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razorsedge
May 3rd, 2013, 09:42 AM
Hi everyone :)

while getting my icon pack and such finished for my os here I stumbled across an old note I left for myself that i totally forgot about for an easy way to change your windows 7 logon screen without using any 3rd party software one way is with a registry tweak another is without even registry tweaks and very simple I will explain both methods here.

First non registry tweak method

This method is simple first thing you have to do is go to your themes folder in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

select the theme you are currently using ( .theme file )

at the top of the theme add in this line

SetLogonBackground=1

as shown in the pic below

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Now go to following folder:

C:\Windows\System32\oobe



Create a new folder called info inside oobe folder. Then again create a new folder called backgrounds inside info folder

Now copy any desired wallpaper to this new backgrounds folder the following conditions must be followed:



The image name must be backgroundDefault
The image format must be JPG
The image size must be less than 256 KB


That is all you have to do I just added this method myself to my own os and works like a charm also unlike the images in the imageres.dll where the logon images are located and only have a few different formats such as 1900x1200 where my res is 1920x1080 you can make your image in the oobe folder to the exact resolution of your monitor so it is not stretched or cut to fit your resolution size.



Second method registry tweak

with this registry tweak your can set the value in your registry to do the same as above but instead of adding the line in your theme file you are changing the same value that the string points too in the .theme file directly in your registry.

your would first need to dl this registry tweak and merge it into your computers registry by right clicking it and selecting merge

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after merging the registry tweak just follow the steps as I mentioned above I will list them again for you

Now go to following folder:

C:\Windows\System32\oobe



Create a new folder called info inside oobe folder. Then again create a new folder called backgrounds inside info folder

Now copy any desired wallpaper to this new backgrounds folder the following conditions must be followed:



The image name must be backgroundDefault
The image format must be JPG
The image size must be less than 256 KB


Again your done and your change your logon background easily whenever you like :)

Honestly I can't believe I forgot about this simple method saves me editing the images in my imageres.dll like I would normally do lol

Lamia
May 3rd, 2013, 10:25 AM
This is only method that i know and its fast & simple to do, but thanks for sharing info's some people will learn something new here! :Smile:

Harvey Sewdin
May 3rd, 2013, 11:16 AM
Hey, there you say something. I totally forgot this method (the one of the .theme file). I think i tried it once, i must have failed back then lmao thanks for sharing it again mate :smile:

2635599
May 3rd, 2013, 11:24 AM
razor (http://virtualcustoms.net/member.php/148478-razorsedge), thanks a lot, much appreciated.

Pro Designer 50210
May 3rd, 2013, 02:48 PM
Brilliant razor , I Maybe Need 100 Year To Think of These Ways , Easy and Fast , Just One Question : In The Registry Way , Do I Have To Do it
Every Time I Change a Theme ? .

Harvey Sewdin
May 3rd, 2013, 03:26 PM
Brilliant razor , I Maybe Need 100 Year To Think of These Ways , Easy and Fast , Just One Question : In The Registry Way , Do I Have To Do it
Every Time I Change a Theme ? .

You only need to apply the registry entries once, after that its only about changing the backgrounds

Letícia®
May 3rd, 2013, 04:37 PM
thanks "razorsedge" :girl:

Pro Designer 50210
May 3rd, 2013, 08:37 PM
You only need to apply the registry entries once, after that its only about changing the backgrounds
Thanks Harvey , Your Good Supporter :)

razorsedge
May 3rd, 2013, 09:32 PM
Hey, there you say something. I totally forgot this method (the one of the .theme file). I think i tried it once, i must have failed back then lmao thanks for sharing it again mate :smile:

lol harvey thats the reason I did the post too that's the method I also forgot about wanted to give myself one of those face palms when I ran across that old note I left myself for that tip like dam I could have been doing this all along lmao

Big V
May 3rd, 2013, 09:43 PM
lol harvey thats the reason I did the post too that's the method I also forgot about wanted to give myself one of those face palms when I ran across that old note I left myself for that tip like dam I could have been doing this all along lmao


Here you go Tucker lmao


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2635599
May 3rd, 2013, 11:37 PM
Big V (http://virtualcustoms.net/member.php/155318-Big-V), it's more like this i think.

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lollollol

HammerJack
May 3rd, 2013, 11:46 PM
Very useful, thanks Tucker. Got this one bookmarked...

cybacreep
May 4th, 2013, 01:41 AM
Thanks for sharing info much appreciated

Harvey Sewdin
May 4th, 2013, 10:57 AM
lol harvey thats the reason I did the post too that's the method I also forgot about wanted to give myself one of those face palms when I ran across that old note I left myself for that tip like dam I could have been doing this all along lmao

Same facepalm here too lmao lmao

IceBabee
May 4th, 2013, 03:34 PM
Thank you for this info my friend! Very helpful :)