Company logo on Login screen?
We have had issues with people stealing computers. However thieves sometimes do not steal XP computers with our company logo on the locked screen/logon screen. It might be because of the branding which seem more professional and they maybe are afraid of being tracked by our company. So, how can I customize Windows 7 like I could by e.g. changing the desktop background of the .DEFAULT user in registry on XP?
July 3rd, 2009 10:57am
Hi,
Please take the following steps to replace Logon UI logo.
1. Click Start, type Regedit and press Enter
2. Navigate to
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
3. Change value of OEMBackground to 1.
4. Now navigate to %windir%\system32\oobe, create folder info, double click it and create another new folder backgrounds
5. Now place your desired logon file into %windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds
6. Rename the file to backgroundDefault.jpg. (Please NOTE: Images must be less than 256kb in size).
Hope it helps.
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July 3rd, 2009 12:06pm
Thank you very much! This worked fine! (For other users reading this post, I had to add, not change, the DWORD OEMBackground and set it to 1. )
July 3rd, 2009 2:08pm
Robinson - I followed your instructions - and it seems to work if I immediately log off and then log back on. It shows the graphic I made. No problem. But I restarted my computer today looking up something in my BIOS - and when Windows came back up, the setting in the registry was reset to 0. It seems I tried this once before and it worked - once - andthen got reset to 0 again. Going to try it one more time after I post this - but there may be something going on here.
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July 5th, 2009 4:11pm
maybe I got a newer build than you? I've booted the test computer several times.
July 6th, 2009 12:06am
Robinson - I followed your instructions - and it seems to work if I immediately log off and then log back on. It shows the graphic I made. No problem. But I restarted my computer today looking up something in my BIOS - and when Windows came back up, the setting in the registry was reset to 0. It seems I tried this once before and it worked - once - andthen got reset to 0 again. Going to try it one more time after I post this - but there may be something going on here.
Did you install any customize software?
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July 6th, 2009 11:40am
Robinson - Please define "customize" software... About all Ihave installed are the usual suspects - Office XP, Firefox, Acrobat reader, the MSE beta, ICQ 2003a, and a few other goodies.
July 6th, 2009 12:15pm
maybe I got a newer build than you? I've booted the test computer several times.
Hal - Build 7100 here.
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July 6th, 2009 12:15pm
Robinson - Please define "customize" software... About all Ihave installed are the usual suspects - Office XP, Firefox, Acrobat reader, the MSE beta, ICQ 2003a, and a few other goodies.
Sorry, I means tweak software.If possible, I suggest running a registry monitor software to monitor registry changes.
July 8th, 2009 6:21am
Wolfie,Are you using the Intel Desktop Utilities?Doc
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July 8th, 2009 8:21am
Robinson - Please define "customize" software... About all Ihave installed are the usual suspects - Office XP, Firefox, Acrobat reader, the MSE beta, ICQ 2003a, and a few other goodies.
Sorry, I means tweak software.If possible, I suggest running a registry monitor software to monitor registry changes.
Robinson - Nope.. Not TweakVI or Tweak7 here.. Just standard Windows. So far, it's staying put after the last time I changed it. knocking on wood...
July 8th, 2009 10:11am
Doc - Nope.. I'm an AMD diehard fanboy here.. 100% Intel free space here..
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July 8th, 2009 10:12am
Hi Robinson, This tweak did not help me in changing the logon screen. I tried exactly as you have mentioned. Any inputs would be appreciated. $ Chris $
December 6th, 2009 6:11am
Hi But how to change that windows 7 text. I dun want that windows 7 text there..Regards Suman B. Singh
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April 8th, 2011 8:34am
you cannot remove the text.
April 8th, 2011 6:19pm