Awesome Windows 7 Logon background

November 20, 2009 by Dave
 

Just something I thought may be good enough to share.


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How To: Set logon background in Windows 7:

- Save the image as backgroundDefault.jpg.

- Place the image in c:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds\

Note that you’ll need to create the info and backgrounds folders.

- Open gpedit.msc, the Group Policy editor and Navigate to:

Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Logon

- Set the Always use custom logon background policy to Enabled.

Windows will now load the custom background each time the logon screen is invoked.

Screenshot of Windows 7 Logon UI:

Comments

2 Comments on Awesome Windows 7 Logon background

  1. Navarr on Wed, 25th Nov 2009 5:31 pm

    2. I have to say, this is the way Windows 7 *SHOULD* look when it starts up. Of course, I think this falls apart when you have a lot of users on a single computer, doesn’t it?

  2. Dave on Wed, 25th Nov 2009 5:42 pm

    3. Yeah, I have 3 accounts and it looks good, I think 4 would fit… 5 or more would fall outside the window.