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

This time around, we are going to show you how to customize the Windows 7 login screen. There arevarious methods to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. I understand many peoplemight not want to rely on a third-party application, while others would appreciate a quicker, saferroute. First up is the more hands-on approach, and then the utility.

Hands-on approach

This method will require you to modify the registry, and if that puts a knot in your stomach, you shouldmove on to the next section.

Step 1: Open the Windows Start menu and enter regedit into the search bar.

Step 2: Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and select Find.

Step 3: Search for OEMBackground, which should be inHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Authentication/LogonUI/Background.If the key does not exist, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground.

Step 4: Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.

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Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: %windir%system32oobe.

Step 6: Create a new folder named info, and open it.

Step 7: Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 8: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folderbackgrounds (images must be less than 245KB in size).

That should do the trick, now just lock your PC, log off or reboot and enjoy.

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