Windows 7: 2 useful tips

Easy to modify, easy to acces informations and an easy way to go back to windows xp style. Learn how to adjust and to change windows logon wallpaper, and to add additional quick launch bar.

Adding  the additional quick launch known in  previous versions of windows.

1. You click on right taskbar. The open window use toolbars-> new toolbar.
2. It will open a window RTP route to the new toolbar. %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch and click Select Folder.
3. Now you get old quick launch the bar. You click again right click and select unlock right taskbar. You can now to pull the new toolbar left RTP bring him in position known.
4. Right click on Quick Launch and on the window and unselect Show Text and Show File.

How to change the logon image.

1. Using RUN -> write regedit.
2. Find the syntax: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background.
3. In the right pannel, change value for OEMbackground to 1.
4. Now go to the folder called: %windir%\System32\oobe.
5. Create a new folder, inside the folder ”oobe” and name it ” info”. Next under the folder called “info”, create a new folder that will be named as “backgrounds”.
6. Copy in the folder called “backgrounds” your favorite wallpaper.

Something more about changing the logon image:

• Name of the wallpaper must be backgroundDefault.jpg.
• The image must not have the size under 256 KB.
• The image must be JPG format.