Comments on: How To Change Windows 7 Logon Screen Easily [Without Using Hacks & Tools]

By: twjames

twjames — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:53:46 +0000

Keith…thanks…I’m on Win7 Ultimate, just downloading the reg key didn’t work but it did after I edited the logon properties with gpedit.msc.

thanx

Tim

By: Scott Deagan

Scott Deagan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:24:49 +0000

This was working for me until today. I added another user account, and now I have the stupid flower/bird logon wallpaper (looks like something from the 70s) .

By: JBL

JBL — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:19:59 +0000

Sorry to double post, please merge my posts.

I found a way to get a .jpg file in the folder, I open it with paint and save as in the backgrounds folder..

anyone knows how I can allow copying files in this folder?

By: JBL

JBL — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:10:25 +0000

When i try to copy jpg files there it says:

Target Folder is not available.

the info folder was already there too… with sony stuff in it.

By: Cris!

Cris! — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:48:15 +0000

So easy, so quick, so nice!
Thanks a lot !

By: MikeVertx

MikeVertx — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:36:32 +0000

you did say:

“without using any hacks or third-party tools”

and then immediately following described how to ‘hack’ the registration files…

respectfully this post is a fail.

here’s why:

although this trick may work, and I may end up trying and using it… it means manually editing the registry files *OR* downloading a program… which means this is *NOT* as easy as changing your background image. *AND* windows has *NOT* included changing your log-in screen easily.

the topic and title should have been:

“Change your Windows 7 log-in screen with a simple reg edit”

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00:25 +0000

@ Keith Hanly: group policy editor (gpedit.msc) is only available to those with Professional or Ultimate editions.

@ Everyone else: If you have a home edition of Windows 7, you need to edit the registry.

By: aamir

aamir — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:50:31 +0000

hey buddy, its good but heres one more utility where u havent need to do all of this just select folder n then select picture ur logon screen automatically change…. utilty name is “windows 7 logon backgroung changer”

By: Silvio Sagovac

Silvio Sagovac — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:40:55 +0000

@John, it realy shoud have to find it! Did you wrote “gpedit” or “gpedit.msc”? If you write the full extension (the 2nd option) you will have listed on the top the application in “Programs” category.

By: Silvio Sagovac

Silvio Sagovac — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:38:27 +0000

Curious, you can’t put an image that is bigger than ~256KB, why so, and is there a way to overide it?
And simple “deactivation”-deleteing the picture!

Excelent post! Got me to this site.