changing size of user account picture?

hi guys! i am currently using windows 7 home premium 32 bit and having problem with changing size of user account picture.

what it is is when i change the 128 x 128 picture's size to 64 x 64 and set it as user account picture and see the log on screen, it doesn't actually shrink. instead what i am getting is a blurry version still with the size of 128 x 128.

it seems that windows 7 has a fixed setting on that. and i need your help!

any contribution would be appreciated. thanks!

i recently changed to mac os x snow leopard theme and the picture previously used for user account doesn't quite fit anymore. if anyone else know a solution please let me know

Hi kh6721,

There's a thread over here which might help you - have a look at Brink's posts and his excellent tutorial:
Size of Logon Picture

PallasAthene said:

Hi kh6721,

There's a thread over here which might help you - have a look at Brink's posts and his excellent tutorial:
Size of Logon Picture

sorry, but i mean profile picture, not the background. thanks

Hmm okay, I think I get it - you mean this picture over here?
User Account Picture - Change

What you could do, if your small picture insists on expanding to 128 x 128, is to create a blank transparent frame around your 64 x 64 picture so that the overall picture is 128 x 128, and then save the picture as png, that way the transparent pixels of the frame do not get lost.

PallasAthene said:

Hmm okay, I think I get it - you mean this picture over here?
User Account Picture - Change

What you could do, if your small picture insists on expanding to 128 x 128, is to create a blank transparent frame around your 64 x 64 picture so that the overall picture is 128 x 128, and then save the picture as png, that way the transparent pixels of the frame do not get lost.

i just did it. and all the transparent frame becomes white when seen on log on page, thus not accomplishing the reduction of the picture

Here's a quote from Brink that might help clarify the issue:

"You can select to use any BMP, DIB, RLE, GIF, JPG, or PNG image file for the display picture. The image can only be up to 128 x 128 pixels in size to prevent it from being automatically cropped to fit the user display box. If it is bigger than this, just resize it. "

kh6721 said:

PallasAthene said:

Hmm okay, I think I get it - you mean this picture over here?
User Account Picture - Change

What you could do, if your small picture insists on expanding to 128 x 128, is to create a blank transparent frame around your 64 x 64 picture so that the overall picture is 128 x 128, and then save the picture as png, that way the transparent pixels of the frame do not get lost.

i just did it. and all the transparent frame becomes white when seen on log on page, thus not accomplishing the reduction of the picture

I was afraid that that would happen Looks like one is stuck with the 128 x 128 setting - preferably an image should not be above or below that size...I can't think of anything else, but maybe someone else can :-D