Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Change Logon background image using GPO

1.     First create a folder named Wallpaper in your DC and make it a shared folder and give read access to Domain Computers group.
2.     Copy the background image which you have modified to the above folder and rename it to backgroundDefault.jpg (images must be less than 245 KB in size).
3.     Logon to the DC as domain administrator and take administrative tool -> Group policy management -> expand Group policy objects.
4.     Right click and edit a Computer policy that is applied to the machines that you want to make this change on. 
5.     From above mentioned computer policy, go to Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows settings -> right click Folders select New folder, then type %WindowsDir%\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds in the Path text and on Action select Create. Click ok.
6.     Now Right click Files and select New File and type the following:
           a. In the Source file:  \\yourDC\Wallpaper\backgroundDefault.jpg
           b. In the Destination File: %WindowsDir%\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds\backgroundDefault.jpg
7.     After the above step right click the Registry and select New registry Item and type the following entry in the fields.
  Key Path: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
      Value Name: OEMBackground 
      Value type: REG_DWORD
      Value Data: 1 
8.     Click ok and close the group policy editor.
9.     Take the command prompt and type gpupdate /force.
10.  Reboot all the stations.