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Tech Tip of the Week: How to Change the Logon Screen Wallpaper on Windows 7

Discussion in 'Articles and Reviews Comments' started by Julio Franco, Nov 27, 2009.

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  1. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Be it screensavers, desktop wallpapers or font type and sizes, visual customization at the OS level is usually important to all kinds of users. Recognizing this, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to apply and adjust individual themes with Windows 7. We looked at this last week showing you how to find hidden themes buried in your hard drive as well as sponsored ones available through Microsoft's online Personalization Gallery.

    This week's tip: How to Change the Logon Screen Wallpaper on Windows 7
    http://www.techspot.com/guides/224-change-logon-screen-windows7/
    Julio Franco, Nov 27, 2009
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  2. kaonis92 Newcomer, in training

    That's nice, after a while the default logon screen becomes boring.
    kaonis92, Nov 27, 2009
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  3. Puiu TechSpot Enthusiast

    i know what you mean. But it's still far better than what XP or Vista had.
    i don't know why microsoft did made it possible to change it without us having to change the registry or installing a third party program. They worked a lot to make win7 easier to customize and they did a great job. It should have been relatively easy to make it possible to change the background. Maybe in SP1?
    Puiu, Nov 27, 2009
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  4. Razerblade Newcomer, in training

    There is another 3rd party tool which can do this. TweakNow Powerpack 2009 has a option to change the logon screen background. It also has other tweaks you can do and it completely free. Well worth a look!
    Razerblade, Nov 27, 2009
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  5. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    What the hell guys? You didn't give me 10 minutes from the moment I posted the article, and now we have two comments... Make it three. :)
    Julio Franco, Nov 27, 2009
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  6. slh28 TechSpot Enthusiast

    Tweaks.com is very easy to use, but is there anyway of bypassing the 245kb limit? I am only able to upload low resolution picture on my 1080p monitor, which doesn't look very good...
    slh28, Nov 27, 2009
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  7. fref Newcomer, in training

    Thank you TechSpot! I really dislike the default Windows 7 logon screen. While I don't look at it all that much, it's still nice to be able to change it to something else. I agree though that Microsoft could have made this task easier for registry-phobic people...
    fref, Nov 27, 2009
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  8. Puiu TechSpot Enthusiast

    Try making it jpg and lowering the quality from 12 to 10 or 8 and use the optimized algorithm (don't have a photo editing program? try paint.net - it's free). It should make it small enough without loosing too much quality. Also try making the pic a bit bigger and use a few filters like smart blur to make it look better after resizing.

    @Julio: a good article makes people want to comment.
    Puiu, Nov 27, 2009
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  9. manintech Newcomer, in training

    I'm not bored with the default one yet, maybe someday I will try this
    manintech, Nov 27, 2009
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  10. matchu Newcomer, in training

    damn. that's pretty sick. the default win7 themes/images/backgrounds are really nice, but not very exciting. Thanks for the article =DD
    matchu, Nov 27, 2009
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  11. Guest

    You can also change the Logon Screen Wallpaper with TuneUp Utilities
    Guest, Nov 27, 2009
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  12. Regenweald Newcomer, in training

    Just built a machine for a friend using ultimate, this is a nice way to further customize the OS for a user :)
    Regenweald, Nov 27, 2009
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  13. Kibaruk TechSpot Paladin

    I manually changed a couple months ago the autobots logo in black and white, looks really good, though I wonder if you could change the user login from the middle of the screen.

    In case you have way too many things installed on your computer to install more to just change backgrounds and things of the like, you can always google how to do it manually with 3 simple steps ;)

    Still this is a very nice tip =)
    Kibaruk, Nov 27, 2009
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  14. Fada Newcomer, in training

    my copy of windows 7 is the final RC, im not going to do to much in terms of customiazation as its not going to last much longer, but its nice to know that you can do this!
    Fada, Nov 27, 2009
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  15. jtickner1 TechSpot Chancellor

    Been using this little app for a while now, it's really good!
    jtickner1, Nov 27, 2009
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  16. yorro Newcomer, in training

    Wonderful app. Techspot should do this more often.
    yorro, Nov 27, 2009
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  17. JMMD TechSpot Chancellor

    Always good to see cool info like this. I didn't know it could be changed.
    JMMD, Nov 27, 2009
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  18. Serag Newcomer, in training

    Awesome Tip, Thanks TS!
    Serag, Nov 27, 2009
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  19. Fragrant Coit Newcomer, in training

    Groovy, the standard one is a bit, um, camp?!?

    Thanks Julio & T.S
    Fragrant Coit, Nov 27, 2009
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  20. harby Newcomer, in training

    Thanks for the tip!
    harby, Nov 27, 2009
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