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Friday, 8 March 2013

How to Change the Logon Screen on Windows 7

This time around, I am going to show you how to customize the Windows 7 login screen. There are various methods to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. I totally believe on hands on approach so, lets see.

This method will require you to modify the registry
.
Step 1: Open the Windows Start menu and enter regedit into the search bar.

Step 2: Go to the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background.

Now  add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground. 

Step 3: Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.  


Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds.

Step 6: Create a new folder named info, and open it.

Step 7: Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 8: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder
backgrounds (images must be less than 245KB in size).

 

That should do the trick, now just lock your PC, log off or reboot and enjoy.


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