How to change the logon screen in windows 7

How to change the logon screen in windows 7

1. The image you need to set as the background should be a ".jpg" file and it’s size should not exceed "245KB".

2. The image resolution can be anything of your choice. However 1440 x 900 or 1024 x 768 is preferable.After compressing and setting the resolution for your image, save it as backgroundDefault.jpg.

3. You will need to copy this image to

"C:\Windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds"

You will need to create that path if it does not already exist on your computer.

4. Now open the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit) and navigate to the following key

"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background"

If "Background" does not exist rightclick "LogonUI", select New and then Key, and then name it Background. Now locate OEMBackground (listed on the right side). If it does not exist, right-click Background and select New and then DWORD and name it OEMBackground.

5. Double-click on OEMBackground and set the Value Data to 1.

6. Now log-off to see the new logon screen background. If you would like to revert back to the default background, just set the Value Data back to 0.