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Windows 7 comes packed with a lot of new and interesting backgrounds. However Windows 7 fails to include an easy way to change the background you see every single time you login to your computer. Perhaps you want a little flavor, or maybe you just dont like the built-in background. Whatever the case may be, with this groovy trick you can change the background for both your Windows 7 logon screen and the menu you see whenever you hit CTRL+ALT+DEL .
[learn_more caption="Editor Update 7/27/11"]After much feedback in the comments, if youre not comfortable updating the system registry I recommend you read this groovyPost which reviews the process of updating the Winodws 7 logon background using a freeware tool instead.[/learn_more]
A few things to note about your background image
Windows will only recognize an image of the following resolutions: 7681280 9601280 9001440 1024768 10241280 1280768 1280960 12801024 1360768 1440900 16001200 19201200 Any image used as a background must be smaller than 245 KB in file size, regardless of resolution. The image used must be saved in .jpg format. Okay that handles the fine print, lets get started.
How To Change The WIndows 7 Logon Background And CTRL+ALT+DEL Menu Background
Step 1 On your Start Menu, Type in regedit and Press Enter or Click the regedit program shortcut. access regedit in windows 7 from the start menu 2. Once you are in the registry editor, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background Double-Click the key OEMBackground and change the value from 0 to 1. browse to the windows 7 registry key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAuthenticationLogonUIBackground
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3. Do the same thing for the registry key found at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System You may have to create the key, to do so Right-Click Anywhere on the window, and then Click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the key UseOEMBackground then Double-Click the key like before, and Change the value to 1.
4. Save the image you want to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds and name it backgroundDefault.jpg If the location does not exist, read below.
4.b The info and background folders may not exist, and in that case you will need to create both of them. Simply Click the New Folder button, and Name the first one Info and then go into it. Now inside of the info folder, create a new folder again and Name it backgrounds.
All done! Now both your logon and your Ctrl+Alt+Del menu should have the background you selected. To test it just logout or Press Ctrl+Alt+Del. Feel free to ask any questions or any feedback you might have below and also on the groovy community board.
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Isaiah Olson
Not to steal this spot for advertising, but I wrote a free utility that does all this for you. Anyone can download it at my website http://iwowprogramming.net/software.php exact same process, but a little quick imho. Thanks!
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grooveDexter wrote the How-To, Ill make sure he sends it your way.
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you could do that. or you could just use this program that does it all for you. it will even resize you pictures for you if they are not the right size http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/ its much easier. its what i use.
savuth
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I cant seem to get it working. I have a Alienware M11x Win7 64-bit. I resized the image. I played with the HKEYs a bit seeing if I was the value. I have a default image factory installed in the background folder. I took that image out. Left only my image. I CTR+ALT+DEL and its a blue background thats default for win7. I cant remove that image due to Trusted Installer. Needless to say Im stumped. Thanks for your help!
Found a program that works much better then the step by step. (for me anyway.) http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-Logon-Background-Changer/3000-2072_4-11112208.html
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Afton
Works like a charm!! AMAZING tutorial! Thank you SO much! It took away the fear of working in the Registry!! :D Thank you again!
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difficulty lies. If not, then I dont know what can be done to help you, aside from doing it myself for you.
Andrew
In step 3 I went to make a new: DWORD (32-bit) value and a Cannot Create Value: Error Writing to the Registry came up. ?
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Also, my info folder is in all caps. Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium edition.
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Andrew
Hey MrGroove; My log in schreen changed but my desctop beckround did not? Please help. Second question. How can i have two different photos for log in and for backround?
yash
yash
andrew
Well great. I did everything as posted and it didnt work. Didnt change a thing. Whats worse I tried rebooting the computer and now it woulnt even turn on. Nothing. I get the power light and the hard drive spins thats all. Anyone able to help with that?
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you press the control + Alt + delete? Example WWW.MSN.COM Thanks in Advance..
Josh
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Hey, so Ive performed the steps already and works like a charm! But Ive noticed every time you change the theme in Windows, the key for OEMBACKGROUND automatically changes to zero. Youd have to basically re-enable your background every time you change the theme in Windows. I am using Windows 7 Professional.
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