This takes effect immediatly without reboot or logoff. ICACLS SystemData\S-1-5-18\ReadOnly\LockScreen_Z\ /grant Administrators:F /Tĭel /Q /F SystemData\S-1-5-18\ReadOnly\LockScreen_Z\*.* REN C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img100.png .%date%Įcho F | xcopy /C /H /R /Y “MyNewLockScreenImage.png” “C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img100.png” ICACLS %WINDIR%\Web\Screen\ /grant Administrators:F /T TAKEOWN /F %WINDIR%\Web\Screen\ /R /A /D J :: replace MyNewImage.png with your full image path :: take ownership of folder, backup old image, copy new image Reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableLogonBackgroundImage /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableLockScreenAppNotification /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f Reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization /v NoLockScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Reg.exe ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager /v RotatingLockScreenOverlayEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Reg.exe ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager /v RotatingLockScreenEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Same thing with “echo F” for saying “file” at the xcopy file or folder question!ĭo it better if you’re smarter out there :-) SOLUTION 1 – Changing Default LockScreen Image:Īttention: Be aware, that icacls using Administator name depending on your language! You should mention, that this way of doing is only working on Windows 10 Enterprise or Education Editions.įor all WIndows 10 editions, including Home, you have two different solutions: We use a script to cleanup all the Microsoft junk, unwanted and forces changes and other things constantly. Icacls C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData /grant :(F) /Tīaffling why Microsoft chooses to make such a superficial cosmetic task a key system component and rewrite the settings every major update. Takeown /F C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData /R /D N To manage this, you need to take ownership such as: These are located in a system locked folder at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData\ and within this folder are folders for each user, and each screen resolution you have. My solution, which is clumsy and high maintenance – until I find a better method is to replace the actual displayed lockscreens with the actual screen sizes that Windows detects and displays. Worse is when there are multple users that each use a different monitor resolution. More specifically, the image displays at 1:1 resolution, so if you have a company logo or image that starts on the left, or right, it may be cropped. However – All of these (and other) methods only seem to work if the image is the same resolution as the current monitor setting. WORKS – WinAero (original posting) registry ‘Personalization’ If you have any questions or suggestions related to this tweak, you are welcome to comment.Ī few of these techniques work for me, Win10 v1803, 1809, 1903 See this article: How to disable the Lock Screen in Windows 10. You also might be interested in disabling the Lock screen completely. Use this option to avoid Registry editing. Go to Appearance -> Default Lock Screen Background: The same can be done using Winaero Tweaker. It is not possible to enable it for the default Lock screen. The only limitation of this trick is Windows Spotlight. The user lock screen image will remain unchanged: Now the default lock screen background will be set to the specified image: Set its value data to the full path of the desired image which will be used as the lock screen image:
If you have no such key, then just create it. Tip: How to jump to the desired registry key with one click. Go to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization.It can be done with a simple Registry tweak. Here is how to change default lock screen image in Windows 10. Unlike the per-user lock screen image, the default one cannot be changed using the Settings app. Here is how the lock screen image for my user account looks like:Īnd this is the default lock screen image set in my Windows 10:Īs you can see from the screenshots above, they are two different images. If you enable the Ctrl + Alt + Del sign in requirement, it will appear instantly.
When you sign out from your Windows 10 user session, after one minute the default Lock screen image appears.