Personalizing your login screen

The first place you see any kind of personalization in Windows 7 is your login screen. The login screen displays all the user accounts on your computer.

The first screen you see after Windows 7 starts up displays the user accounts on this computer. When you click a username or tile, Windows asks you for your password.

Each user sets their password and picture used for login through user accounts. The username and tile also appear at the top of the Start menu.

After you log in, you can change your user tile if you like:

1. Click the Start button, and in the Start menu's search box, type account picture. In the list that appears, click Change your account picture.
   The Change Your Picture window appears.
2. If you see a picture you like, click the picture, and then click Change Picture.
   In a few moments, the window closes. To see how your new picture looks, you don't have to log off your user account and log on again.
3. Click the Windows Start button.
4. Your new picture appears on the Start menu.

But what if you want to use another picture from your computer that was not shown in the Change Your Picture window? You can select other pictures on your computer, such as pictures in your Picture library.

1. Click the Start button, and in the Start menu's search box, type account picture. In the list that appears, click Change your account picture.
   The Change Your Picture window appears.
2. Click Browse for more pictures.
3. An Open window appears, where you can navigate to the libraries or folders that contain other pictures on your computer.
   For example, the Documents library might not have any pictures, but you will find a Sample Pictures folder in the Pictures library.
   Even if your computer is new, Windows 7 provides additional pictures in the Sample Pictures folder.
4. Locate the picture you want.
   When you locate the picture you want, select it and then click Open.
5. Select the picture, and then click Open.
   In a few moments, Windows displays your User Accounts window, where you can see the new picture in place.