Change Windows 7 Logon Screen Background

How to Change Windows 7 Logon Screen Background

It is possible to change the default background of windows 7 logon screen.

1) Open Run dialog, then type "regedit" (without quotes).

2) User Account Control dialog will open. Click on Yes.

3) Then Register Editor window will be open.

4) In the registry follow the following path.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

5) You will see a DWORD named OEMBackground.

6)  Set the OEMBackground value to 1.

7) Click on OK. Then close the Registry Editor.

8) If you don’t see OEMBackground, then right-click in the right pane, New->DWORD(32-bit) Value.

Now set your own Image as follows

1) Goto the following path.

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds

2) Copy your desired background image to the backgrounds folder and name it backgroundDefault.jpg.

3) If you don't see the info and backgrounds folders. Then goto C:\Windows\System32\oobe folder and create     New Folder named info. Inside info again create another New Folder named backgrounds.

4) Copy your desired background image to the backgrounds folder and name it backgroundDefault.jpg.

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