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[[Category:Microsoft Windows]]
The following are various Windows GPOs I've used at some point:
The following are various Windows GPOs I've used at some point:


= Shared PC Login Screen and Background =
= Shared PC Login Screen and Desktop Wallpaper =
Windows Pro can have a Login screen and default desktop wallpaper using the following GPO.  This GPO will set both the login screen, turn off the Content Delivery Manager (source of the random lock screen images), and set the background wallpaper once logged in.  This is useful for computers that are Shared PCs (like in conference rooms, etc):
Windows Pro can have a login screen and default desktop wallpaper using the following GPO.  This GPO will set the login screen background image, desktop wallpaper, and turn off the Content Delivery Manager (source of the random lock screen images).  This is useful for computers that are Shared PCs (like in conference rooms, etc)
 
Note: The login screen background is only available out of the box on the Enterprise and Education versions of Windows 10 and 11.  The registry changes listed here will enable this feature on the Pro versions of both Windows 10 and 11.
== File Share ==
== File Share ==
Setup a network file share that can be accessed READ ONLY by EVERYONE. This is where you will store the login screen file(s) at in .jpg format.  Note that this file share will be accessed by computer accounts and not user, and needs to have both the share and file permissions set to READ by EVERYONE.
Setup a network file share that can be accessed '''''READ ONLY''''' by '''''AUTHENTICATED USERS'''''.   This is where you will store the login screen and desktop background wallpaper files at in .jpg format.  Note that this file share will be accessed by computer accounts using this GPO and will fail without the proper share and file system permissions.


== GPO Settings ==
== GPO Settings ==

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