Neowin earlier sighted that Windows 7 users can now change their logon screen background. But in order to customize the logon screen, users had to hack the registry and create a new directory for background images. This feature looks like it is probably designed for OEMs where they can put their own logon screen background.Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions do have the options to change the logon screen background but nothing more than choosing Windows default or OEM background

And here is what you get when you choose to change your Welcome Screen

If you do want customize your logon screen backgrounds in Windows 7 and searching for an easier tool than the registry hacks, then look no further than the Tweaks Logon Changer. Tweaks Logon Changer enables you to change your logon screen backgrounds more easily.
Run the Tweeks Logon Changer and select your locally stored custom image, preview the new logon background screen, apply the new logon screen or revert back to the default logon screen.
If your image size is greater than 256k, the Tweaks Logon Changer compresses the image and sets the new logon screen leaving the original image unaltered
















Actually, the software is very simple and you only need to run in once, so technically you won't need 3rd party crap to keep your login screen different, windows keeps it by itself, this software only configures windows to do so.
You probably aren't using a high resolution like 1920x1200. For that, 246kB is very little
Windows 7 to officially support logon UI background customization, W00t.
(referring to the last picture for those of you that are slow)
Yes, I understand that the EXE makes it *easier*...but for something as trivial as a couple of reg key edits, I'd still rather do it myself.
I posted that on the forums here before this article.
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