Change the background image on the login screen in Windows 7

As previously announced, in the new Windows 7 operating system, you can easily change the background of the login window. You do not need to change the resources in the executable files or perform any other special actions. The process of changing the image is quite simple and can be performed even without involving additional tools. This functionality is available and works correctly since build 7057.



In order to change the background on the login screen, you must follow these steps.

• Open the registry editor and find the registry key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Authentication -> LogonUI -> Background". This section contains a special “OEMBackground” key of type DWORD. The value “1” in this vein indicates that you need to use the special design of the login window. If the key is missing, you can create it manually.
• Make sure that the folder “% windir% \ system32 \ oobe \ info \ backgrounds” exists. This is where Windows 7 will look for background images for the login screen. If this folder does not exist, then it must be created.
• Put in this folder all the necessary images. For each permission in this folder you need to put your image with a specific name. If the image with the desired resolution is not found, then the backgroundDefault.jpg file will be used. It is important that each image should be no more than 256 KB, otherwise it will simply be ignored. List of files to be put in this folder:
  
  • backgroundDefault.jpg
  • background768 × 1280.jpg (0.6)
  • background900 × 1440.jpg (0.625)
  • background960 × 1280.jpg (0.75)
  • background1024 × 1280.jpg (0.8)
  • background1280 × 1024.jpg (1.25)
  • background1024 × 768.jpg (1.33)
  • background1280 × 960.jpg (1.33)
  • background1600 × 1200.jpg (1.33)
  • background1440 × 900.jpg (1.6)
  • background1920 × 1200.jpg (1.6)
  • background1280 × 768.jpg (1.66)
  • background1360 × 768.jpg (1.770833)
  
  

If you do not want to perform all these actions manually, then for these purposes you can use third-party utilities, of which there are a sufficient number on the Internet. One of the simplest such utilities is Tweaks Logon Changer for Windows 7 . This utility will make all the necessary changes in the registry, and also compress the image to the desired size and put it in the right folder.