If you’re bored with being greeted by the same blue Windows 7 login screen as everyone else, customizing it is pretty easy. With a few free tools, you can have a login screen all your own.
These instructions are only for Windows 7! Please do not try this on earlier versions of Windows.
Changing the Background
If you don’t love blue, or just like to have your own look, you probably love the idea of changing the Windows 7 login screen background to something else. Fortunately this is pretty easy to accomplish with Logon Editor, which is software for customizing your login screen background, and a wallpaper image of your choosing. (If you need some wallpaper, be sure to check these out.) To get started, open up the app and you’ll see an option up top that says “Background Image” along with a “Browse” button. Click the button, locate the image you want to use, and choose it. This will change your background. The app will also let you customize your username and change a few styles. While there are options for branding customizations, you can only change the branding to existing Windows branding images—but that’s okay! We’ve got another app that’ll let you change the branding image to whatever you want. Continue reading
