我们将继续我们关于自定义Windows 7外观的系列文章，其中包含有关登录屏幕的文章。即使现在您可以直接从控制面板(Control Panel)自定义许多视觉元素，您仍然无法更改登录屏幕(logon screen)。与以前版本的Windows一样，您需要使用第三方工具来完成此任务。在本指南中，我将展示您可以使用哪些工具来更改登录屏幕(logon screen)、使用它们以及共享一些下载位置。
最佳 Windows 7 登录屏幕编辑器
有许多第三方免费软件程序可用于更改登录屏幕(logon screen)。预览新登录屏幕(logon screen)或恢复默认屏幕(default screen)等功能是大多数此类程序的常见功能。一些最著名的程序是：Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7、Thoosje 的 Windows 7 登录编辑器(Thoosje's Windows 7 Logon Editor )和由DeviantART 成员(DeviantART member)bcubing开发的Windows 7 登录屏幕编辑(Windows 7 Logon Screen Editor)器(bcubing)。
我将详细介绍我最喜欢的用于此任务的工具：Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7。我喜欢它，因为它是免费的，你只需要下载并解压它，它不需要任何安装，而且它的大小小于 1Mb。打开应用程序后，单击“更改登录屏幕”('Change Logon Screen')并浏览到要设置为登录背景(logon background)的壁纸。
Windows 7对(Windows 7)登录屏幕(logon screen)背景的要求之一是图像不得大于 245KB。有了这个工具，你就不必担心了。如果您选择大于 245KB 的图像，程序将提示此信息并要求您让它担心。
要预览新的登录屏幕(logon screen)，请按测试(Test)按钮。
如果您对新登录屏幕(logon screen)的外观不满意，您可以通过单击“恢复到默认登录屏幕”('Revert to Default Logon Screen')按钮返回原始屏幕。
登录屏幕旋转器
我还想介绍一个非常酷的应用程序，供那些容易感到无聊的人使用。登录屏幕旋转(Logon Screen Rotator)器是一个工具，它允许您将多个图像设置为登录屏幕背景(logon screen background)，并以所需的间隔交换它们。更准确地说，您可以选择图像文件夹或单个图像，程序将从这些文件夹中为登录屏幕选择(logon screen)随机背景(random background)。
设置菜单让您可以在每次登录、每天或每次锁定计算机时更改登录屏幕。(logon screen)
另一个很酷(cool option)的选项是选择登录屏幕按钮的外观：使用更深或更浅的(darker or lighter) 文本和阴影(text and shadows)，或者没有文本阴影和更暗的按钮(shadow and darker button)。
(Download Locations)登录屏幕背景(Logon Screen Backgrounds)的下载位置
为了找到Windows 7 登录屏幕(logon screen)最有趣的背景，我不得不进行一些搜索，它们是：
另一种选择是使用设计为墙纸的图像之一并将其应用于您的登录屏幕背景(logon screen background)。
结论
如您所见，旨在更改Windows 7(Windows 7) 登录屏幕(logon screen)的第三方工具非常易于使用。如果能够直接从Windows 7默认执行此操作，那就太好了。我希望在未来的Windows版本中，微软(Microsoft)将提供一套完整的可视化定制工具，我们不必下载和使用第三方工具。他们在Windows 7的主题上朝着正确的方向迈出了一步，我希望这种趋势能继续下去。
如果您知道任何其他适合此任务的酷应用或一些不错的下载位置，请不要犹豫，在评论中分享它们。
How to Customize Your Windows 7 Logon Screen
We will сontinue our series on сuѕtomizing the appeаrаnсe of Windows 7 with an article about logon screens. Eνen though now you can customize lots of visual elements dirеctly from the Control Panel, you still cannot change the logon screen. As with previous versions of Windows, you need to use third-party tools for this task. In this guide I will show which tools you can use for changing the logon screen, to work with them and also share a few download locations.
Best Windows 7 Logon Screen Editors
There are a lot of third-party freeware programs which can be used to change the logon screen. Functions like preview of the new logon screen or restoring the default screen are common features to most programs of this type. Some of the most well-known programs are: Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7, Thoosje's Windows 7 Logon Editor and Windows 7 Logon Screen Editor developed by a DeviantART member called bcubing.
I will present in detail my favorite tool for this task: Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7. I like it because it is free, you only have to download and unpack it, it doesn't require any installation and it has less than 1Mb in size. After you open the application, click on 'Change Logon Screen' and browse to the wallpaper that you want to set as a logon background.
One of the Windows 7 requirements when it comes to the background of the logon screen is that the image must not be bigger than 245KB. With this tool you don't have to worry about it. If you select an image that is bigger that 245KB, the program will prompt this information and ask you to let it worry about that.
To preview the new logon screen, press the Test button.
If you are not happy about how your new logon screen looks, you can go back to the original, by clicking the 'Revert to Default Logon Screen' button.
Logon Screen Rotator
I would also like to present a very cool application, for those of you who get easily bored. Logon Screen Rotator is a tool which allows you to set multiple images as logon screen background, interchanging them at a desired interval. More precisely, you can select folders of images or individual images from which the program will choose a random background for the logon screen.
The settings menu offers you the possibility of changing the logon screen at every logon, every day or every time you lock your computer.
Another cool option is selecting how the login screen button looks like: with darker or lighter text and shadows or no text shadow and darker button.
Download Locations For Logon Screen Backgrounds
I had to do some searching in order to find the most interesting backgrounds for Windows 7 logon screen and here they are:
- blogsdna.com - offers a couple of nice images for your logon screen.
- thoosje.com - this site created one of the editing programs listed above and also has a gallery of wallpapers.
- deviantART - has a couple of great logon screen backgrounds that are worth trying.
Another option is to use one of the images designed as a wallpaper and apply it for your logon screen background.
Conclusion
As you can see, the third party tools designed to change your Windows 7 logon screen are very easy to use. It would have been nice to be able to do this by default, directly from Windows 7. I'm hoping that with future versions of Windows, Microsoft will offer a complete set of visual customization tools and we won't have to download and use third-party tools. They've taken a step in the right direction with themes in Windows 7 and I'm hoping the trend continues.
If you know any other cool apps for this task or some good download locations, don't hesitate to share them in a comment.
