Login screen on Yosemite remains plain white instead of blurred wallpaper

Hello,
My login screen on updating OSX Yosemite remains plain white instead of being colorful blur image of my desktop. I tried several options, but couldn't fix the issue. It remains colorful when put to sleep but not on restart. My friends' login screen is still the blurred image of desktop on updating to Yosemite. COuld someone suggest me a way to fix this issue. I dont like the plain white screen upon login.

I had my normal desktop background showing up at login (only one account), but I changed a desktop to a solid color for a presentation and then back to the original image afterwards. After doing that, my login screen now shows the solid blue that I used, even though no desktops are set to the solid color anymore.
Not a solution... but I have absolutely no idea where it is pulling that solid blue background from, and I would guess its probably the same as where its pulling your mismatched login screen from.
edit -- the solid color is only when the computer has been fully shut down; for sleep/lock/etc I get my background image. But, I did used to get my normal image as a login background after fully shutting down.

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