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How To Change The Windows 7 Logon Background

by Austin Krause on January 4, 2010 in How-To

Windows 7 comes packed with a lot of new and interesting backgrounds. However Windows 7 fails

to include an easy way to change the background you see every single time you login to your

computer. Perhaps you want a little flavor, or maybe you just don’t like the built-in background.

Whatever the case may be, with this groovy trick you can change the background for both your

Windows 7 logon screen and the menu you see whenever you hit CTRL+ALT+DEL .

[learn_more caption="Editor Update 7/27/11"]After much feedback in the comments, if you’re not

comfortable updating the system registry – I recommend you read this groovyPost which reviews the process of

updating the Winodws 7 logon background using a freeware tool instead.[/learn_more]

A few things to note about your background image

Okay… that handles the fine print, lets get started.

How To Change The WIndows 7 Logon Background And CTRL+ALT+DEL Menu

Background

Step 1

On your Start Menu, Type in regedit and Press Enter or Click the regedit program shortcut.

access regedit in windows 7 from the start menu

2. Once you are in the registry editor, browse to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

Double-Click the key OEMBackground and change the value from 0 to 1.

browse to the windows 7 registry key called

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAuthenticationLogonUIBackground

Windows will only recognize an image of the following resolutions:

768×1280

960×1280

900×1440

1024×768

1024×1280

1280×768

1280×960

1280×1024

1360×768

1440×900

1600×1200

1920×1200

Any image used as a background must be smaller than 245 KB in file size, regardless of resolution.

The image used must be saved in .jpg format.

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3. Do the same thing for the registry key found at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

You may have to create the key, to do so Right-Click Anywhere on the window, and then Click New > DWORD

(32-bit) Value. Name the key UseOEMBackground then Double-Click the key like before, and Change the value to

1.

4. Save the image you want to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds and name it

backgroundDefault.jpg

If the location does not exist, read below.

4.b The info and background folders may not exist, and in that case you will need to create both of them. Simply

Click the New Folder button, and Name the first one Info and then go into it. Now inside of the info folder, create a

new folder again and Name it backgrounds.

All done!

Now both your logon and your Ctrl+Alt+Del menu should have the background you selected. To test it just logout or

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Feel free to ask any questions or any feedback you might have below and also on the groovy community board.

microsoft, Windows 7

About Austin Krause

Austin Krause is a groovyPost founding senior editor based in Tampa Bay, FL. Specializing in all things tech, email tips and

other ideas to [email protected].

View all posts by Austin Krause →


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105 Responses to How To Change The Windows 7 Logon Background

edgar January 7, 2010 at 1:55 am #

just did this..works great! thanks

Matt July 3, 2011 at 7:50 pm #

Just use the win 7 logon background changer, much MUCH easier!

Isaiah Olson August 20, 2011 at 11:27 pm #

Not to steal this spot for advertising, but I wrote a free utility that does all this for you. Anyone can download it atmy website http://iwowprogramming.net/software.php

exact same process, but a little quick imho. Thanks!

MrGroove August 21, 2011 at 8:31 am #

No Worries Isaiah – I’ve listed a few in the article and comments. Good to see another added to the list.

guest10111 January 7, 2010 at 6:38 am #

I havn't even upgraded to Vista yet lol. I just don't see a reason to. Windows is fucking expensive, all my games work

perfect with xp, I can find any app I could ever want with torrents and never worry about incompatibility issues. When Windows

starts selling at student prices I might consider upgrading. But for now I still feel ripped off from the last time I bought Windows

(over 3 years ago).

MrGroove January 11, 2010 at 11:08 pm #

Good news, Microsoft does offer Windows 7 at a Student discount: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/microsoft

/windo…

Granted as of January 3rd 2010, the rose from $30 to $65 but it’s still a good deal.

You can also get a TON of other free Microsoft software through their DreamSpark program.

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/microsoft/high- …

The long list of 100% free for High School Students and College Students. And… it’s legal and malware free unlike the

Torrents :)

Jessica Carey January 7, 2010 at 7:37 am #

what about if your computer is widescreen? for example: my res is 1280X800. windows still doesn't recognize it even

though it is my native resolution?


