Windows 7 Lock Screen

Hyp3rion · 1 Nov 2014 at 05:29

Hello all,

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the Windows 7 lock screen style from the standard blueish background affair to the old XP style?

The reason being that for people who have poor vision, trying to see which option on the lock screen has focus (because it is a blue background with blue focus on the option) is near impossible. Would like to try and revert to the old XP of a standard list box.

Cheers

Captain · 1 Nov 2014 at 06:43

You can change the background of the lock screen so the options are easier to see? Would that help?

Hyp3rion · 2 Nov 2014 at 07:19

Hi, yes that would be one option.
Can this be done without the need for third party apps?

Nanobot · 2 Nov 2014 at 14:16

I do this after every reinstall as I prefer to have a black background, but you can choose whatever colour that suits, and you don't need third party apps.

Create a jpeg called backgroundDefault.jpg and fill it with whatever colour you want, save it to:

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

Then add registry DWORD Value 'OEMBackground' with a value of 1 into the following subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

If you're not comfortable with editing registry, you can paste this into notepad and save it with a .reg extension and just double click on it:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background]
"OEMBackground"=dword:00000001

To test it, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to see if it has taken effect / preview colour.

Hyp3rion · 7 Nov 2014 at 07:55

Worked a treat, thank you.

linktoinsanity · 7 Nov 2014 at 12:25

I do this with all my personal machines as well. Don't like that glaring blue background much.