How To Change The Logon Screen on Windows 7 & 8 Free Just In 5 Steps.

Change The Logon Screen

Hi Guys.Today i tell you how to chenge logon screen on window 7 and window 8.Windows 7 and 8 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.

lets start

1. Open the Windows Start menu and enter regedit into the search bar.

2. Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and select Find.

3. Search for OEMBackground, which should be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUIBackground.

4. Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.

5. 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.

6. 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.

8. Navigate to the following section in the Group Policy Editor window:

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon

9. You’ll find a setting named “Always use custom login background.” Double-click it and set it to Enabled.

10. 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.

11. Copy your desired background image to the backgrounds folder and name it backgroundDefault.jpg.

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.

Chenge  with 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.

Note 

To get the default logon screen back, just delete the backgroundDefault.jpg file. Windows will use the default background if no custom background image is available.