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Oct 20 2012 09:44am
Oh yeah and the Partition Wizard Boot CD, DOES wipe the disk or SSD and write zeros to it as well, just like DBAN, but a LOT faster.

Also...



How to change the Windows 7 Welcome Screen background image.


In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:

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

You’ll see an DWORD value named OEMBackground. If you don’t see it, right-click in the right pane, point to the New

submenu and create a new DWORD value with this name.

Double-click the OEMBackground value and set its value to 1.



Setting An Image

Your image file must be less than 256 KB in size. It’s also a good idea to use an image file that matches the

resolution of your monitor, so it won’t look stretched.

Windows looks for the custom logon screen background image in the following directory:

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds

By default, the info and backgrounds folders don’t exist. Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\oobe folder and create

them yourself by right-clicking inside the folder, pointing to New, and selecting New Folder.
First make the "info" folder, then put the "backgrounds" folder inside the info folder.

Copy your desired background image to the backgrounds folder and name it backgroundDefault.jpg



This is the one I chose...remember, that if you've set a password on Windows 7...leave room or a clear space in your image, so it's easy to see.







This post was edited by ghot on Oct 20 2012 10:04am
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you are so predictable.
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you are so predictable.



LOL

I chose the silver Jack for my account picture, which goes well with the background...so every time I have to boot or reboot...my babes take away some of my Win 7 frustrations.


...and here's how to create/use custom "user account" pictures on Windows 7:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3714/create-custom-user-account-pictures/



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Lovin these temps tho....this is 100% load for about 1 minute...yeah I know...that's too short of a time...but Win 7 is kinda unstable...so I'm resisting to try P95 for a few days.

Ambient Temp: 65 degree Fahrenheit = 18.3333333 degree Celsius




Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Processor (stock)
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard (0906 BIOS)
EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866Mhz RAM (factory settings)
SATA WD 300GB Velociraptor - SATA II
WD 1TB Caviar Black FALS - SATA II
WD 1TB Caviar Black FAEX - SATA III
LG GH22LS30 CD/DVD Burner
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad EPS12V
ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" CRT Monitor
Generic Harman Kardon (3)
Logitech Optical M-BT96a
Coolermaster ATCS 840 Full Tower Case
3x230mm, 1x120mm, Optional: 3x Scythe S-Flex SFF21G 120mm
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 CPU Cooler
SteelSeries 6GV2 Keyboard

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You're joking, right Ghot?
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You're joking, right Ghot?



about what...I'm really tired bro?
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well now that I've re-installed Win 7... 7 times....it's time to rest......

then in a few days when I'm rested up....I will install it one more time...perfectly...then back it up and never have to install it again :)

/edit....after careful consideration over the last 8 days, I've come to the conclusion that Win 7 (but can possibly be beat into shape) and AMD chipsets....suxxors :)

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Well after the 8th install of Win 7....I think it's working properly now....cept AIDA64 extreme has some stability setting I need to find or something...it's the only program causing errors in the event viewer lol
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about what...I'm really tired bro?


The temperatures reported are impossible.
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