Friday, January 3, 2014

Change And Customize Windows Logon Screen Wallpaper Tutorials And Notes

Changing the Pre-Login Screen Background Picture

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Introduction Of Windows XP Logon Wallpaper
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Press Start Menu Button Then Click On Run Tool And Type Regedit & Follow This Tutorial
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How To Customize Windows 7 Login Screen without Using 3rd Party Tool

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Windows 7 makes it possible to change the welcome screen that appears when you start your computer without any third-party software, but this setting is well hidden. You can set any image you like as your background.

This setting is intended for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to customize their systems, but there’s nothing stopping you from using it yourself. All you have to do is change a single registry value and put an image file in the correct location.
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Enabling Custom Backgrounds

This feature is disabled by default, so you’ll have to enable it from the Registry Editor. You can also use the Group Policy Editor if you have a Professional version of Windows – scroll down a bit for the Group Policy Editor method.

Launch the Registry Editor by typing regedit into the search box in the Start menu and pressing Enter.
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In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:

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

You’ll see an DWORD value named OEMBackground. If you don’t see it, right-click in the right pane, point to the New submenu and create a new DWORD value with this name.
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Double-click the OEMBackground value and set its value to 1.
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Note that selecting a new theme in the Appearance and Personalization window will “unset” this registry value. Selecting a theme will change the value of the key to the value stored in the theme’s .ini file, which is probably 0 – if you change your theme, you’ll have to perform this registry tweak again.
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Changing the setting in group policy will allow it to persist even when you change your theme, but the Group Policy Editor is only available in Professional editions of Windows.

If you have access to the Group Policy Editor, launch gpedit.msc from the Start menu.
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Navigate to the following section in the Group Policy Editor window:

    Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon
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You’ll find a setting named “Always use custom login background.” Double-click it and set it to Enabled.
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Setting An Image

Your image file must be less than 256 KB in size. It’s also a good idea to use an image file that matches the resolution of your monitor, so it won’t look stretched.

Windows looks for the custom logon screen background image in the following directory:

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

By default, the info and backgrounds folders don’t exist. Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\oobe folder and create them yourself by right-clicking inside the folder, pointing to New, and selecting New Folder.
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Copy your desired background image to the backgrounds folder and name it backgroundDefault.jpg.
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(I can see the inevitable question coming in the comments, so if you like this wallpaper image, you can get it here.)

The change will take effect immediately – no system reboot required. The first time you log out or lock your screen (try the WinKey-L keyboard shortcut), you’ll see your new background.
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How To Customize Windows 7 Login Screen with 3rd Party Tool

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Copy And Paste On Your Browser Search Bar And Download It
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5rai1e0160m3k52/Win7+Logon+BackgroundChanger.zip

About Third-Party Tools

You don’t have to do this by hand. There are a variety of third-party tools that automate this process for you, like Windows Logon Background Changer, which we’ve covered in the past. Windows Logon Background Changer and other utilities just change this registry value and put the image file in the correct location for you.
Windows 7 Logon Background Changer

This cool app is free, Open Source, and lets you change the wallpaper on the Windows 7 Logon screen. It doesn’t require installation, and won’t change any of the system files. The download is a small zip file that contains an executable you can run from a flash drive, and also an installer in the Setup folder if you choose to install it.
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After launching Background changer, you can browse through the standard Windows backgrounds to get an idea of how it will look.
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If you don’t want to use the standard Windows backgrounds, you can add your own folder of images.
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After you’ve selected the background you want, click on the Apply button in the upper right hand corner.
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Click Yes on the authorization screen.
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Click Yes to User Account Control if it comes up.
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The wait a bit while the background is applied.
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Now you can log off to see how the new background will look when you or another user signs in.
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There are some different settings you can select like resetting back to the default pictures folder, preventing other users from changing the background, and adjust shadows.
Conclusion

There are several apps out there that will tweak the logon background, but this one from Julien Manici is one of the better ones that I’ve found. It’s easy to use and has a nice amount of features for tweaking the background. If you like to tweak and customize your Windows 7 interface, you’ll definitely want to take a look at this app.
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