{"id":6953,"date":"2016-06-05T03:28:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T03:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2016-06-05T03:33:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T03:33:57","slug":"prevent-users-from-changing-lock-screen-image-in-windows-10-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/prevent-users-from-changing-lock-screen-image-in-windows-10-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Users from Changing Lock Screen Image in Windows 10 \/ 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lock screen appears when you boot your PC or press Windows + L key combination. It gives you only the basic information such as date, time and weather. You have to click it or swipe away before you can login into Windows 10\/8. In this article we’ll show you 2 methods to prevent users from changing lock screen image in Windows 10 \/ 8.<\/p>\n

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Method 1: Disable Changing Lock Screen Using Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

This first method is the easiest, but it may not work for some users, as the Group Policy Editor program is not included in the Home edition of Windows.<\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog. From here, type gpedit.msc<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/li>\n
  2. You should see the Group Policy Editor window pop up. Navigate to:
    \nComputer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization<\/code><\/li>\n
  3. Double-click the “Prevent changing lock screen image<\/strong>” entry on the right side of the window. Change the setting from Not Configured<\/strong> to Enabled<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Close the Local Group Policy Editor window. When you want to change the lock screen image, you will notice that the options are grayed out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Disable Changing Lock Screen Using Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog. From here, type regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/li>\n
    2. In the left pane of Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
      \nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Personalization<\/code><\/p>\n

      \tIf the Personalization<\/strong> key is not present, create a new key under Windows<\/strong> and rename it to Personalization.<\/li>\n

    3. On the right side of the window, right-click on an empty space, and choose New<\/strong> -> DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>. Name it NoChangingLockScreen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Double-click on the newly created DWORD value, and change its value from 0 to 1. Click OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"no-changing-lock-screen\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. Now you should be unable to change \/ modify the lock screen background image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The lock screen appears when you boot your PC or press Windows + L key combination. It gives you only the basic information such as date, time and weather. You have to click it or swipe away before you can login into Windows 10\/8. In this article we’ll show you 2 methods to prevent users […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,39],"tags":[2726,2727,2728],"class_list":["post-6953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-8","tag-change-windows-lock-screen","tag-prevent-changing-lock-screen","tag-prevent-changing-lock-screen-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6953"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6962,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953\/revisions\/6962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}