Solved Windows login picture bug

dacrone · Dec 19, 2023

KrazyLurt said:
Works as a charm, tested with one boot, and 3 reboots. Thanks buddy

This should be a toturial!

It won’t break. Not even new builds will modify it. If @Brink wants to make it a “Change Login Screen/Disable Lock Screen” tutorial, feel free (I assume he’ll read this with it being tagged now).

Brink · Dec 19, 2023

dacrone said:
It won’t break. Not even new builds will modify it. If @Brink wants to make it a “Change Login Screen/Disable Lock Screen” tutorial, feel free (I assume he’ll read this with it being tagged now).

Hello mate,

It seems you could just change the lock screen background as usual for what you want to show on the sign-in screen, then disable the lock screen to only see the sign-in screen.

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dacrone · Dec 19, 2023

You can but then if you have multiple users or create a new user, you have to redo those steps. If you do it the way I described it will overwrite all users sign in screens so it stays fluent

Brink · Dec 19, 2023

dacrone said:
You can but then if you have multiple users or create a new user, you have to redo those steps. If you do it the way I described it will overwrite all users sign in screens so it stays fluent

Too bad the group policy that could do this only applies to devices managed by an organization.

dacrone · Dec 19, 2023

To disable the Lock Screen? Nope. I have pro and it works just fine. Also, you can install gp on home with a command too

Brink · Dec 19, 2023

dacrone said:
To disable the Lock Screen? Nope. I have pro and it works just fine. Also, you can install gp on home with a command too

Nar, the GPO to specify a lock screen background.

dacrone · Dec 19, 2023

Ahh yeah. I found that out when I learned this trick. That’s why I just wrote an elevated batch to do this for me (post setting my chosen Lock Screen), but you need to know your user account sid to know the source for the right image(s)