Changing the Login/Lock Screen Across Users

[slangford]

Currently at the library I work at we are setting up a program called MyPc. We want to set a background image for each user on our express machine, but the problem is we have a ton of users and the group policy settings to edit the lock screen, even though set for the local machine, get reverted to the windows login image when a different user logins in.

Does anyone know how we can establish our login image across all users even if they have never logged in before.

I hope that makes sense, if not I'd gladly clarify.

 

[Ralston18]

If I am following correctly, all of the users authorized to use the Express machine must be in the same user group.

And their access rights/Group policy settings configured to a consistent background image.

Here is a link that may help:

http://www.mustbegeek.com/change-windows-desktop-background-using-group-policy/

Step 2, explains how to establish the wallpaper (desktop background) to be used.

Take a look at the link and see if the process is indeed applicable and workable for you.

If not, use the link to clarify the problem and correct any misunderstandings on my part.

 

[slangford]

If I am following correctly, all of the users authorized to use the Express machine must be in the same user group.

And their access rights/Group policy settings configured to a consistent background image.

Here is a link that may help:

http://www.mustbegeek.com/change-windows-desktop-background-using-group-policy/

Step 2, explains how to establish the wallpaper (desktop background) to be used.

Take a look at the link and see if the process is indeed applicable and workable for you.

If not, use the link to clarify the problem and correct any misunderstandings on my part.

Yes we have set the group policty in active directory and locally on the machine. To clarify this also isn't the desktop wallpaper but rather the loging/lockscreen image. We have gone through and pointed the image through group policy to force it for all users, but this simply has not worked for us.

I'm frankly at a loss here. Any ideas?

 

[Peter Martin]

watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dq6GdCFvgA

did you copy the image to a share like it says

 

[Ralston18]

Did some additional research.

Other people have tried doing the same thing with various problems....

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/6120f0cd-1d98-4ac8-bc7a-a425deb549e3/locklogon-screen-background-for-company-image?forum=win10itprosetup

and

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1664b0ab-f1d8-4e60-8337-13f079a33752/windows-10-1803-custom-loginlock-screen-image-is-not-applied-until-a-user-logs-in?forum=win10itprosetup

Noted other links that involved editing the registry...

The following link seemed to be the most promising overall:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/9002fb3c-4a89-4ba3-8b55-dbdbd85e8189/login-screen-background?forum=win10itprosetup

And, I also noted that the whole process seems problematic; i.e., the user needing to be logged on to start with....

The links are not solutions per se. Just presenting "ideas" that may help you discover the Eureka moment you need.