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robd January 7, 2010 at 9:34 am #

“I can find any app I could ever want with torrents….” theres a reason to upgrade to win 7 right there…


Your probably right. That's what I would try out first.

AlexMVP January 7, 2010 at 7:18 pm #

@Jessica,

You should be able to just create a background using 1280×768 or 1280X960 and be just fine. You probably won't even notice

the image is not perfect. Should be just fine.


Your probably right. That’s what I would try out first.

Erik January 7, 2010 at 11:27 pm #

What about the 16:9 resolutions? I have full HD (1920×1080) on my Windows so will there be pillarboxes on the sides

or will Windows stretch lower aspect ratio images (4:3 and 16:10) to 16:9?


Try it out Erik and let us know! I’m going to bet on the pillar boxes but will wait to see what you discover!

Harley July 26, 2011 at 2:37 am #

Hey, I just tried out with a 1920×1080 image and it’s fine. Thanks! :)


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Erik January 8, 2010 at 10:53 am #

When I try to do this, on step 2, the file isnt there, just the (default) file. Could this have something to do with the fact

that I have 64 bit Windows? I saw that you clicked on DWORD (32-bit) Value instead of the 64 one.


Hi Erik – Sorry for the late reply.

Step 2 I personally had to create the file myself. groovyDexter mentions that in the Step 2 instructions actually if you take a

look at it. Go ahead and Create the registry by RIGHT Clicking in the Tree and clicking New – DWord (32 bit) value etc…

as explained in Step 2 above.

And no, the instructions are the same for 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows.

Soldier8451 April 27, 2010 at 10:13 am #

also if you want to change the button shadow go here and change the values as followed.

Location in RegEdit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI

Create “DWORD Value” called ButtonSet

Values to use

0 = Light Shadow

1 = Dark Shadow

2 = No Shadow

this is for the button shadowing on the logon screen

soda2112 January 8, 2010 at 6:04 pm #

I had to log into the hidden Administrator side of W7 64 bit to get this to work. But it did work great! Thanks….


Great feedback. Thnx Soda & welcome to groovyPost

Erik January 9, 2010 at 3:08 pm #

Thanks, It finally worked, and the picture was s tretched to the 16:9 format. Looks sweet. Only thing i noticed is that

unless you have show extensions turned on (so you see the .jpg/.png/.exe after files) you can't name it backgroundDefault.jpg as

it doesn't work, backgroundDefault (without the .jpg) works however :)

Thanks


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MrGroove January 15, 2010 at 8:22 am #

Ahhh…. Good call Erik. Thanks for the FYI!

Casey April 13, 2012 at 11:02 am #

Thanks so much. I was getting frustrated at why it wasn’t working so I came back to read through the comments

for suggestions. That was the problem!

puttzk January 10, 2010 at 12:20 pm #

I like to do things the easy way. Here's a program I found. unpack the zip file click on the exe. file and choose the

background ya like and, wa laah. easy as that.

http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_7_logon_background_changer/


Agreed – work smart!

Thanks for the FYI on the background changer, will have to update the article calling this out.

RAW-BERRY March 12, 2010 at 9:33 pm #

This is actually a very nice program, and it is quicker to use, more often than not. This program also overrides the

resolution and size restrictions which must be considered when changing the logon background via registry editing. Not only

that but the program has a few other editable settings not discussed in this particular guide, all in one.

With that being said, I would like to thank grooveDexter and everyone at Groovypost for this guide and the work put into it.

I’m just throwing in my 2 cents. Keep up the good work!

MrGroove March 12, 2010 at 11:57 pm #

@Raw-Berry – Thnx

stephen12 January 10, 2010 at 10:17 pm #

Great post! haha Anyway I would be able to grab the awesome cookie monster background you have? It's priceless.

