How to Change Windows 7 Logon Screen Background
You can now easily change the logon screen background of Windows 7 with regedit, since Windows 7 now supports the ability to load images into the background of the login UI screen.
Follow the below steps:
1) Type REGEDIT in start menu search box and press Enter.
2) Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
3) Right-Click on the right-side pane and select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4) Type OEMBackground as the DWORD’s value name.
5) Double-Click on the DWORD value called OEMBackground.Type 1 in the Value Data box and click OK.
6) Exit the Registry Editor.
7) Go to:
C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds (Change C to your system drive)
Copy the image which you want to use as the logon screen’s background image and paste it to the above location. The image must be in JPG format and it’s size should not be more than 256 KB(u can use mspaint or any simple image editor).
9) Rename the image to backgroundDefault.jpg. Now log-off to see the new background.
June 25, 2010
Tags: logon-ui, tweaks, windows Posted in: logonui, tweaks, windows