In this tutorial, we show you how to modify the Windows 7 and Mac OS X login screen background to make it your own. Don't like the login screen on your computer right now? Follow these steps to change it.
Windows
Step 1: Open the Windows Start menu and type “regedit” into the search bar.
Step 2: Right click on “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” in the left sidebar and select “Find”.
Step 3: Search for “OEMBackground”, which should be in Computer\HKEY_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 the “OEMBackground” entry and change its value from 0 to 1. Click OK and close the Windows Registry
Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: %windir%\system32\oobe.
Step 6: Create a new folder name info, and open it
Step 7: Create a new folder named backgrounds within info
Step 8: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder, backgrounds (must be less than 245KB in size).
That should be it! Just restart you computer and your login screen wallpaper should be the new one.
Mac
Step 1: Launch the Terminal.app by going to Applications>Utilities
Step 2: Type in the following commands (copy and paste):
- cd /System/Library/CoreServices
- sudo mv DefaultDesktop.jpg DefaultDesktop_org.jpg
- sudo cp /path/of/image.jpg DefaultDesktop.jpg
Make sure you change /path/of/image to the path of the image you want to use as your login screen wallpaper (the new one).
That’s it! Restart your computer and your login screen wallpaper should be the one you chose!
