How to Change the Logon Screen Background in Windows 7
How would you like to change the logon screen background in Windows 7 so as to give your Windows a customized look and feel? With a small tweak it is possible to customize the Windows 7 logon screen and set your own picture/wallpaper as the background. Changing logon screen background in Windows 7 is as simple as changing your desktop wallpaper. Well here is a step by step instruction to customize the logon screen background.
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 I prefer 1440 x 900 or 1024 x 768. You can use any of the photo editing software such as Photoshop to compress and set the resolution for your image. Once you’re done, save this image as backgroundDefault.jpg.
3. You will need to copy this image to
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
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.
I hope you like this trick. Just try out and give your feedback!
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There is an automated tool that does this:
http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/
It can automatically resize the jpg files if it is too large
and can revert to the default
Hey sri , i am ur big fan . I find this website 2 month ago . I also visited all websites in ur BLOGROLL . & read all articles of these all site and also subscribe via feedburner . This method is for windows7 . Can i use this method for Xp , 98 , vista ?
@ Divy
THe above method is only for Win 7
hello mr.srikanth….
is that picture is in exact to 245 kb or may be lesser to also 245 kb?????
advance thanks for your reply………
@ balaji
It should not exceed 245KB. It can be less than too…
there’s an automated tool for doin this
http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_7_logon_background_changer/
just download dis n run the setup n u r ready to change login backgrounds
n
da size of pic just dsn’t matters…………..
hope dis helps those who r unable 2 do it da way u’ve described
people like me
Sir
I have tried this it works but after a few days it reverts back to its original and the value of OEMbackground changes to 0
@ ankit
This happens because of Windows update which will set the settings back to the default.
I’ve tried in ma window 7…….but i find no such folder names “info” in oobe……
n when i resave ma background image it’s denied ma opperation……
also I’m working on Administrator account…….
plzzzz solve this….i’m confused..
hey although you said this only works for windows 7,does that mean you can with vista like,in a different way?different path?if u know what i mean?
i figured out something,this also wrks in vista,i have tried it,all u hav 2 do is swap out the JPEG image with something of the same size
i didnt find in the Registry Editor the HKLM, what i do?
@ me
HKLM means HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. You can find it in the registry editor
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