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  c0_80

  Jun 5, 2007 at 2:32 am

  i think if anyone that has a pc doesnt know how too use a basic computer skill , or alter something , minimal as that shouldn’t even have a pc , even a beginner will have some commonsence into changing a trivial aspect as that.

  id suggest , using resource hacker and altering some of the *.dll’s in the sytem file directory ,

  too experiment , try copying the files you would alter first , then if something went wrong, you could just copy the file back

  suggesting the file “imageres.dll”

  as a starter file

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  Joe

  Jun 5, 2007 at 9:23 am

  There are many people in the world that don’t want to invest hours/days/years learning every aspect of their computer. They just want it to work, and occasionally, work the way they want. This is perfectly OK, as it keeps me employed, and keeps all of them working on things I don’t want to have to invest hours/days/years learning about.

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  joeblowignorant

  Jun 16, 2007 at 4:24 pm

  Your picture of the “evil flower” sits entirely inside the start menu;whereas mine overlapped the top edge.Did you notice the past tense?
  I attempted a picture change by Start>Control Panel>User Accounts and Family Safety>Change your Account Picture.My first look revealed 2 copies of the “flower”; and I was curious; and still am,why? I made my choice,clicked Change Picture and was immediately shown the change on the User Accounts page. So far so good…until I went back to the Start Menu only to find my owner picture gone from the Start Menu along with the Icons that would only highlight when mouse pointer scanned over them or they were selected.I believe there were 4 of them.
  In my quest for a cure,I of course had to go back to where I started…Change Your Picture in User Accounts,only to find the second copy of the “Flower” gone! And I have not seen it since. One thing I did not do that you did was click on the Start Menu Picture before going into User Accounts and cannot figure why that picture click is necessary.As my name suggests,I can use and be grateful for all and any help you’ll give. Thanks in advance. joeblowignorant

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  joeblowignorant

  Jun 25, 2007 at 12:15 pm

  Perhaps I’m a bit impatient,but I have not heard a thing, in over a week, about my Post concerning my Vista start menu picture(owner).I was hoping Joe could tell me about that initial click on the start menu picture BEFORE going to “Change your picture” in “User Accounts”in step #1 of tip #44.Granted;it is probably something I have done or not done, but I would like to know the relevancy of that first click!I would much appreciate a reply from Joe,or anyone else that may be able to enlighten me.Thank you.

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  Joe

  Jun 25, 2007 at 5:52 pm

  Sorry for the delay. It looks like your method gets you to the same place as mine, but simply clicking on the picture in the Start menu is a little quicker. The method you use to get there shouldn’t have any relevance on how if functions. I tried it the way you described and it worked the same way as in the tip. I’ve gone back to the Start menu and the picture is appearing fine, so it’s hard to say why yours isn’t. So you’re saying you now have no picture at all in the start menu, and you can’t add one?

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  joeblowignorant

  Jun 28, 2007 at 3:38 pm

  To Joe from joeblowignorant; thank you for your prompt reply.I have given myself an appropiate nickname!I didn’t realize that by clicking the start menu picture one would be taken to “User Accounts”.Which makes me ask..? How and where did you learn a move like that? I have a couple more questions if you don’t mind?On your photo of the User Accounts>User Accounts.I can’t seem to get that specific reading.Mine says User Accounts and Family Safety>User Accounts, but it comes out the same.Do you have the “Ultimate”? It seems like no big thing,I know,but I am curious.Do you know of those icons I spoke of in my first Post? I didn’t have them long enough to say with 100% certainty that they were even there!When I would drag my pointer over the names of the 4 program icons that sit directly below the Owner button,an icon would light up.The trophy icon(light green)is the most vivid.I really appreciate the time you’ve spent so far and I look forward to a reply.Thank you! jbi

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  joeblowignorant

  Jun 28, 2007 at 3:59 pm

  To Joe from joeblowignorant; thank you for your prompt reply.I have given myself an appropiate nickname!I didn’t realize that by clicking the start menu picture one would be taken to “User Accounts”.Which makes me ask..? How and where did you learn a move like that? I have a couple more questions if you don’t mind?On your photo of the User Accounts>User Accounts.I can’t seem to get that specific reading.Mine says User Accounts and Family Safety>User Accounts, but it comes out the same.Do you have the “Ultimate”? It seems like no big thing,I know,but I am curious.Do you know of those icons I spoke of in my first Post? I didn’t have them long enough to say with 100% certainty that they were even there!When I would drag my pointer over the names of the 4 programs that sit directly below the Owner button,an icon would light up.The trophy icon(light green)is the most vivid.I really appreciate the time you’ve spent so far and I look forward to a reply.Thank you! jbi

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  morgan

  Jun 28, 2007 at 10:41 pm

  hi… i have been trying to change the picture associated to my account… i do know how to change it… but the problem is, that picture does not appear on my logon screen as u have shown above. how do i set it.

