.

 

 

Only contains (Default) REG_SZ with no value, and another key named 'Users', which again only contains (Default) REG_SZ with no value

 

Again, I have a subkey underneath the Users key with my USER SID, and the multiple data entries inside that key points to the files from the above folder.

 

I'll see if I can snaffle from a fresh 10 install what those values are by default....

 

EDIT: Both registry and explorer locations are empty on a fresh install.

Edited May 11, 2016 by mrwoberts

[Joanne]

I tried doing this (well, with Photoshop, not Powerpoint), I created new user/guest.png and user/guest.bmp (the png ones having a transparent background) that are all 448x448px, the same as the original sad cyclops images.

I haven't touched the smaller icons yet as I suspect they're only used for user account pictures in the Start Menu and other places.

 

I'll try doing them all, with no transparency.

 

With powerpoint I could just import original image, put a square the same size over the top, re-size my logo accordingly, select the logo and the new square, right click, save as picture.

 

Then put that image in, resize to the same size as the smaller images, right click, save as picture... etc etc. That make sense? If you wanna PM me your e-mail and send me your logo I can knock them together for you. Only took me 10 mins.

[Garacesh]

No need.. Using my extraordinary sleuthing skills it turns out that the image used on the login screen is not "User" or "Guest" as I would have expected. It is, in fact, user-192.png!

 

The logon screen now has a big yellow circle on it

Edited May 11, 2016 by Garacesh

[mrwoberts]

I learn so much from this forum

[Joanne]

No need.. Using my extraordinary sleuthing skills it turns out that the image used on the login screen is not "User" or "Guest" as I would have expected. It is, in fact, user-192.png!

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The logon screen now has a big yellow circle on it

 

What colour is on the start menu?

[clockend25]

user-192.png is the bugger!

 

Sorted. You can keep your Photoshop and Illustrator; we've got Powerpoint.

[Joanne]

Powerpoint FTW!

[Garacesh]

What colour is on the start menu?

 

Start menu is red (user-32.png)

When going into Settings, Users, Your account, the large image displayed is user.png

If you go to Other Users, the images of other users (here it's just service accounts that have administrative privileges, so nothing really important that needs a picture) it's green, so user-40.png

 

Not sure where the others are used.

[Joanne]

Easy enough to swap them all anyways

[DalekSec]

I learn so much from this forum

 

 

I've learnt it looks like as sad cyclops.... ruined it for me

[Garacesh]

Easy enough to swap them all anyways

 

Yeah, that's what I've done, just with our school crest, but it's suitably large to the point that the smaller images are a bit.. ehh.. You can see what it is, but it's a bit small. Might have to swap it to something else.

But for now, the logon screen has the school crest on it, which is nice. Certainly better than the unhappy cyclops

 

I've learnt it looks like as sad cyclops.... ruined it for me

 

You're welcome

I saw it on Reddit once and now I can't un-see it. It will always be the unhappy cyclops. I thought I'd share

[robsonma]

Ha ha Good Old Powerpoint Just used it to do our's Anyone managed to change it using GPO rather than going to each one?

[Areku]

oh god now all i can see is an unhappy cyclops....

[Garacesh]

Anyone managed to change it using GPO rather than going to each one?

 

I have it applied as part of imaging using WDS (just finished imaging my test machine and it worked great)

 

An application has been added named "Operating System UI Customisation". It has been hidden from the deployment wizard, and an 'Install Application' step has been added as part of the deployment sequence. This ensures A) It can't not be done, and B) The batch file runs with SYSTEM permissions.

 

XCOPY /Y ".\UserAccountPictures" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\"

 

Realistically you could have it run as a Startup script, too. I think that would work. Think.

[Areku]

That folder on my PC has a subfolder labelled with my USER SID, inside of which has seven versions of my user logo.

 

 

 

 

Again, I have a subkey underneath the Users key with my USER SID, and the multiple data entries inside that key points to the files from the above folder.

 

I'll see if I can snaffle from a fresh 10 install what those values are by default....

 

EDIT: Both registry and explorer locations are empty on a fresh install.

 

I had the same issue, i found the correct locations on my test rig as c:\programdata\microsoft\user account pictures

 

editing that user-192.png in there changed it on my login screen.

[dry]

Wow, this is a whole lot easier than Win7 that involved using Resource Hacker and copying logonui.exe across.... those were the days!

 

 

Managed to get it done at my last place though.

 

[GuyJD]

Thanks, I changed mine too, I bucked the trend and used Gimp instead of Powerpoint though :-/

[Joanne]

Thanks, I changed mine too, I bucked the trend and used Gimp instead of Powerpoint though :-/

Hipster... 😂