Lion Log In Screen

Wondering why my log in screen where i choose which user, had gone from the linen twxture to a flat grey version where the apple logo move animated and drops....
i liked the previous screen more... wondering how to go back to it.
Thanks.

well, i can't currently take a picture, since my phone camera is dead. and since i haven't log in yet, i can't screen capture.
essentially the screen i'm talking about is the one refer in this article, the bottom one. I have seen the top one, until recent. I did a PRam reset a while back, would that have affected the log in screen?
http://hitechanalogy.com/mac-os-lion-linen-login-screen-apple/

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Hello!
Last month I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Lion. It's been amazing, but there seems to be one issue that I am having. When I first upgraded, I got the new lon-in screen Like this one, http://tinyurl.com/6n26t88 . A few days ago I started getting this new log-in screen where I'm required to type in my full name and password. Like here, http://tinyurl.com/6ths2yv . I'm not sure if I may have messed with a setting, but having to type in my full name and password gets old after a few times. If anyone could help that would awesome. Thank you!

Have you not just got your settings set for "name and password", under System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> Login Options -> "Display login window As"? You can choose either "List of users" or "Name and password", whicever you prefer.
Regards

Lion log-in setting

The Lion log-in screen shows all the registered users of the machine. The user can selects his/her own account, and type in his/her password to log in. I'm the administrator of the machine and I prefer that other users do not know what other user accounts there are in the machine. Can I go back to the old mode where there is only one log-in box and the user has to fill in his/her name as well as the password?

Eric,
Sorry to bother you again but unfortunately it didn't actually work. I set the login option to "name and password" in the users & groups section of my system preferences, but when I restarted the machine it would still show all the user accounts with their pictures/icons. Am I missing something?
Thanks and regards.
Allan

I just installed Mountain Lion. I'm having an issue on the log in screen.

Hello,
I just installed Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on my iMac. We have four user accouts on the computer and when you first wake the computer where you would normally choose an account and log in the screen is white. When you move the mouse around it leave a little trail of the log in screen until you find your acct and click on it and then it allows you to log in. Its never done that before, at least until I upgraded. This computer was bought right before Lion came out and I didn't upgrade it right away because I wanted to wait and see how everyone else liked it. I finally upgraded last week and aside from this issue it works great and I love the features but it is really annoying. What should I do? Has anyone else had the problem? I upgraded my Macbook and it hasn't had any problems but I only have one acct on it since my wife and kids don't use it. Thanks for the help in advance.

Contact Apple Service, iMac Service or Apple's Express Lane. Do note that if you have AppleCare's protection plan and you're within 50 miles (80 KM) of an Apple repair station, you're eligible for onsite repair since yours is a desktop machine.

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On my MacBook Pro, I install Lion. Now when I turn on my MacBook Pro, the log on screen is a square in the upper left hand cornor. It does show
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You're welcome

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I found a guide to how to change the incredibly boring bakround in the log-on screen on OSX Lion, which was described really easy. And since its such a boring bakround and since i like to customize my stuff, was just about to go through the few basic steps to change it.
When i directly ran in to a problem.
In order to change the bakround, i need to find this location "/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources" and then the file "NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png".
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Why??
I have done no changes since i bought my macbook pro 13.3", with OSX Lion on it a few weeks ago. I am the admin and only user of the macbook.
It is set to Swedish as the main language, could that result in the system files having different names?
Otherwise other ways to change the log-on screen's bakround will be appreciated as well.
As long as the tip is not "Ravissant", wich i have already looked at, but that would only make the log-on screen even uglier.
I found the tips on this site: http://http://t3kd.com/blog/2011/07/27/how-to-change-os-x-lion-login-screen-back ground/?pid=313
Even though i'm not asking for help to understand this "how to", i'm just asking why my computer can't find thoose files.
Help Appreciated /optifekk

That has never been a feature of Mac OS X, but I believe there was some kind of third-party software that could add that capability. i don't recall what its name is, but you must have had that installed, and it either isn't installed anymore (perhaps removed as incompatible?) or is not working properly in Mountain Lion.

On OSX Lion, My MacBook Pro freezes with rainbow on log in screen.

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Yep, because unchecking the 'Automatic graphics switching' uses your AMD or GeForce graphics card instead of the low power usage Intel onboard graphics. This is why I don't use the login screen. I just automatically log in. I'd rather have Apple fix the login screen lockup in a future dot release.
To see what I mean, click on the Apple in the upper left corner of your menu bar, then 'About this Mac' then the 'More Info...' button and look at the Graphics. It should say your AMD or GeForce graphics card. When that checkbox is checked and you log in, the Graphics info should show your Intel onboard graphics card.

2 log-in screens after turning filevault 2 on in Mac OSX Lion?

Hi -
I turned file-vault on in Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3 and now I am presented with log-in screens 2 times whenever I reboot my mac. First log-in screen comes immediately, is a light gray screen with filevault-enabled users, so I enter my password there and after some time I am presented with a second normal log-in screen, dark gray with all users. After entering my password in this second login screen, I am able to use my mac.
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Hi Linc -
That is indeed what I am doing now, it is still decrypting. once it is done decrypting, I will start encryption again. I am not sure why the first screen is coming, just an FYI: I do not have firmware password set in my macbook as well.
I will post back the status when I get around this, thanks for your response.

I just installe Lion and when I get to the log in screen it shows the two users but when I try to select either of them nothing happens. How can I fix this so I can log in.

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Can you select them with "Arrow left" or "arrow right" key on your keyboard?

Mac book pro spinning on startup but never gets to log in screen, repair disk says unable to repair, 2007 computer running Lion, how do I reinstall Lion to the Mac HD, which is the disk that needs repair, but cannot be repaired?

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Sounds like the drive is starting to fail. Have you ever change the drive in that system? If not then it is time to think about doing that, the sooner the better.

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I have decided to dedicate this thread to the wonderful errors of Lion OSX. Each time I find a huge problem with Lion I will make note of it here.
Today I discovered a new treasure of doggie poop in Lion. No Save As......
I repeat. No Save As. In text editor I couldn't save the file with a new extension. I finally accomplished this oh so majorly difficult task (because we all know how difficult it should be to save a file with a new extension) by pressing duplicate and then saving a copy of the file with a new extension. Yet then I had to delete the first copy and send it to trash. And of course then I have to secure empty trash because if I have to do this the rest of my mac's life I will be taking up a quarter of percentage of space with duplicate files. So this is the real reason they got rid of Save As: so that it would garble up some extra GB on the ole hard disk.
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are you freaking kidding me Apple? I mean REALLY?!!!! who the heck designed this?!!! I want to know. I want his or her name and I want to sit down with them and have a long chat. and then I'd probably splash cold water on their face to wake them up.
I am starting to believe that Apple is Satan.

MacBook Pro w/10.6.8 requires me to sign in twice at initial log-in screen before loading

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I know that there are issues with hotmail when on certain devices ( had the warning form hotmail's site)- but still have yet to be shown how to remove my email from Mail- if yo have any ideas I might try it.
Please if you have any advice of how to remove main email that would be great and it may be a option for you.

Touchpad doesn't work in log in screen

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I can't log into my main account with my password, always gets me back to the log-in screen after upgrading to 10.7.5

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