If you’re using Windows 8, you can change the color of the sign in screen. To do this, open the charms bar and select Change Sign In Screen. Then, select the color you want to use.
Nearly every component of Windows 8 can be customized to suit your needs, some settings however are buried deep into the registry.
How to Change the Color of the Sign In Screen in Windows 8
Note: This hack only affects the screen where you have to choose a user, not the screen where it asks for your password.
Press the Win + R keyboard combination to open a run box, then type regedit and hit enter.
When the registry editor opens, drill down into:
On the right hand side create a new DWORD (32-Bit) value and name it DefaultColorSet.
Then double click on it to open its properties.
Now change the Base type to Decimal and assign it a value between 0 and 24. Here’s a list of some common colors:
11 – Dark Green 12 – Light Green 14 – Red 16 – Purple 17 – Dark Blue 18 – Light Blue 21 – Mustard 22 – Pink 23 – Grey 24 – Gun Metal
That’s all there is to it.
