Background picture for winlogon

[Kazuo Maeike]

Is there a way to display a background picture when the
login box is displayed rather than the default 'blueish'
color background?

 

[Marcelo]

Yes, you must edit the registry and change the value so it refers to your
image.

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper

The value type is REG_SZ and and example could be:
c:\windows\mywallpaper.bmp

Notice there is a dot before DEFAULT (.DEFAULT).

Be carefull when you edit the registry, if you make a mistake .... I could
became a tragedy

 

[Walter Schulz]

Is there a way to display a background picture when the

login box is displayed rather than the default 'blueish'
color background?

Edit the wallpaper setting as wanted, then open REGEDIT, go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
export the key.
The result will look like (after deleting the items not needed):

===BEGIN===
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"Wallpaper"="C:\\INSTALL\\test2.bmp"
"WallpaperStyle"="0"
===EOF===

Change it to:

===BEGIN of File===
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"Wallpaper"="C:\\INSTALL\\test2.bmp"
"WallpaperStyle"="0"
===EOF===

Run this file and reboot

Ciao, Walter