Prevent changing lock screen and logon image
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Computer
Category
Control Panel > Personalization
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Prevents users from changing the background image shown when the machine is locked or when on the logon screen. By default, users can change the background image shown when the machine is locked or displaying the logon screen. If you enable this setting, the user will not be able to change their lock screen and logon image, and they will instead see the default image.

Internal name
CPL_Personalization_NoChangingLockScreen
Policy ID
535e5a1bcab5
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
NoChangingLockScreen
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
NoChangingLockScreen
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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