The startup splash screen in Windows operating systems is a picture displayed on the monitor screen during system boot (turning on the computer). The default startup image can be a picture of a personal computer manufacturer or a standard Windows screen saver. The user can image the splash screen.
Instructions
Step 1
In order to change the startup screen saver in Windows 7, open the Start menu and place the text cursor on the line “Find programs and files” by clicking on it once with the left mouse button.
Step 2
Enter the command "regedit" in the search bar and in the list of results, click once with the left mouse button on the line "regedit.exe". The window for editing the registry will open.
Step 3
In the registry navigation area, expand the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folder by clicking once with the left mouse button on the arrow to the left of its name. Then open the following folders in sequence: "SOFTWARE", "Microsoft", "Windows", "CurrentVersion", "Authentication", "LogonUI".
Step 4
In the open folder, select the "Background" line by clicking on it with the left mouse button once. The registry settings appear in the viewing area on the right.
Step 5
You can also quickly get to the desired settings through the standard registry search system. To do this, press the key combination "Ctrl + F" on your keyboard and in the "Find" text box enter the query "OEMBackground".
Step 6
Right-click on the "OEMBackground" line and select "Change …" in the context menu that appears. The Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value dialog box appears.
Step 7
In the text box "Value" of the window that appears, change "0" to "1" and click the "OK" button. Then close the registry editor.
Step 8
Open the "Computer" library, go to the local drive C (or another drive on which the operating system is installed), open the "System32" folder, and then the "oobe" subfolder.
Step 9
In the folder that opens, create a subfolder "info". To do this, click on an empty space in the viewing area, hover the mouse cursor over the "New" line, select "Folder" and enter the name "info".
Step 10
In the created folder "info" create another subfolder "backgrounds", following the instructions of step # 9.
Step 11
In the created "backgrounds" subfolder, paste the image file that you want to install as a startup screen saver. To do this, open the directory containing the required file, left-click on it once and press the "Ctrl + C" key combination on the keyboard. Then go to the created "backgrounds" folder and press the key combination "Ctrl + V".
Step 12
Rename the copied image file by right-clicking on it and selecting the "Rename" line from the context menu that appears. Enter a new file name - "backgroundDefault" and press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
Step 13
13 Reboot the personal computer to save the changes and check the startup screen.
