In absolutely any OS, be it Windows, Linux or macOS in general, in addition to the loading screen, there is also a login screen.
In the first versions of Windows, there was no login screen, and then no one even stuttered about the account system as such.
For the first time accounts, as such, appeared in Windows NT 3.1 Workstation. Before logging in, it was mandatory to press the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Del
In later versions of the Windows NT line, this feature will become optional.
But at first, Windows NT was still intended purely for the corporate sector, ...
... and it did not make sense to install this system in a home PC because of the difference between the kernel, architecture and other problems.
For users of 16-bit versions of Windows, there was no account system - it appeared in Windows 3.11 for workgroups and then ...
... if you installed network support and a driver for your network adapter.
Further, the login screen changed over the years, until Windows XP introduced the concept of a “welcome screen”.
This innovation brought the ability to quickly switch between users, and indeed, thanks to the welcome screen, the system began to look both more beautiful and more presentable.
If Windows XP had the ability to choose a logon design between the Welcome screen and the classic Windows NT logo, ...
...then starting with Windows Vista and the subsequent redesign that touched on the logon screen, the classic logo was dropped permanently.
It would seem, okay, removed so removed.
But it turns out that there was one person who seemed to like the old login design, and he essentially brought it back into the system.
Only he wrote his own program completely, which repeats the original design, but it doesn’t matter.
A person with the nickname MagicMemeXV [edit. - or MagicMeme15?] on the WinClassic forum created a program called Classic Logon Shell, ...
...which replaces the lock and login screens in modern Windows with the one in older versions.
But besides this, the program contains some more interesting features that were not in the original classic login screen.
Some may already write in the comments ala "what for" or "why this necrophilia?"
And let's be serious, for someone this may really seem like a kind of necrophilia, ...
... and for someone it will seem interesting and useful, but still - why not look at the final work of this developer and, in fact , evaluate it.
As it turned out, during the study, I found out that this program also has its own official website.
The latest version here is listed as 1.1 and is out, at the time of this video, on November 28, 2022.
The very first version is RC1, which was released in July 2022.
On the official website here you can download any language packs or themes for the program. But at the moment there are very few of them.
But now you can proceed with the installation.
Before installing the program, I want to say that everything here is shown for educational and demonstration purposes only.
And all the actions shown are carried out exclusively on a virtual machine.
Installation here is very simple.
We will only be asked to read the license agreement and indicate the path for placing this program, and the installer does the rest on its own.
During installation, the .NET Framework 4.8 is also installed because the program is written on the .NET platform.
After installation, on the desktop, we see the created shortcut called Classic Logon Shell Customizer - a kind of control panel for this program.
The program interface is also simple. Here we can choose the language and theme; ...
...configure the Classic Logon Shell itself, for example, disable the "Cancel" and close buttons, enable the bar animation, ...
...return the mandatory keystroke before logging in...
...and customize the name input field user.
The translation platform here is quite easy - all texts are stored in one .ini file with the name of the language.
Themes are also easy to make, they are located in the same directory with the program and you don’t even have to strain.
Okay.
We went through the settings, but how can we see all this?
You just need to log out of your account or press the key combination Win + L.
And instead of a lock screen, we see a prompt to press a key to start signing in.
The dice in this program state that we are now facing Windows NT Workstation 10.0, which, in my opinion, is a good banter with reality, ...
... given the fact that we are testing the program on Windows 11. Actually, Windows 11 is based on the Windows NT 10.0 kernel
Honestly, I checked it out.
We press the given key and we see the same classic entry option.
In the settings, we set the "Cancel" and close buttons to be disabled, and as you can see, the specified settings work - the buttons are not available.
When you click the “OK” button, you log into your account and now, we logged in without any problems.
But alas, not everything in the program is as smooth as it might seem to us, so it's time to move on to the bugs of this program.
But I found only one bug.
If in the settings we do not set the mandatory keystrokes to continue logging in, we completely log out of the system and log back in, then ...
... we will simply not log back into the system.
In this case, there will be no error or the ability to somehow call the command line - we will essentially be at a dead end.
And if we restart the system, then the login works perfectly, albeit with another small bug (but it's not noticeable here). But still, it's not very pleasant.
The program also works properly on Windows 10, and surprisingly, no bugs are observed in it.
There will even be something like a bonus in the form of the old design of the system shutdown window.
But on Windows 7, don't even try to install.
The program will be installed anyway, but it will not work due to the lack of the necessary LogonUI.
And what is the result?
Well, let's say: we looked at a program that replaces the modern login screen with an older version from past Windows NT.
But it's just that the meaning of all this is not clear.
But as an option, purely for fun, then why not.
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