Manually Change Windows 7 logon screen

Yep! As the title tells, this post is about changing the logon screen of Windows 7. We all know, Windows 7 logon screen is down right plain, simple and boring. But, fear no more as I am about to tell you how to change it.

Without further ado, here are the steps:

• Click Start Button.
• In Start Search Box, type regedit and press Enter
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
• Double click OEMBackground key
• Set the Value data to 1
  
  


• Choose any image you want, Wait, there is a catch. The image size should be less than 256 KB. So, yeah, if your image is greater than that, shrink it down. (I am not gonna tell you how)
• Move to C:\Windows\System32\oobe
• Create a new folder, call it info
• Create a new folder inside info, call it backgrounds
• Copy your image here, but rename it to backgroundDefault.jpg
• Reboot and voila!

Simple, right. Nothing much to it. And for those that don't want to do it manually, there is a software named Logon Changer.

Thanks for reading and as always please comment.