Posted In Tutorials on February 25th, 2011
If you want a change from the everyday look on your screen when you login to your computer then look no further. I can help you change at least the wallpaper with a few simple steps. I did this myself just the other day to my new DELL XPS Laptop and I thought It was worth sharing it here.
- First Decide On a nice wallpaper you like that fits your resolution and aspect ratio. Then save it on your desktop as “backgroundDefault.jpg“. Make Sure the File is under 256KB in size.
- Now Download and unzip This .Reg File to your Desktop and then double click it. Say Yes to merge the file with your registry.
- Now go to this directory “C:WindowsSystem32oobe” where “C:” is the Letter of the drive containing your Windows 7 Install.
- Once in there Create a new directory called “Info” and a new directory inside that one called “backgrounds“.
- Now Cut and paste your “backgroundDefault.jpg” image into the “backgrounds” directory and Press “Left Windows & L” to lock your computer and you will be presented with your new background image on your login screen.
Below is what mine now looks like:
