You Can Customize Windows 7 Logon Background Officially

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Windows 7 Logon Customized

Leaked Windows 7 Build 7057 has many new changes as compared to its ancestor builds 7000, 7048 etc. We have already noted some changes like set of new Windows 7 Wallpapers, New User account pictures and most interesting you can remove many windows 7 component like Internet explorer 8 etc.

Here is another great finding by Rafael Rivera from within windows, you can now officially change Windows 7 Build 7057 login UI background. Windows 7 now supports the ability to load images into the background of the login screen without the use of third-party software or manual hacks.

Customize Windows 7 Logon Background

Steps to Change Windows 7 Build 7057 Logon Background Image

1. press win+r key and Type Regedit at run prompt

2. Locate following registry key

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

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

4. Now place your custom image in %windir%\system32\oobe

5. Create a new folder info and background within newly created info folder

Folder path should look like this %windir%\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds

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

Images Name with resolutions

backgroundDefault.jpg

background768×1280.jpg (0.6)

background900×1440.jpg (0.625)

background960×1280.jpg (0.75)

background1024×1280.jpg (0.8)

background1280×1024.jpg (1.25)

background1024×768.jpg (1.33-)

background1280×960.jpg (1.33-)

background1600×1200.jpg (1.33-)

background1440×900.jpg (1.6)

background1920×1200.jpg (1.6)

background1280×768.jpg (1.66-)

background1360×768.jpg (1.770833-)

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

The backgroundDefault.jpg image is loaded and stretched-to-fit when a resolution/ratio specific background cannot be found.

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Reader Comments

it really looks great & great trick.
how about posting links to some sample images as shown in the screenshots?

Written By vikrant
on March 16th, 2009

No HKLM in Reg on Win7 7057 x86, only HKEY. Search for specific file did not turn up anything

Written By Brian
on March 17th, 2009

Does your computer boot?

Thanks for the write up!

~win 7 fan

Written By Skittish
on March 23rd, 2009

This worked for build 7057, but it doesn’t seem to work in build 7068. Can anyone confirm this?

Written By Roel
on March 31st, 2009

Just tried it on 7068. works great.

Written By Adverb
on April 6th, 2009

Yes, it works again, made a typo :-/

Written By Roel
on April 8th, 2009

has anyone tried it on win7 beta 7000 x64????

Written By ycm
on May 13th, 2009

We just released a free program that does it for you. It will reduce the image size to fit into the 256kb limit, and take care of all the registry changes:

http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/change-the-windows-7-logon-background-free-utility/

Written By Steve Wiseman
on July 17th, 2009

Just tried it on 7100.
Step 4 is not needed.
Step 6: the files with the resolution in the name do not work (background1600×1200.jpg for ex) .

Written By HB
on July 28th, 2009

I created yet another logon background changer :
http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_7_logon_background_changer/
This one has a nice WPF based UI, and needs admin rights only once to change the logon background (great for users who like to change their background often). Works on Windows 7 RC1 and RTM (final version).

Written By Julien M
on August 14th, 2009

Cool. Do you know of a way to change the size of the user picture on this screen? It’s decent size when you have only one user but with two users they get really small. Maybe another handy utility?

Written By MWoods
on August 22nd, 2009

yeah the steps work on windows 7 rc and a small changer available for download at http://www.murgee.com allows to select any jpg file and set it as windows 7 background without any fuss

Written By marty
on August 24th, 2009

works like a charm..

thx

Written By vaibhav singh
on October 20th, 2009

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