Forget the registry hacking and command line pimping. Lucas finds the lazy man's way to hack your Windows login screen. This handy app lets you change every element of your Windows login screen with a simple click through interface. Change your login screen wallpaper no matter the size of the file or the resolution of the image file.

Previously, Lucas pimped out his Windows 7 login screen with a custom image. Now, he's back in the login screen to get rid of the Windows 7 branding and the accessibility button so your custom image really shines.

Windows 7 is still pretty new and shiny, even with the factory default settings. However, we're not interested in factory defaults. Lucas demos how to pimp out your

Windows 7 login screen

with a little regedit hacking. In this case, pimpin' may not be easy per se, but it's worth the effort.

Not content to confine his pimpery (hey, it's a word now that it's written) to his Mac OS X desktop, Dock et. al., Lucas turns his attentions to

changing the OS X login screen

. He also messes with the default alert messages.

Change the login wallpaper, change the login logo

, no aspect of OS X is safe from Lucas' pimpery (and there it is again).

Entering a username and password every time you

start Windows XP

can seem like a waste of time, especially if you're the only one who uses your computer. We'll show you

how to disable the Windows XP login screen

so you'll

go straight to your Windows desktop upon starting your computer

.

The first step in

securing your home network

is to familiarize yourself with your

router's control panel

. First, you'll want to

find your router's IP address

and

login to your router

. There are some

common router passwords

that manufacturers use so if you haven't changed your router's password, you'll find it in the documentation that came with it.
In this 10-part series is to take some of the mystery out of the router and allow you to be comfortable with it... it's not as hard as you may think to

set up your own home network

.