![]() ![]() The process made up this short blog post. This time though, I was stubborn and insisted on moving away from Group Policy and do it with Intune. I’m regularly asked to change our desktop wallpaper and lock screen images, and when things needs to be done in a hurry, you usually stick to the easy solution. I assume most hybrid (co-managed) environments still look towards Group Policy when doing this, because it’s easy and what we’ve always been doing. The other file, Enable_sign-in_screen_background_image.reg, will undo the change and make Windows 11 show the lock screen wallpaper on the sign-in page.This is something I currently just have done myself, in our own environment, and while it’s neither super technical nor advanced, then I figured it deserved some attention regardless. This will disable the background image for all users. Open the Disable_sign-in_screen_background_image.reg file, and confirm the User Account Control prompt. Extract them to any folder of your choice. Ready-to-use REG filesĬlick here to download the ZIP archive with two *.reg files. To save your time, I've prepared a couple of Registry files for you. Now, name the new value DisableLogonBackgroundImage and set it to 1.ĭone! Windows 11 will no longer have the background picture on the sign-in screen.Right-click the System key and select New > DWORD (32-bit) value from the menu.Expand open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System path in the left pane.Right-click the Start button, select Run, and enter the regedit command to open the Registry Editor.Disable Sign-in Screen Background Image for All Users Zero is the default value data used in Windows 11. BTW, you need to set the HideLogonBackgroundImage to 0 to re-enable the lock screen background on the login screen. If required, repeat the same steps for other users accounts you have in Windows 11.To the right of the LockScreen folder, change the HideLogonBackgroundImage DWORD value and set it to 1.Replace the portion with the SID value you previously noted. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SystemProtectedUserData\\AnyoneRead\LockScreen key.Press Win + R and type regedit in the Run box to open the Registry editor.Change the HideLogonBackgroundImage value for the user ![]() Now, you are ready to change the Registry. Make note the SID value for the user account you want to turn off the background image on the sign-in screen. Now, type or copy-paste the following command: Press Win+ X and select Windows Terminal from the menu. Here is how you can get these tasks done. Change the HideLogonBackgroundImage DWORD value in the Registry for the SID. ![]()
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