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Windows 10 login screen background gpo.
Just like wallpaper there is a centralized way to control the lock screen image which is using group policy in a managed domain like corporate environment they typically would want to show company branded image or a disclaimer on the computer lock screen.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to change the lock screen background image for all users in windows 10.
You can configure the sign in screen background you want on the lock screen settings page too.
Windows 10 comes with lock screen image that can be customized in control panel.
The screens look slightly different in windows 8 than they do in windows 10 but they re the same settings.
Disable blur on sign in screen in windows 10.
If you have windows 10 enterprise or education you should be able to use a gpo to set a custom lock and home screen.
I used to do this using the desktop wallpaper gpo mainly to mess with people but it never worked unless the file was on the local file system.
How to enable or disable changing lock screen background in windows 10 by default in windows 10 users are able to change their lock screen background image to windows spotlight picture or a slideshow as often as they like.
Select windows spotlight for an automatically changing selection of images from microsoft or select picture or slideshow to choose your own preferred background image.
Unfortunately windows 10 1703 broke that and it has been driving many it staff crazy trying to fix it.
In windows 10 version 1607 the lock screen background does not display if you disable the animate windows when minimizing and maximizing setting in this pc properties advanced system settings performance settings visual effects or if you enable the group policy setting computer configuration administrative templates windows components desktop windows manager do not.
You can use the local group policy editor app to configure the option.
The image you select here will appear as both your lock screen background and sign in screen background.
Finally windows 10 build 18312 comes with a new group policy option that you can use to disable the acrylic blur effect feature on the sign in screen background image.
Active directory gpo.
How to change the login screen background on windows 10.