How to Replace a Windows Logo on a Login

When you start up your Windows 7 computer, one of the first screens that you see is the logon screen, with the standard Windows logon wallpaper. In older versions of Windows, in order to change this wallpaper, you had to use specifically designed utility programs, but in Windows 7 you can change it in just a few easy steps. It is believed that this functionality was included so that OEM manufacturers, like Dell, can insert customer logon background, but users can take advantage of this to replace the standard Windows background with their own custom background.

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  Click on the Windows Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen and place the cursor into the search box. Type "regedit" into the box and select the "Regedit" program that appears above the search box. You may have to click "Yes" in a small pop-up window to access the program.

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  Right-click the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" option and choose "Find" from the drop-down box. Type "oembackground" into the box and click "Find Next."

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  Double-click the "OEMbackground" entry on the right side of the screen. Change the "Value data" entry to "1" and click "OK." Close the registry editor when you are done.

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  Right-click the Windows Start button and choose "Open Windows Explorer."

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  Click "OS (C:)" on the left side of the window, then double-click "Windows" on the right side of the screen. Then, double-click "System32," followed by "oobe."

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  Click the "New Folder" button at the top of the screen. Then click "Continue" in the confirmation window. Name the folder "Info," then double-click the folder to open it.

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  Click the "New Folder" button again and name this folder "backgrounds," then double-click to access that folder.

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  Copy the image file that you want to use into this folder. Right-click the file and choose "Rename." Name the file "backgrounddefault.jpg." This image will now appear when you start Windows.