Thanks,

Stephen



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grooveDexter wrote the How-To, I’ll make sure he sends it your way.

grooveDexter January 12, 2010 at 12:23 am #

@Stephen

Hey I’m a big fan of cookie monster too, I created a thread in the groovy community forum here for sharing backgrounds,

and yup the Cookie Monster one is on the first post. (Sadly i ts only 1024 x 768)

Jesse January 14, 2010 at 11:56 pm #

how did you get the cookie monster like that…thats amazing.

grooveDexter January 16, 2010 at 12:43 am #

@Jesse

Thanks! Just follow the steps in the how-to above and you can download the cookie monster background here:

http://www.groovypost.com/forum/windows7/groovy-windows-7-backgrounds-t95929.html

Chris February 9, 2010 at 2:05 pm #

thats for a 32 bit, what about a 64 bit

MrGroove February 10, 2010 at 9:08 am #

@Chris – Actually the How-to steps are identical for both 32bit and 64bit OS’s. No change. I mentioned this up

above in the comments. Here’s a link to it: http://is.gd/85W7F/groovypost/

Try it out and let us know if you still have issues.

tapan March 3, 2010 at 10:36 pm #

ya its gud i m bored of that single log screen for more than 6 months….

i tried n ur right it is changed thanks,,

grooveDexter March 4, 2010 at 12:27 pm #

Very happy to hear that this helped out. No more boredom while logging in!

Kurt X22 March 5, 2010 at 10:33 pm #


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you could do that….

or you could just use this program that does it all for you.

it will even resize you pictures for you if they are not the right size

http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/

its much easier. its what i use.

grooveDexter March 7, 2010 at 12:12 pm #

ew, third party software. You really shouldn’t be installing third party executables for something this simple. More

gunk in your system that will just have to be cleaned out later. If you can’t do this by using the registry changes then you

shouldn’t be doing this at all.

No thanks! I’ll stick with the article method!

savuth April 20, 2010 at 4:18 am

#

i am Can not change Customize Windows 7 Logon Background.

David April 26, 2010 at 5:29 am #

Well seems this doesn’t work for Windows 7 (64), I’m using W7 Ultimate Spanish. i do it all, i create everything with

those names and my image is 1280×960 (234kb) but when i delete .jpg from the name the file changes from Type: JPEG Image

to Type: File. This is the only detail i see is different from the tutorial. Any help for this?

TMNT-Donatello April 26, 2010 at 7:53 am #

The file has to be a JPEG. Use Paint or make sure file extensions are turned on when trying to convert your file to

JPEG format.

Soldier8451 April 27, 2010 at 10:16 am #

also if you want to change the button shadow go here and change the values as followed.

Location in RegEdit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI

Create “DWORD Value” called ButtonSet

Values to use

0 = Light Shadow

1 = Dark Shadow

2 = No Shadow

this is for the button shadowing on the logon screen


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guest1337 April 30, 2010 at 4:52 pm #

you could just download WindowsLogonBackgroundChanger, simple program that lets you scroll through any folder,

makes it easy to change whenever you feel like it.

silas May 29, 2010 at 2:09 am #

it dosent work when i when im done it just gives me a blue viney background and not the one i put in

Hence Murphy's law June 18, 2010 at 1:12 am #

I cant seem to get it working. I have a Alienware M11x Win7 64-bit. I resized the image. I played with the HKEY’s a bit

seeing if I was the value. I have a default image factory installed in the background folder. I took that image out. Left only my

image. I CTR+ALT+DEL and its a blue background that’s default for win7. I can’t remove that image due to “Trusted Installer”.

Needless to say I’m stumped. Thanks for your help!

Hence Murphy's law January 11, 2011 at 10:00 pm #

Found a program that work’s much better then the step by step. (for me anyway.)

http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-Logon-Background-Changer/3000-2072_4-11112208.html

GeeTheKing April 7, 2012 at 6:41 am #

I think this way is better then the little apps whats do it instead you. BUT in Win7 64 bit i had a pitty problem too. I

had taken the new background image in the signed directory by TotalCommander and its isnt work. Later i tried in windows

explorer and i saw that the directories with absolutly same path shows absolutly different files. The c:\Windows\System32

\oobe\info\backgrounds\ in Commander totally false! I dont know where this files phisically, but the system cant use these,

its sure. So the backgroundDefault.jpg image must be placed another application. And the logon background change will

works.

xNiebuhr July 7, 2010 at 6:03 pm #

I did EVERYTHING you said, and nothing happens, i still have the same Windows 7 background.

