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To set up a wallpaper for the login screen on a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system, do the following:

1. Open Registry Editor (Start>Run>regedit).
   
2. Navigate to the following key: HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.
   NOTE: HKU is the abbreviation for HKEY_USERS.
   
3. Look for a value called TileWallpaper.
   NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
   
   1. Click Edit.
      
   2. Click New.
      
   3. Select String value.
      
   4. Type TileWallpaper.
      NOTE: Capitalization does count!
      
   
   
4. Double click TileWallpaper, type 0 to not tile the wallpaper image (type 1 to tile the image) and click OK.
   NOTE: If the value is set to 1, the WallpaperStyle value must also be set to 1.
   
5. Look for a value called WallpaperStyle.
   NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
   
   1. Click Edit.
      
   2. Click New.
      
   3. Select String value.
      
   4. Type WallpaperStyle.
      NOTE: Capitalization does count!
      
   
   
6. Double click WallpaperStyle, set the value to either 0, 1, or 2 and click OK.
   NOTE: The values 0, 1, and 2 have the following meanings:
   
   • 0=Center image
     
   • 1=Tile image
     
   • 2=Stretch image
     
   
   
7. Look for a value called Wallpaper.
   NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
   
   1. Click Edit.
      
   2. Click New.
      
   3. Select String value.
      
   4. Type Wallpaper.
      NOTE: Capitalization does count!
      
   
   
8. Double click Wallpaper, type in the path to the image file to be set as the background and click OK.
   

NOTE: If the path contains spaces then enclose the entire path in quotes.