Policy

Prevent changing lock screen and logon image

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryControl Panel > Personalization
Supported onAt 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

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization\NoChangingLockScreenREG_DWORD
1
0

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