Settings to change user logo to default company logo (Image Engineering).

Organization Branding on Gold Image (Windows 11/10/7)

Branding is a process of customizing the gold image with Organization logo, splash screen and with other details related to the Organization. 

Gold Image - A Windows 11/10/7 build which is deployed through out the organization on Desktops, laptops, kiosks and other generic devices. In an organizational context, a "gold image" refers to a pre-configured and standardized computer system or server setup that serves as a baseline or template for deploying multiple identical or similar systems within the organization. This is done for standardization, security and compliance, version control and scalability. 

 

While customizing a Windows 11/10/7 image for organization or in the process of creating a gold image or while creating a image for kiosk or generic devices, lot of time there are requirement to change the User logo to the company logo for branding purpose. This can be done on Windows 11/10 or Windows 11/10 thin clients or Windows 7 machine. 

Below is the process of customizing the user logo.     

On a Windows 7 Machine -

1. Goto C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures

2. Change the user.bmp and guest.bmp to

3. User.bmp.bak

4. Guest.bmp.bak

5. Paste the company logo (or the personal logo) with the name user.bmp

6. The user logo for any new user logged on to the machine will change to one customized above.

On a Windows 10 or Windows 11 Machine -

1. Press Windows + R

2. Type regedit

3. In Registry editor go to 4.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

5. Right click on the Value pane and click on new and the DWORD (32-bit) value

6. Name it as - UserDefaultTile

7. Right click and click on Modify

8. In value data enter 1 and click on OK.

9. Reboot the machine.

Default logo on the image can be changed to the company logo. 

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