Its is always nice to
know how things work
behind the scenes,
what better way to do
so then try them out
yourself. To change the
logon screen manually
follow these steps:
1. Fire up registry
editor (Win Key +
R and then type
regedit, hit enter)
2. Browse to
HKLMSoftwareM
icrosoftWindow
sCurrentVersion
AuthenticationL
ogonUIBackgro
und
, double click on
key named
OEMBackground
and change its
value to 1 (If you
cannot find the
path or the key
go ahead and
create it,
remember
OEMBackground is
a Dword)
3. You just enabled
the OEM
Background
functionality. Now
browse to the
folder
%windir%
system32oobei
nfobackgr
ounds
within Windows
explorer. %windir
% refers to your
Windows install
directory
C:Windows
in most systems.
Again the folder
path may not
exist already, so
you can go ahead
and create
required folders
(info and
backgrounds are
generally not
present)
4. Now put in any
JPG file with size
less than 256 kb
in this folder and
rename it to
backgroundDefaul
t.jpg. This file will
be stretched to
fit the screen, so
you would want
it to match the
resolution of your
screen so that
image doesn’t
look bad. You can
something like
smush.it or
Photoshop’s Save
as/Save for Web
feature to reduce
image size.