14 April 2012
Change The login startup screen Of Windows 7
How to Change The Login Startup Screen Of Windows 7
If you are a windows 7 user then this post is for you,if not still you can learn this nice little trick to get a custom login startup screen.Dont you ever feel boring to have same kinda screen every time you startup your Personal Computer?
Don’t you feel that there needs to be a Oomph factor to your login screen too as you have in your own life?
If thats the case then readon,this post is specially written for you
Procedure for changing login startup screen
Step 1: Click on Start button and enter regedit into the search bar.Step 2: Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and select Find.
Step 3: Search for OEMBackground, which should be in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background. If the key does not exist, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground.
Step 4: Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.
Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: %windir%\system32\oobe.
Step 6: Create a new folder named info, and open it.
Step 7: Create a new folder with named backgrounds within info.
Step 8: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder backgrounds (images must be less than 245KB in size).
It all done now, its time to test how your logon screen looks. hope you would have enjoyed this trick.
Alternative Option
If you are not comfortable with manual setting, and want to save your time then you should go for this trick. There are various 3rd party application available for windows 7 that can change default logon wallpaper, but I personally suggest you to go for Tweaks.com Change Windows 7 Startup Screen. It provides an easy way to customize the logon screen background with just a few clicks. Simply you have to download the free application, run it and click Change Logon Screen.
Conclusion:
So, now I hope you will be comfortable with the procedure of changing your login startup screen.

Author: Deepak
Deepak Rana is the CEO and Founder of Technofers. He is a young Blogger from India.