How to fully customize Windows 10 wallpapers

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One of the novelties of Windows 10 is the new wallpaper Hero , which Microsoft has designed especially for the occasion, and which seeks to convey a futuristic/modern feel to anyone using this Windows for the first time."

This background is present both on the desktop and on the Windows 10 login screen, and although it is certainly very beautiful, users should also have the option to change it to personalize our equipment. In this post we will explain in detail how to achieve that, both for the desktop and for the login screen.

How to change the desktop wallpaper

Windows 10 already lets you easily change your desktop background. Just right-click on the desktop, select Personalize, and then choose a recent image in the window that appears, or press the Browse button to find another one.

"To change the login background to a flat color we must enter the Windows registry (Start button > write regedit> press Enter), and navigate to the following path: "

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

Once there, you need to create a 32-bit DWORD value with the name DisableLogonBackgroundImage . This can be accomplished by going to the menu Edit > New > 32-bit DWORD Value. Then we assign the value 00000001 to this register.

The end result should be something like this:

(To revert it back to the default login image, just change the value to 0, or delete the value we just created)

This will suffice for the login screen to show a flat color as the background, just like it did in Windows 8/8.1. This color will always correspond to the accent color of the operating system To change this accent color we can go to Start Menu > Settings > Personalization > Colors , deactivate the Choose automatically option an accent color from my background and then select one of the available options below.

The settings window will show many default colors to choose from, but not all possible colors.If we want to choose a color that is not available there, we will have to resort to the old Control Panel color selection interface, which is so hidden that the The only way to invoke it is through a text command.

To make it appear you have to copy the following text, then press Start, then press CTRL + V and finally Enter (we can also paste it directly in the search box/Cortana, and press Enter).

rundll32.exe shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL desk.cpl, Advanced, @Advanced

After that a window like this should appear, where you can play with the hue, brightness, and saturation to set a custom color.

Option 2: Change the login image to another image

Choosing a custom image as login background is more technically complex, and therefore we will require external software to carry out this adjustment.One of the tools that exist for this task is Windows 10 Login Background Changer, which can be downloaded from here. Its interface is a bit overloaded, but without being confusing.

" Update: In the comments several users report that they have had problems starting Windows after using the applications mentioned below. Therefore, we reiterate that using these tools is not a risk-free procedure If you still want to try your luck>."

In addition, along with allowing us to change the background image, it also offers other settings, such as being able to hide the user's name and email screen, or hide the Wi-Fi, off, and accessibility buttons. I don't really understand why someone would want to do the latter, but anyway, there's the option.

The other application/tool ​​that exists to change the login image is Login Lockscreen Image Changer, and it stands out for being more light, stable, and easy to use, so it is more recommended than the previous program.It can be downloaded from here.

It is worth mentioning that using this type of applications is not a risk-free procedure, and that downloading and installing them is the responsibility of under your own responsibility.

Also, while we have tested both tools on build 10240 of Windows 10, the constantly changing/updating nature of this operating system means that they may stop working in a future build released by Microsoft.

Via | How to Geek