Sooner or later, the familiar boot screen picture gets boring and you want to change it. In the Windows 7 operating system, this will require a little manipulation of the registry.
Instructions
Step 1
First, find the image you want to replace the loading screen with. It must "weigh" no more than 256 KB and have the extension *.
Step 2
To find out the format and size of the picture, open the section in which it is located. Right-click in an empty space of the section and select "View"> "Table" from the menu that appears. The way of displaying files in the directory will change: next to each graphic file, several columns will appear, including "Type" and "Size", in which the parameters you need are indicated.
Step 3
To find out the resolution of a file, right-click on it, select "Properties" in the menu that appears, and then the "Details" tab. Here is a list of file parameters, combined into groups. Find the group "Pictures", and in it the item "Dimensions". To the right of it is the picture resolution.
Step 4
Press the key combination Win + R, in the window that appears, enter regedit in the input line and press Enter on the keyboard. Next, another window may appear asking your permission to make changes to the computer. Click Yes. The Registry Editor will open.
Step 5
Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> SOFTWARE> Microsoft> Windows> CurrentVersion> Authentication> LogonUI> Background directory in the Registry Editor. If you did everything correctly, on the right side of the window you will see the parameters responsible for the boot screen.
Step 6
Find the OEMBackground parameter. If it is missing, create it. Right-click in an empty space on the right side of the program and in the menu that appears, click New> DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name this parameter OEMBackground, then open it and set it to "1".
Step 7
Copy the previously prepared picture to the C: Windows / System32 / oobe / info / backgrounds directory. If the info and backgrounds folders are missing, create them. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
