Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon (Industry 8.1)

  • Article

7/8/2014

Review the settings and examples of the Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon feature package for Windows System Image Manager (SIM) in Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry (Industry 8.1).

You can use Custom Logon to suppress Windows 8.1 UI elements that relate to the Welcome screen and shutdown screen. For example, you can suppress all elements of the Welcome screen UI and provide a Custom Logon UI. You can also suppress the Blocked Shutdown Resolver (BSDR) screen and automatically end applications while the OS waits for applications to close before a shutdown.

Custom Logon settings do not modify the credential behavior of Winlogon, so you can use any credential provider that is compatible with Windows 8.1 to provide a custom sign-in experience for your device.

You cannot change the configuration of Custom Logon during run time.

Settings available in Windows SIM

Setting

Description

AnimationDisabled

Disables the Welcome screen transition animation for Custom Logon.

BrandingNeutral

Specifies which UI elements display on the Welcome screen.

HideAutoLogonUI

Hides the Welcome screen when automatic sign-in is enabled.

NoLockScreen

Disables the Lock screen functionality and UI elements.

UIVerbosityLevel

Disables the Windows status messages during device startup, sign-in, and shut down.

Settings details

AnimationDisabled

Disables the Welcome screen transition animation for Custom Logon.

  • Type
    Int32

  • Values

    Value

    Description

    0

    Do not disable the Welcome screen transition animation.

    This is the default value.

    1

    Disable the Welcome screen transition animation.
  • Parent hierarchy
    Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon | AutomationDisabled
  • Valid passes
    offlineServicing, specialize

  • XML example

    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <AnimationDisabled>1</AnimationDisabled>
    </component>
</settings>

BrandingNeutral

Specifies which UI elements display on the Welcome screen.

  • Type
    Int32

  • Values
    The following table shows the possible values. You can combine these values using bitwise exclusive-or logic to disable multiple Welcome screen UI elements.

    The default value is 17, which disables all Welcome screen UI elements and the Switch user button.

    Value

    Description

    1

    Disables all Welcome screen UI elements.

    2

    Disables the Power button.

    4

    Disables the Language button.

    8

    Disables the Ease of access button.

    16

    Disables the Switch user button.

    32

    Disables the Blocked Shutdown Resolver (BSDR) screen so that restarting or shutting down the system causes the OS to immediately force close any applications that are blocking system shut down. No UI is displayed and users are not given a chance to cancel the shutdown process. This can result in a loss of data if any open applications have unsaved data.
  • Parent hierarchy
    Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon | BrandingNeutral
  • Valid passes
    offlineServicing, specialize

  • XML example

    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <BrandingNeutral>17</BrandingNeutral>
    </component>
</settings>

HideAutoLogonUI

Hides the Welcome screen when automatic sign-in is enabled.

By default, Custom Logon launches directly into the shell without displaying the sign-in UI when automatic sign-in is enabled. You can disable this option to mirror a Windows 8.1 experience, which briefly shows the sign-in UI before switching to the shell.

  • Type
    Int32

  • Values

    Value

    Description

    0

    Do not hide the Welcome screen.

    This is the default value.

    1

    Hide the Welcome screen.
  • Parent hierarchy
    Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon | HideAutoLogonUI
  • Valid passes
    offlineServicing, specialize

  • XML example

    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <HideAutoLogonUI>1</HideAutoLogonUI>
    </component>
</settings>

NoLockScreen

Disables the Lock screen functionality and UI elements.

  • Type
    Int32

  • Values

    Value

    Description

    0

    Do not disable the Lock screen functionality and UI elements.

    This is the default value.

    1

    Disable the Lock screen functionality and UI elements.
  • Parent hierarchy
    Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon | NoLockScreen
  • Valid passes
    offlineServicing, specialize

  • XML example

    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <NoLockScreen>1</NoLockScreen>
    </component>
</settings>

UIVerbosityLevel

Disables the Windows status messages during device startup, sign-in, and shut down.

  • Type
    Int32

  • Values

    Value

    Description

    0

    Do not suppress the Windows status messages during device startup, sign-in, and shut down.

    This is the default value.

    1

    Suppress the Windows status messages during device startup, sign-in, and shut down.
  • Parent hierarchy
    Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon | UIVerbosityLevel
  • Valid passes
    offlineServicing, specialize

  • XML example

    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-EmbeddedLogon" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <UIVerbosityLever>1</UIVerbosityLevel>
    </component>
</settings>

See Also

Concepts

Add lockdown and branding features to your image by using Windows SIM
Brand a device
Custom Logon