Check this excellent thread on Vista x64:
Boot screen
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"MarkSJ" <MarkSJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if there is an official way of changing the background
> image
> of the logon screen in vista. I know you can use a resource hacker to
> amend
> the imageres.dll file but its a protected file and is most likely prone to
> be
> overwritten by windows file protection or future service packs etc.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated
>
> Thanks ...
>
> Mark