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    Shutdown startup Background change

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BHJOJO, Nov 11, 2010.

  1. BHJOJO

    BHJOJO Notebook Enthusiast

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    My background on start up and shutdown changed from the lenovo thinkpad to the Windows 7 one.

    does anyone know how to change this back and why it did this?
     
    BHJOJO, Nov 11, 2010
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    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    Yes, you probably changed the Windows Theme. That caused the registry value to change back (at least it does so in my case). Start "regedit.exe", then go to

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

    and change the value OEMBackground back to "1". I add this registry path to "favorites" in the registry tool since it happened to me more than once. The changes should be reflected immediately without a restart. In case your image was deleted/replaced, you have to put it back in:

    C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\background\backgroundDefault.jpg
     
    unreal25, Nov 11, 2010
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    BHJOJO Notebook Enthusiast

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    Awesome thanks for the response it worked!
     
    BHJOJO, Nov 11, 2010
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