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You Can Customize Windows 7 Logon Background Officially

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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33 thoughts on “You Can Customize Windows 7 Logon Background Officially”

  1. vikrant
    March 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm

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

  2. Brian
    March 17, 2009 at 8:40 pm

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

  3. Skittish
    March 23, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    Does your computer boot?

    Thanks for the write up!

    ~win 7 fan

  4. Roel
    March 31, 2009 at 3:19 pm

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

  5. Adverb
    April 6, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Just tried it on 7068. works great.

  6. Roel
    April 8, 2009 at 4:09 pm

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

  7. ycm
    May 13, 2009 at 11:20 am

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

  8. Steve Wiseman
    July 17, 2009 at 12:15 am

    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/

  9. HB
    July 28, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    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) .

  10. Julien M
    August 14, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    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).

  11. MWoods
    August 22, 2009 at 1:24 am

    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?

  12. marty
    August 24, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    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

  13. vaibhav singh
    October 20, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    works like a charm..

    thx

  14. Saurabhorange
    October 30, 2010 at 6:45 am

    East or west My logon screen changer is the best
    remember to run it as admin

    http://download.cnet.com/Logon-Screen-Changer/3000-2105_4-75218509.html

  15. Moff25
    November 9, 2010 at 4:37 am

    Yes. This works on X64 also.
    Just copy the file to C:WindowsSystem32OOBEINFOBackgrounds and make the registry change.
    (No need to copy it to the SYSWOW64 folder)

  16. Jonathan
    December 16, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    It won’t let me change it back. How do I fix this!

  17. Vr_kaos
    December 28, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    Thanks for the TIP. Have a nice 2011.

  18. Badboyz_steven
    January 5, 2011 at 5:34 am

    i dun have “OEMBackground” appear,so how can i change?

  19. Mark Benson
    January 18, 2011 at 10:11 am

    delete every picture in “%windir%System32oobeinfobackgrounds”. Windows will show the default picture

  20. Mark Benson
    January 18, 2011 at 10:14 am

    in regedit, where the key should be:
    – right click
    – click “New…”
    – click “DWORD (32-bit) Value”
    – call it “OEMBackground”
    – set it’s value to be 1

    That should work…

  21. maineguy
    January 27, 2011 at 6:26 am

    i tried it on windows 7 ultimate and it did not change anything. i followed all steps except for the size of the pic which is more than 256kb. anyone who knows why it does not change?

  22. Anon
    February 10, 2011 at 6:05 pm

    How is this not a ‘manual hack’? The registry is a pile of hacks.

  23. Alexandra Lawrenz
    February 16, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    Thanks for making the steps to changing the logon screen wallpaper so easy! In addition to adding personal touches to the background, I wanted to let you know that you can also change the logon box with just a few tweaks. The steps are pretty easy and users are able to get a sleek, modern logon box that didn’t originally make it to the final Windows Vista product. You can find more info on how to do it here: http://bit.ly/dXwmfN

  24. Hesseltinet
    March 16, 2011 at 7:18 pm

    Yeah I did all the above and it still loads the original background

  25. Guest
    March 20, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    Very good. worked.

  26. Elron
    July 24, 2011 at 2:16 am

    Thanks it worked!

  27. Dsds
    September 5, 2011 at 2:30 am

    Is there easier way..

  28. Sir Speaker
    April 4, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    After following the steps, is there anything you should do to excute it

  29. arsalan
    September 11, 2012 at 3:58 am

    what about multiple pics in the background? If i have selected 10 pictures for desktop background, and through settings the background image changes after every 5 minutes, can i get this setting also when i lock my win 7?

  30. Chrone
    May 31, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    With some minor troubelshooting, I found that this was not working for me because I had the file titled “backgroundDefault.jpg” even though it was listed as a jpeg. I had to take off the .jpg to change the name to “backgroundDefault” and it worked.
    Thank you for publishing this article!

  31. Fixed
    August 8, 2013 at 9:47 am

    you have to enable “Always use custom logon background” in GPO
    open up gpedit.msc go to computer configurationAdministrative TemplatesSystemlogon

  32. Ray
    February 13, 2014 at 5:10 am

    Thank you, works absolutely fine :)

  33. Morphius
    May 26, 2019 at 5:17 pm

    After i have created the file path and renaming the file to ”backgroundDefault.jpg” or simply ”backgroundDefault”,it doesn’t wanna copy to the background folder that i have just created it give me an error saying ”target folder is not available
    C:Windows\System32\oobe\info\background\” please help cause i thought i did everything correctly :(… did i miss something??

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