Login background customization

I'm in a customization frame of mind at the moment and felt the login screen on my MSWindows7 workstation was rather boring. I followed the stesp here and it worked perfectly.
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-change-windows-7-logon-screen-easily-without-using-hacks-tools/

I've listed the work instructions here as the page is a bit wordy for my liking;

1. Edit the registry setting to enable backgrounds (original blog has a file you can run to do this);[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background]
"OEMBackground"=dword:00000001

2. Create the following directory structure. New new directories should be added (Info and Backgrounds);
C:\Windows\System32\oobe\Info\Backgrounds

3. Copy your background into Backgrounds directory and rename it "backgroundDefault.jpg"

4. lock your screen and you should see the new image (no need to reboot).



While I'm at it, I decided to change the boot screen also.

This was easier than I thought with a great program called Windows 7 Boot Updater.
I got my version from here;
http://downloads.pcauthority.com.au/article/22540-windows_7_boot_updater_0011_beta

Screenshot showing my current boot screen.

There are quite a few packaged skins out there. I'm keen to make my own from scratch. Will add if I ever get around to it.

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