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  Joe

  Jul 2, 2007 at 10:01 am

  It should appear automatically. What do you see instead of the picture you chose?

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  Carl Harris

  Jul 25, 2007 at 3:12 pm

  Anyone know how to fix the “Orange Flower” bug. No matter what picture your select, ie any custom or other windows log in picture, it just changes back to the orange flower!

  Any ideas people?

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  Cathy Coffman

  Aug 17, 2007 at 12:19 am

  I too have the “orange flower” bug. My picture changes back to the orange flowers. Any fix for this?

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  Carl Harris

  Aug 17, 2007 at 12:30 am

  The only way I found of fixing it with out reinstalling the vista, was to create another User Account, and move all you files over, then delete the one that is having trouble. Not the best fix.

  I found that setting AppData to hidden causes this for me.

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  Cathy Coffman

  Aug 17, 2007 at 12:37 am

  I checked my AppData folder and lo and behold it was hidden. I checked off hidden, let it unhide all of the files, folders etc, then changed the picture and it stayed. Thank you Carl!

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  Carl Harris

  Aug 17, 2007 at 12:33 pm

  Thats ok, im hoping that the SP1 will fix this error as the AppData file should be hidden!!!

  Anyway, at least we dont have to look at the orange flower all the time

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  RobK

  Oct 11, 2007 at 2:49 am

  Nice tip - yes, c0_80, a basic tip, but many people have day jobs and have to focus on doing their work, not delving into every option available. Keep up the good work on the English classes, btw.

  Thanks, Joe

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  M.McGuire

  Nov 4, 2007 at 11:38 pm

  Thanks for the evil flower remedy. I’ve been fighting a related problem for a couple of days with only deeper problems as a result. Nice to have a step in the right direction.

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  Morgan

  Nov 8, 2007 at 12:56 pm

  What’s with the halo effect on the picture that is chosen? Just like in the jpfieber pic above - the tope half is lit. It also does this to pictures that I have for my contacts in Outlook Express. It distorts the image; can I get rid of it?

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  Morgan

  Nov 8, 2007 at 12:57 pm

  What’s with the halo effect on the picture that is chosen? Just like in the “jpfieber pic” above - the top half is lit. This happens to to my contact pics in Outlook Express, as well. I hate it - can I get rid of it?

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  Joe

  Nov 8, 2007 at 1:54 pm

  Not that I’m aware of, it appears to be Microsoft’s way of making it look ’shiny’ and ‘cool’, like the rest of Vista.

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  martin

  Nov 10, 2007 at 6:55 pm

  I don’t want to see any picture on my start menu - pretty or not.

  Does anyone know how to remove the picture and its frame completely?

  Cheers

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  nadeem

  Feb 21, 2008 at 9:54 am

  how to increase the picture size

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  Dean Mitchell

  Feb 25, 2008 at 7:42 pm

  Quick and easy.

  Thanks

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  Carl Harris

  Mar 28, 2008 at 5:45 am

  I have a better fix for the orange flower showing as a profile pic.

  Show all hidden files, and in USER(Your name)\ right click APPS, then properties. Untick hidden. Apply.

  Then right click APPS again, then properties, tick hide, and then select Only this folder.

  Then hide all hidden files again. Done!!

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  Thingriz

  Mar 30, 2008 at 9:42 pm

  Can you change the size of your user photo? Like you can with all other files and folders. Make it a bit bigger.

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  Tom Zangla

  Sep 29, 2008 at 7:13 pm

  Flower picture popping up on my e mail account.
  My user account picture is OK but some how that
  flower popped up in my e mail log on account.
  I tried changing my account picture and it changed but did not change the picture in my e mail log on
  account.

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