Background picture for winlogon

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Kazuo Maeike

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

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
 
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