I did all the things with TrustedInstaller and so, but NOTHING happens. Please reply.

tzakhi July 10, 2010 at 12:05 pm #

thank you – it works – but i have a problem !

sine i followed this instructions , every time i start the pc i get the screen ( before the logon screen ) – ” setting up your desktop

for first use ” or somthing like this .

could you Pls tell me how to disable this screen

thank in advance


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Deb August 5, 2010 at 3:22 pm #

This is the only set of instructions that I’ve which were clear and concise. Nice work! and they did work :-) . Thank you

so very much.

Afton November 4, 2010 at 9:21 am #

Works like a charm!! AMAZING tutorial! Thank you SO much! It took away the fear of working in the Registry!! :D

Thank you again!

gus December 11, 2010 at 8:33 pm #

step 3- , “Name the key UseOEMBackground ”

it should be – name the file OEMBackground.

& then it worked for me , thanks (now i have a cool planet earth background)

Andrea December 30, 2010 at 11:32 am #

This didn’t work for me. I am trying to do a Photoshoped imaged that I made myself, I turned it into a JPG and made sure

it is under 256KB but it still isn’t working. Or at least when I pres ctl alt del it hasn’t changed. I followed all the steps. Help?

Crystal January 4, 2011 at 9:26 am #

FINALLY! you have explained it so good!!!!! ive tried everything and everywhere!

Stark January 10, 2011 at 9:35 am #

I couldn’t find the key “OEMBackground” so i crate it myself. I couldn’t find UseOEMBackground” key too so i crate it

myself too. I couldn’t find info/background folder so i crate them toooo!

It didn’t work at all.


So are you working now that you created the keys or are you still stuck?

Stark January 11, 2011 at 6:59 am #


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I changed the folder name “background” to “backgrounds”,then it worked well.


Yup – that was it. You must have seen in Step 4 and 4B it needs to be backgrounds and not

background!

Awesome, glad it worked for ya!

groush January 12, 2011 at 7:14 pm #

when i type “regedit” i get no matches found..

MrGroove January 13, 2011 at 1:42 am #

Try this. Press Windows Key + R then type in regedit.exe

Now did it run?

Hashi February 16, 2011 at 2:35 pm #

The instructions are fine! First off, let me explain what the DWORD and QWORD values are and why they have

NOTHING to do with your version of Windows 7 being 32 or 64 bit: the VALUE of the key itself is 32 or 64 bit, which refers tohow large the VALUE can be, this does not mean it has to match up with your operating system.

Secondly: aspect ratio and size differences: it stretches to meet the size of your screen. You can see evidence of this in the

JPEG artifacts in the default logon background at high resolutions.

And ERIK, your words can level small villages with how alarmingly obtuse they are! If the file extensions are turned OFF, you

blustery fool, you would understand, you would REALIZE that they are merely HIDDEN, not completely removed from the file

name! the file’s name is still backgroundDefault.jpg. when you attempted to name it with the file extensions turned ON, then you

were naming it backgroundDefault.jpg.jpg! I can only imagine that if you were working with an image file of another extension,

then perhaps you’d figure (as I did when I was 9 and using a computer for the first time in my life) that simply changing the

extension would make it work!

tzakhi, you have worse issues than merely attempting to change your logon background.

For those of you touting the ease of use of the programs that do this: thank you for your part in the fight against computer

literacy! Your good deeds hopefully will not go unpunished.

peanutkiller March 1, 2011 at 10:47 pm #

i tried over and over to change my login screen background and it doesn’t work i went through all the steps a dozen

times

Hashi March 2, 2011 at 8:53 am #

Clearly, peanutkiller, you’re doing something wrong. The steps involving editing the registry may be where your


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difficulty lies. If not, then I don’t know what can be done to help you, aside from doing it myself for you.

