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 change the Windows 7 logon screen and set your own picture/wallpaper as the background.

Customizing the logo screen
background in Windows 7 is as
simple as changing your desktop
wallpaper.

Well, here is a step-by-step instruction to change the logo screen background:

1. The image you need to set as
the logo screen background
should be a .jpg file and its
size should not exceed
245KB.

2. The image resolution can be
anything of your choice.
However I prefer 1440 x900 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 âre done, save this
image as backgroundDefault.jpg.

3. You will need to copy this
image to the following location:
C:\Windows\system32\oobe
\info\backgrounds

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:HKLM\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

If the key Background
does not exist, then right-click
on LogonUI, select New -> Key, and then name it as Background.

Now locate OEMBackground (listed
on the right side). If it does
not exist, right-click Background and select New -> 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
logo screen background. If you
would like to revert back to
the default background, just
set the Value Data back to 0.