Okay, I admit I am not a fan of the new logon screen background in the Windows 7 RC. I thought the one in the beta was much classier.

 
Original Windows 7 logon screen in the beta

This new one is friendly, what with the little bird and the spring of greenery, but not very, well, professional looking.

The new Windows 7 RC logon screen

It’s just not … me. It was crying out to be changed. So that’s what I did. Now I have my own custom picture on the logon screen.

Windows 7 logon screen with custom background

That’s much better. If you don’t care for the flowery look, you can find the instructions for changing it here:
http://www.blogsdna.com/2698/you-can-customize-windows-7-logon-background-officially.htm 

Or if you aren’t comfortable with making the registry edits, you can download a Logon Changer program to let you do it through the UI:
http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/ 

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