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Tech Tip of the Week: How to Change the Logon Screen Wallpaper on Windows 7
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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 time around, we are going to show you how to customize the Windows 7 login screen. There are various methods to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. I understand many people might not want to rely on a third-party application, while others would appreciate a quicker, safer route. First up is the more hands-on approach, and then the utility.
Continue reading this week's tech tip.
This time around, we are going to show you how to customize the Windows 7 login screen. There are various methods to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. I understand many people might not want to rely on a third-party application, while others would appreciate a quicker, safer route. First up is the more hands-on approach, and then the utility.
Continue reading this week's tech tip.
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User Comments (52)
Post a comment| kaonis92 on November 27, 2009 4:43 AM | That's nice, after a while the default logon screen becomes boring. |
| Puiu on November 27, 2009 4:49 AM | kaonis92 said: i know what you
mean. But it's still far better than what XP or Vista
had.That's nice, after a while the default logon screen becomes boring. 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? |
| razerblade on November 27, 2009 4:53 AM | 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! |
| Julio on November 27, 2009 4:54 AM | 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. 
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| slh28 on November 27, 2009 4:58 AM | 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... |
| fref on November 27, 2009 6:20 AM | 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... |
| Puiu on November 27, 2009 6:25 AM | slh28 said: 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.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... @Julio: a good article makes people want to comment. |
| manintech on November 27, 2009 6:47 AM | I'm not bored with the default one yet, maybe someday I will try this |
| matchu on November 27, 2009 7:00 AM | damn. that's pretty sick. the default win7 themes/images/backgrounds are really nice, but not very exciting. Thanks for the article =DD |
| Guest on November 27, 2009 7:22 AM | You can also change the Logon Screen Wallpaper with TuneUp Utilities |
| regenweald on November 27, 2009 7:26 AM | Just built a machine for a friend using ultimate, this is a
nice way to further customize the OS for a user
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| kibaruk on November 27, 2009 7:26 AM | 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 =) |
| fada on November 27, 2009 7:28 AM | 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! |
| jtickner1 on November 27, 2009 7:34 AM | Been using this little app for a while now, it's really good! |
| yorro on November 27, 2009 7:43 AM | Wonderful app. Techspot should do this more often. |
| JMMD on November 27, 2009 7:47 AM | Always good to see cool info like this. I didn't know it could be changed. |
| Serag on November 27, 2009 7:54 AM | Awesome Tip, Thanks TS! |
| Fragrant Coit on November 27, 2009 8:30 AM | Groovy, the standard one is a bit, um,
camp?!? Thanks Julio & T.S |
| harby on November 27, 2009 9:12 AM | Thanks for the tip! |
| levar on November 27, 2009 9:15 AM | Great app, I've been using this for a while seen it at askvg
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| buttus on November 27, 2009 9:17 AM | This is awesome and thanks for the useful post. I was wondering how to change my login screen. |
| deadmongol on November 27, 2009 9:33 AM | this is nice.. there are other utilities out there like
tuneup utilities, which can do alot of things.. very useful
post indeed, might change my login screen.. but not for now,
am not quite bored yet with the default login screen of
windows 7.
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| timljh on November 27, 2009 10:22 AM | since I am the only person using the computer, I dont really bother about the login screen =P but it will be nice to be customizable. |
| ColdPreacher on November 27, 2009 11:25 AM | Pretty sweet app. Got bored of the same login screen |
| Matthew on November 27, 2009 11:39 AM | Wonderful app. Techspot should do this
more often. TechSpot should do what more often, out
of curiosity?
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