It took over my avatar

I ran into an interesting problem the other day and I thought I might share the solution I found. When setting up the fingerprint reader on my laptop the security software takes over the usual login screen. So instead of my user avatar it just displays a Dell logo. So I wanted to change this. After some searching I found an individual on a dell forum who had the same problem and figured out where the necessary changes needed to be made. In short, the "oem_resources.dll" file holds the image. Simply replace it with your image and you are set. Full text below:

The embassy software installs it’s own "credential provider". This replaces the Vista login screen with it’s own. Now, the embassy software stores icons in the file c:\windows\system32\oem_resources.dll. All you need to do is delete the "103" resource bitmap from the dll and import your own 128×128 pixel bitmap. First get a copy of xn resource editor (http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm). Next copy the oem_resources.dll file to your desktop. Open the dll file in the resource editor. Delete the resource under bitmap/103. Right-click to import a bitmap. Save the file, copy it to c:\windows\system32. No reboot necessary, changes take effect immediatly!  You can test it by locking your workstation (window key + L).   :: From-http://tinyurl.com/cl42um

I am running Windows 7 also, so it’s not just for Vista.

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