Windows 10 Lock Screen Customization Tool
Theodora Glime
I found more info about it here: -us/itpro/windows/whats-new/windows-spotlight
This is a group policy that controls the Lock Screen image and this tooltip. I am already controlling the initial lock screen image via OSD, which changes a registry setting to point to a wallpaper I copy local. We still allow our users to change it, but it starts with a corporate branded wallpaper.
So now it was time to look for another way to do it. After some guess work, I found the key in the registry that pertains to the setting: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager]
My question is if there is some sort of third party tool that allows to use a GPO (or any other centralized method), to set the Lock screen image, to disable specific Windows store apps (the other way around allow only some specific windows store apps) and manage the start and taskbar when users logs into the domain.
You may see a lot more issues with the lock screen modification with windows 10 because a lot of the updates for 10 change the logon screen image with something new, which will over-ride the lock screen you set. Yes, win 10 Pro does nothing that Windows 7 Professional offered via GPO Win 10 Enterprise is the only legit way without heavy modification to do what you want. Microsoft thinks its poor.
Lock Screen Customizer is a new software by Winaero. It allows you to tweak and extend
the options of the Lock Screen in Windows 8. It has nice UI with live preview of the changes you made:
While some of those settings like background image or color set are available via the Modern Control panel of Windows 8, others are inaccessible and have no user interface.
Lock Screen Customizer tries to fix this and provide to you options to take the full control of your Lock Screen.
For example, you can change the background image of the Lock Screen. However, when you sign out, you will see not your image but that green Seattle picture. This is the "default" Lock Screen, which has no customization options!
Lock Screen Slideshow
Lock Screen Customizer has a nice feature that I called as "Lock Screen Slideshow". If enabled, it will change Lock Screen background image every time you sign in. So every time you logged in you will get the new image at Lock Screen.
Lock Screen Customizer for Windows 8.1, along with date and time formats tweaking, allows you to change the sign in color and the background image of the default Lock Screen. Please note that you don't need 3rd party lock screen slideshow anymore, Windows 8.1 provides the native one.
Many thanks to all translators!
If you want to translate Lock Screen Customizer into your native language, then rename the Languages\English_template.ini file into YouLanguage.ini and translate all strings included into that file. Don't forget to share with me your translation - I will include it with the app. Thanks in advance. My Email is hb860[nice little dog]live.ru.
v.1.0.0.1 (Windows 8.1 version)
Added ability to change the default Lock Screen background image!
Added ability to change the default Lock Screen background color!
Version numbers are similar to Windows 8 version
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Deploying a LockScreen image via Group Policy (GPO) is not supported on Windows Pro editions. This feature is only available for Windows Enterprise and Education editions. As a result, administrators often resort to alternative methods like using PDQ Deploy (very powerful tool) with a PowerShell script to achieve similar outcomes on Windows Pro machines.
- Preparation: To fit the LockScreen to any standard screen, keep the Desktop Screen Resolutions 1920x1080 (HD); JPG, or PNG.
- PowerShell Script: Here is the Powershell Script to set the LockScreen image in the right registry path to the target machines. Save the script with a .ps1 extension. Replace \\YourNetworkShare\YourImage.jpg with the path to your lock screen image. It's best to keep the script in the same network folder of the lock screen image.
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View and clear Eco-friendly Counter of the machine. When you specify User Code Authentication or do not specify User Authentication on the machine, the Information screen is displayed based on the counter.
Specify whether an Administrator manages the settings of the machine. Register the user name and password of the Administrator to prevent the settings changed by the user other than the Administrator.
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[Unauthorized Copy Prevention for Pattern] is to print a text pattern on the background of the document to prevent illegal copying. When you scan or store the printed document, the embedded text and pattern appear on the copied pages for preventing unauthorized copy. You can specify the text, font, color, size, angle, position, and pattern to embed.
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Specify whether to print the user and device information for each function when a file is output using the Copy, Document Server, Fax, or Printer function. Available stamps are Date/Time, Printout User Name, Machine ID, and Machine IP Address. You can adjust the stamp position.
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When you change the settings for maintenance of the machine, backup and restore the settings before and after maintenance, and the device settings to satisfy the CC Authentication standards can be kept.
Specify whether to collect the status information of the device not that does not support RICOH @Remote on a network and to send it to the RICOH @Remote server together with the information of the machine. When you specify the transmission active, specify the timing and SNMP Communication Name.
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Specify whether to lock the files to be inaccessible if an invalid password is entered ten times. This can protect files from unauthorized access attempts to release the password using random passwords.
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