Hey guys,
As some of you know I have been a Mac guy for most of my life until I recently started a new job. So as of lately I have basically been using Windows exclusively and I actually like it lol. There are so many cool little things you can customize and make your own. I am sure a lot of you are light years ahead of me on this, but I thought it was a neat little tweak and I would share what I did. So just ignore this thread if you think it is elementary or simple Kk.
So on the lock screen I hated seeing the the "Windows blah blah Edition" on the bottom of the screen. Well you can change that to anything you want provided the it is 361 x 58px and a .png using
Windows 7 Logon branding changer.
So I started by finding something I thought might look cool, A skull and bones logo. Sure why not.
![](http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/johnjohns0n/300px-Skullbones.png)
Problem was it was 300x260, So I resized it to a height of 50px keeping constraints and bam it was cool. Now keep in mind the total image size still needs to be 361 x 58px or your image will stretch. So with that being known (after trial and error) I placed my tiny little skull in the middle of a transparent image(sized 361 x 58px) and now it was ready to roll.
I also applied some filters to make it pop a little.
![](http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/johnjohns0n/sk2dext.png)
Once the image is ready its really simple, just load it into the "Windows 7 Logon Branding Changer" (<-- the name of the program should be longer) and hit apply. It does all the work for you and lets you know when it is done.
![](http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/johnjohns0n/Capture.png)
And that's it no more branding on your logon or lock screen
![](http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/johnjohns0n/126EFCAE-8765-4258-ABB8-05C6A1B94782-10564-0000047E017C3851.jpg)