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Vista Logon Wallpaper

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by marcfromm

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With XP I could change the logon wallpaper in the registry, with regedit. Vista has removed the string to do that, atleast it is not there anymore that I can find.

Does someone out there no how to change the logon wallpaper in Vista through the registry, using regedit?

Thanks

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by axil585

There are 2 ways that you can change your logon screen in Vista (that I know of).

First:
1.Download a resource editing program like Resource Hacker or PE Explorer
2.Backup the following file and then open it with above program Windows/system32/imageres.dll
3.Under IMAGES, change the picture for your current resolution and save

Second:
-download Stardock's LogonStudio Vista
-it makes it very easy to customize your logon screens

Enjoy!

by streamdrinker

Many thanks - it works,
the downside is that it always will stretch the bitmap to fit screen, which is a problem when using pivot screens.

by shawn.kaelber

You can control how the image displays.

http://www.updatexp.com/tip12.html

1) Navigate to:
HKEY USERS\ .DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

2) Double click the wallpaper value, and type in the full path of your image and the filename.

3) To tile the image set "TileWallPaper" to 1

4) To Stretch the wallpaper set "WallPaperStyle" to 2

5) Close the registry editor and the changes will take place when you Log off.

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