Stark March 6, 2011 at 8:53 am #

Hey guys-me again.

I’ve just tried this on another laptop,and i couldn’t make it work. I’m very sure i made all steps well… Help me please?

MrGroove March 6, 2011 at 12:37 pm #

Hi Stark,

Messing with the registry can be tricky sometimes if your not super familiar with it. You might want to try this App. a few

readers recommended: http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-Logon-Background-Changer/3000-2072_4-11112208.html

Let us know if that fixes ya up and how easy it was to use.

Stark March 6, 2011 at 12:40 pm #

Ok Mr i solved the problem. The problem was,the image file were bigger than 256kb,so i made it smaller.

Thanks a lot anyway.

Karl March 6, 2011 at 11:23 pm #

I did what it listed step by step but it still didnt work…

Hashi March 7, 2011 at 9:06 am #

Actually Karl, the f ile size limitation is something to consider. Look at the size of the image you’re using. Everything

else can be as perfect as pie, but that small oversight will keep it from working. MrGroove’s on it!

Andrew April 25, 2011 at 2:05 pm #

In step 3 I went to make a new: DWORD (32-bit) value and a “Cannot Create Value: Error Writing to the Registry” came

up.

?

senselocke May 9, 2011 at 8:41 am #

This seems to have stopped working. I followed this file, sized my pic to 1360×768, made it 250 kB, changed all registry

settings, triple-checked the spelling, etc. Checked other sources, watched Youtube vids, etc.

Finally gave up and downloaded “tweakslogon”, which shows the pic I selected just fine–in that program. But it doesn’t show

when I actually hit CTRL+ATL+DEL or reset.


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Also, my “info” folder is in all caps. Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium edition.

senselocke May 9, 2011 at 9:04 am #

UPDATE:

sevenforums recommends less than 245 kB filesize, not 256 kB as everyone else says. I saved to 240 kB, and it workedfine.

So please update this article: limit is less than 250 kB (most likely the 245 kB).

Crime May 19, 2011 at 6:14 am #

It has Registry Editor but the files are different what to do?????

MrGroove May 19, 2011 at 8:50 am #

If your not familiar with the registry, being that it can cause a lot of issues i f you do something wrong (and it can be

hard for me to troubleshoot here in the comments), I recommend you try this tool: http://download.cnet.com/Windows-

7-Logon-Background-Changer/3000-2072_4-11112208.html

It’s a safe tool with no spyware so I will give i t my recommendation.

Let me know if you still need more help.

kan May 21, 2011 at 12:32 am #

you are my SAVIOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see what happened, is that i was messing with my computer and some random

program and it changed my logon screen to this ugly black thing and wouldn’t let me change it using logon studio. so i followed

your steps and the first step fixed it! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Luis June 8, 2011 at 11:51 am #

It doesn’t work to me, I´ve W7 professional, and there doesn´t appear “\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System” that is the

second part of this work only appear

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE, and thats all, what is this about?

thanks for your answer!

MrGroove June 8, 2011 at 1:41 pm #

@Luis – Did you try the free App I mentioned? – http://www.groovypost.com/howto/microsoft/change-the-windows-

7-logon-background/#comment-235667


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Andrew June 9, 2011 at 1:58 pm #

Hey MrGroove;

My log in schreen changed but my desctop beckround did not? Please help. Second question. How can i have two different

photos for log in and for backround?

Hashi June 9, 2011 at 2:51 pm #

Andrew, it is stunning that you managed to change the login background, without knowing how to change the desktop

background. When logged in and you see the desktop, right click on it [NOT on an icon or anything, just a blank spot] and go to

“Personalize”. Toward the bottom, you’ll see a Desktop Background icon. click on it and follow the steps from there. :)

JayPizzle July 24, 2011 at 9:32 pm #

I am having problems with getting it to work. I get to the very end and my photo just doesn’t show up. Can anybody help

me?

yash August 14, 2011 at 5:07 am #

can you tell me…that…where can i picture paste it?

yash August 14, 2011 at 5:14 am #

tell me where i paste the picture for change window logo

andrew August 18, 2011 at 7:42 am #

Well great. I did everything as posted and it didn’t work. Didn’t change a thing. Whats worse I tried rebooting the

computer and now it woulnt even turn on. Nothing. I get the power light and the hard drive spins that’s all. Anyone able to help

with that?

