0 WINDOWS 7: The lock screen

YOU having to take your laptop to a friend’s place. Want to impress them with a trick? It’s easy, infact it’s very easy. It only takes about 5-10 min, shorter if you know your way around you laptop.

1. Save the custom .jpg image you want to use to the desktop with the name backgroundDefault.jpg.

Your .jpg image should be less than 256 KB in size, or we will have hiccups.

CLICK THE IMAGE TO VIEW BETTER

2. To get the best resolution. Right click on desktop > Go to Screen resolution, mine is 1920 x 1280.

3. In Paint or in Photoshop get the resolution you want and edit the picture. I used Photoshop to get my picture cropped as to screen resolution.

4. Navigate to

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds

5. Copy and Paste the .jpg files from Desktop into the backgrounds folder, then close the window.

6. You're logon screen is now changed.

You can press Ctrl+Alt+Del to test it. Click on Cancel to return to the desktop.

Well there’s always an easier way.

Download the Application Windows 7 Logon Background Changer . It will do all of the Above for you.

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