Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: CreativeJson Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: ImpressionToken Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: ClickthroughToken Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: PlacementId Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: ActionUri Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: ActionText Type: REG_SZ Value: ""
Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: DescriptionText Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: CreativeId Type: REG_SZ Value: "" Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: LockScreenOptions Type: REG_DWORD Value: 00000000 Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative Property: LockImageFlags Type: REG_DWORD Value: 00000000 This is what I’ve done to override these settings and allow the lock screen to work without “spotlight” and “bing” to take over. There are some extra registry keys you can set to override that. If you’re using a lab and you don’t activate the machines you’re get the “Bing” Images instead of what you wanted. Task Sequence Run Command or Batch File: REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsPersonalization" /V LockScreenImage /T REG_SZ /D C:programdataorganizationlockscreen.jpg /F Windows Activation & Lock Screen Quirks Key: HKLMSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsPersonalization Using this method, you’ll need to copy down an image to the local machine, and set a registry value to the path of the image. Or you can do it all with native powershell, which takes a bit more code.
Icacls c:windowsWEBScreen*.* /Grant 'System:(F)' That process isn’t too difficult using a couple command line utilities. You’ll need to take ownership of those files and then add permissions for system account. However, if you tried that, you might have gotten access denied errors, even if running as system. lockscreen.jpg C:windowswebScreenimg105.jpg -Force -Verbose lockscreen.jpg C:windowswebScreenimg100.jpg -Force -VerboseĬopy-Item. Replace img100.jpg (Default Lockscreen Image)Ĭopy-Item.How this all works: (Setting Default, but allowing User to Change) Yes, there are several ways to do it, basically if you have a way to deploy files, run commands, and set registry values, you can do this. That’s going to be a theme for most of your changes. This can be done a couple of ways, first off, do you want to lock it down, or do you just want to set a default and allow your end users to change it. But that’s a personal thing, and perhaps on your enterprise devices you want to brand some machines in your classrooms, or other specialized machines, like a call center, whatever the reason maybe, there are ways to do it. I actually like the Windows Default, with Bing Rotation and Spotlight enabled. This post is part of a Windows Customizations series.