David August 19, 2011 at 3:01 pm #

Works fine on Windows 7 Starter (HP Mini).

Anyone know how to change the desktop image in Windows 7 Starter?


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fajas colombianas August 31, 2011 at 6:54 am #

Where do I paste the picture, I cant seem to get it to work.

ASHIMI ISAIAH October 28, 2011 at 7:40 am #

Thanks it worked

Jithin Jose November 2, 2011 at 3:28 am #

here is a nice simple tool for windows 7 management lot more options

changing aero color automatically with wallpaper is the most interesting one

http://www.jtechsoftwares.in/pc-boost.html

SAHIL February 21, 2012 at 12:13 am #

hai

i have gone to the steps and upto the OBMGROUND and double click and i have pressed the window i see new option and then

in it a click and after that process i am in confusion then what the next after give a value in obm again we have to come from the

first cHKEY/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/SYSTEM and if so then what after that how can i get the dialogue box like

system32>oobe>info>background . please tell any one who has done send the process to my email id

[email protected]

Steve Krause February 21, 2012 at 10:38 am #

Try the free app I listed Hammad. It’s easier and safer than the registry hack.

Smileysyndrome March 7, 2012 at 3:11 pm #

totally awesome! thnx i cant wait to tell my friends about this (:

Miguelitoo March 16, 2012 at 11:10 pm #

Nice. Always wanted to do this! :D thanks


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Radhakrishna March 29, 2012 at 2:23 am #

It helped. Thanks.

keyz July 10, 2012 at 10:54 pm #

Hi,

Does this work in Windows 7 64?

I’ve edited with regedit.exe the 2 registry keys Background and UseOEMBackground

created the 2 nested folders one named “backgrounds” into an other one named “info” into the oobe folder backgroundDefault.jpg.

With no success!

keyz July 11, 2012 at 6:59 pm #

W7 premium home edition, I read the posts above please send a feedback

Steve Krause July 11, 2012 at 11:37 pm #

Yes. The process should work just fine for your install. Check all the comments here and you also might try

the background changing app I mentioned earlier.

Sent from my Mobile

Domz July 12, 2012 at 2:44 am #

this didn’t work. but thanks for the application u had given. It helped a lot… now i have a new logon background. Thanks

man

Lev Villanueva July 30, 2012 at 11:43 pm #

100% Worked. Just followed the instructions. Some people need go back to their freshman year of high school. Badschool systems are to blame.

Brian September 21, 2012 at 9:19 pm #

I’m a freshman -_- This stuff isn’t hard.

Leo August 15, 2012 at 8:34 am #

this worked for me by following the above instructions..

I have a question, How can you use a live link from the Internet to be your default, either screen saver or the log on screnn when


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you press the control + Alt + delete?

Example “WWW.MSN.COM

Thanks in Advance..

Diffs September 3, 2012 at 7:52 am #

Should I download the app, cause I tried with registry editor, and OEMBackground is not there when I searched it.

Steve Krause September 3, 2012 at 11:17 pm #

Yeah…. just grab the app and go that direction. Probably easier and less of a chance to screw up the registry as

well.

Zhane September 9, 2012 at 7:56 pm #

it work, cool without app. thanks how you do you know that.

bob October 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm #

it wont let me make the info/background folder in oobe :(

R V November 12, 2012 at 5:58 am #

the background changes to basic windows 7 background (blue)…….how do i correct this?

Blessed March 14, 2013 at 10:30 pm #

I got all the way through the process of copying the picture from my library, but when I right clicked on the background-default picture it would not give me the option to paste my new pic. .

Any suggestions ?

Thanks in advance.

Josh March 20, 2013 at 11:47 am #

Great!, it worked… Do you also offer tutorials?

Alfonso April 13, 2013 at 2:22 pm #


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