How to Customize Windows 7 Logon Background

Now lets have some fun by customizing windows 7 login background :-)

We are going to play with the windows registry so be very careful.

Following are the steps.

Step 1:

press win+r key and Type Regedit at run prompt

Step 2:

Locate following registry key

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

Step 3:

Now in right-side pane, change value of OEMBackground to 1.

Step 4:

Follow the path %windir%\system32\oobe\ and Create a new folder "info" and then create folder "background" within newly created "info" folder

Step 5:

Now place your custom image in %windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds

Step 6:

Now place your desired logon wallpaper within this background folder with file name as backgroundDefault.jpg

Please NOTE: Images must be less than 256kb in size

Cheers,

All the Best...... :)