{"id":2866,"date":"2009-11-17T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T13:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2009-11-17T09:14:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T13:14:40","slug":"keiths-logon-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/11\/17\/keiths-logon-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Logon Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone loves to customize their computer a little bit, right? And one of the simpler things (well, sort of) that you can do is to replace the Windows Log-On Screen background image.<\/p>\n

Like this, for instance:<\/p>\n

\"keith's<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, that’s right – I have put a close-up picture of myself as my Windows log-on screen background image. I am, to use the industry jargon, a huge geek<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why I find this image of myself staring (rather intently!) back out at me so amusing, but I do. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that when you log on to my computer, it says “hello” in that creepy voice<\/a> that the turrets from the game Portal<\/a> use?<\/p>\n

Or maybe I just like the reaction people have when they sit down to use my computer and are faced with… well, me!<\/p>\n

Ah well, whatever the reason, it’s not like I see this screen very often – maybe once or twice a month, max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My rather… unusual… choice for a Windows logon screen background image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[23,24],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-technology","tag-computers","tag-windows","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-Ke","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2549,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/08\/upgrading-from-vista-to-the-windows-7-release-candidate\/","url_meta":{"origin":2866,"position":0},"title":"Upgrading from Vista to the Windows 7 Release Candidate","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My attempt at upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 RC ends in disappointment - I blame directory junctions for the problem. 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