Wednesday 28 March 2012

Customize the Windows 7 log-on screen (no software required)

Windows 7 makes it easy changing the Windows log-on screen.



1. Go to start, and click on Run, type Regedit & press enter there.
2. Navigate to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\ LogonUI\Background


3. Double-click the OEMBackground DWORD key














4. Set value of the key to 1.










5. Select a background image for Logon Screen with size less than 256KB in size (Use of Image Resize software like VSO Resizer can help)





6. Copy that image into the C:\Windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds folder










7. Rename the image to backgroundDefault.jpg
8. Reboot, and now your logon Image would have changed.