I’m always on the lookout for ways to make it easier for the non-hackers among us to do the fun stuff the geeks do with ResHacker … so here’s one I just found:

Login Image Modifier ( was lim.gussoh.com ) works on Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional/Home … and it’s freeware. It lets you easily change the image that is displayed in the login dialog (which of course, you only see in XP if you’re not using the fancy login screen) and the security screen you see when you press ALT+CTRL+DEL!

The cool thing about it is that you can replace it simple, you just get the LIM program and run it, then select three appropriately sized bitmaps and press “Save To Dll” for each one, “Update System” ... and the next time you reboot, it’s a done deal.

Of course, if you prefer the fancy login screen (it’s no shame, I do too) you probably already have the Logon UI Boot Randomizer from UserXP which lets you change not only your logon screen, but your boot up screen too. Maybe someone with more artistic talent than I would even like to put together a suite of skins for these various parts of our system based on the new GeoShell Logo artwork that I used as the basis for the screenshot you see here. []

Edit Oct 25 2005]: For those who’ve been weeping because they couldn’t find a copy of this app anymore… I dug around and found… a mirror? it’s new homepage? a place where you can download it http://www.sohtell.se/lim/ (they even have my GeoShell skin in the gallery, so it must just be a mirror).