Jevil7452
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Post by Jevil7452 on Aug 10, 2023 14:08:31 GMT -8
It is possible to get a broken version of Windows 7's login screen on Windows 8 by doing the following
1. Get authui.dll and authui.dll.mui from Windows 7 2. Hex edit authui.dll and change dui70.dll to dui71.dll 3. Get Windows 7's dui70.dll and dui70.dll.mui and rename them to dui71.dll and dui71.dll.mui 4. [Recommended] Replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe
5. Put all 4 files into C:\Windows\system32 and C:\Windows\systen32\en-us (or whatever your language is) After doing this, reboot the PC and you'll see that you're going to be stuck on an Please wait screen. I don't know how to fix it I haven't tested this on Windows 8.1.
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Aug 10, 2023 14:17:14 GMT -8
It is possible to get a broken version of Windows 7's login screen on Windows 8 by doing the following
1. Get authui.dll and authui.dll.mui from Windows 7 2. Hex edit authui.dll and change dui70.dll to dui71.dll 3. Get Windows 7's dui70.dll and dui70.dll.mui and rename them to dui71.dll and dui71.dll.mui 4. [Recommended] Replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe
5. Put all 4 files into C:\Windows\system32 and C:\Windows\systen32\en-us (or whatever your language is) After doing this, reboot the PC and you'll see that you're going to be stuck on an Please wait screen. I don't know how to fix it I haven't tested this on Windows 8.1.
Could you try porting the IMAGE resources from 7's imageres.dll and see if you actually get a background? I guess you could also try the logon branding from basebrd.dll, too. |
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Aug 10, 2023 14:20:45 GMT -8
Also, try importing this reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps]
DumpType=dword:00000002
Then apply the patched files, get rid of them again, and then see if there's any .dmp file(s) in C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\CcrashDumps. If there is, upload them.
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Aug 10, 2023 14:23:34 GMT -8
Will try this myself on 8.1, by the way.
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Aug 10, 2023 15:44:07 GMT -8
Patch confirmed working on 8.1, will try to get background and branding. |
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Aug 10, 2023 16:06:06 GMT -8
UPDATE: Tried using 7's IMAGE resources in 8.1's imageres.dll, and 7's bitmap resources in 8.1's basebrd.dll. Didn't work. Tried using basebrd.dll.mui too since I know 8.1 has issues with branding and activation, but that didn't work either. Perhaps the imageres MUI will work?
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Jevil7452
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Win10toVista = Vista's "poor performance and stability" without feeling you're actually using Vista
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Post by Jevil7452 on Aug 11, 2023 0:59:42 GMT -8
Also, try importing this reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps]
DumpType=dword:00000002
Then apply the patched files, get rid of them again, and then see if there's any .dmp file(s) in C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\CcrashDumps. If there is, upload them.
I don't see any folder like that when doing this. (And yes, i've tried enabling hidden/system files showing, but it still won't show up) |
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Aug 11, 2023 10:27:30 GMT -8
Also, try importing this reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps]
DumpType=dword:00000002
Then apply the patched files, get rid of them again, and then see if there's any .dmp file(s) in C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\CcrashDumps. If there is, upload them.
I don't see any folder like that when doing this. (And yes, i've tried enabling hidden/system files showing, but it still won't show up) Odd. The old UAC patch for 10 makes a crash dump in there when invoking a UAC dialog. |
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That one dude
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Post by That one dude on Aug 12, 2023 9:21:33 GMT -8
It is possible to get a broken version of Windows 7's login screen on Windows 8 by doing the following
1. Get authui.dll and authui.dll.mui from Windows 7 2. Hex edit authui.dll and change dui70.dll to dui71.dll 3. Get Windows 7's dui70.dll and dui70.dll.mui and rename them to dui71.dll and dui71.dll.mui 4. [Recommended] Replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe
5. Put all 4 files into C:\Windows\system32 and C:\Windows\systen32\en-us (or whatever your language is) After doing this, reboot the PC and you'll see that you're going to be stuck on an Please wait screen. I don't know how to fix it I haven't tested this on Windows 8.1.
I got the branding and background to work, still can't log in.
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Brawllux
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Post by Brawllux on Aug 12, 2023 11:13:51 GMT -8
It is possible to get a broken version of Windows 7's login screen on Windows 8 by doing the following
1. Get authui.dll and authui.dll.mui from Windows 7 2. Hex edit authui.dll and change dui70.dll to dui71.dll 3. Get Windows 7's dui70.dll and dui70.dll.mui and rename them to dui71.dll and dui71.dll.mui 4. [Recommended] Replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe
5. Put all 4 files into C:\Windows\system32 and C:\Windows\systen32\en-us (or whatever your language is) After doing this, reboot the PC and you'll see that you're going to be stuck on an Please wait screen. I don't know how to fix it I haven't tested this on Windows 8.1.
I got the branding and background to work, still can't log in.
How did you do it? Which files you needed to edit? |
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That one dude
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Post by That one dude on Aug 12, 2023 11:49:29 GMT -8
I got the branding and background to work, still can't log in.
How did you do it? Which files you needed to edit? I didn't edit any files, i just used a Windows 7 Login background changer from Softpedia and the Branding folder from a Windows 8 Beta, |
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Post by Souper on Aug 17, 2023 15:02:11 GMT -8
would using a different version of the 7 login screen from an 8 beta yield any results?
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That one dude
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Post by That one dude on Nov 10, 2023 19:26:03 GMT -8
would using a different version of the 7 login screen from an 8 beta yield any results? Already tried that, just caused a black screen |
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Post by usednametag on Nov 29, 2023 12:11:38 GMT -8
Could credui.dll or other credential-related libraries cause the hang? Need to take a look with Dependency Walker and do some testing…
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K4sum1
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Post by K4sum1 on Apr 14, 2024 19:56:15 GMT -8
Anyone figure anything else out here?
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