Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Matt Ford — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:30:12 GMT

Anon 21 Mar 2013 11:05 AM

"Hi,

I used the photo app to change the lock screen. If you right-click on the image and click on "Set as", it allows you to set the lock screen.."

I don't think you get what he is saying. There is your user lock screen and a default one that comes up when you aren't logged in, it happens often. The photo app changes your user's lock screen.

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Anon — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:05:31 GMT

Hi,

I used the photo app to change the lock screen. If you right-click on the image and click on "Set as", it allows you to set the lock screen..

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Ben Hunter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:09:40 GMT

Hi Alex,

You can change the user picture and user lock screen in the personalize screen in PC settings. The start screen picture can also be changed here however you must used one of the built in backgrounds.

/Ben

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Alex — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:18:40 GMT

Ben,

I can't change my user picture,lock screen picture or start screen picture..they seems hidden in PC settings..help me..I dont know what to do..Im a beginer in win 8

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Ben Hunter — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:48:42 GMT

Hi Joe,

The Windows 7 OEMBackground setting will not work in Windows 8. In the above thread I was talking about windows Server 2008.

Windows 8 should auto size the images that you are using for the background, so a single high res image should work for all resolutions.

Thanks,

Ben

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Joe Worrall — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:49:56 GMT

Ben - are you suggesting above that the WIndows 7 OEMBackground = 1 setting works in Windows 8? We have not been able to get it working if that is the case. The problem with Microsoft's new Windows 8 group policy "Force a specific default lock screen image" is that we can only specify a SINGLE image - but all our client workstations have different resolutions so this can't work as well as the old oobe\info\Backgrounds folder. Comments?

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Ben Hunter — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:44:49 GMT

Hi Jon,

This won't work for windows 2008 R2 however here is what I do. I update the registry with to point at my custom wallpaper, here is a sample VB script that I use with MDT to perform this task:

oLogging.CreateEntry "Attempting to locate the Info folder for the Logon UI Wallpaper",LogTypeInfo

If Not oFSO.FolderExists(oEnvironment.Substitute("%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\oobe\info\")) Then

newFolder = oFSO.CreateFolder(oEnvironment.Substitute("%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\oobe\info\"))

oLogging.CreateEntry "Created the Info folder required for Logon UI Wallpaper",LogTypeInfo

If Not oFSO.FolderExists(oEnvironment.Substitute("%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\oobe\info\Backgrounds\")) Then

newFolder = oFSO.CreateFolder(oEnvironment.Substitute("%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\oobe\info\Backgrounds\"))

oLogging.CreateEntry "Created the Info\Backgrounds folder required for Logon UI Wallpaper",LogTypeInfo

end if

oFSO.CopyFile oUtility.Scriptdir & "\LoginUIBackgrounds\*.*", oEnvironment.Substitute("%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\oobe\info\Backgrounds"), True

oLogging.CreateEntry "Copied the Logon Wallpaper files to the local machine - now setting the registry keys",LogTypeInfo

oShell.Run "reg add ""HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background"" /v OEMBackground /t REG_DWORD /d 1",0,TRUE

Thanks,

Ben

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Jon — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:05:00 GMT

Is there any way to change this pre-login screen if you have Server 2008 R2? The cumulative update is only for Server 2012.

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Ben Hunter — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:51:58 GMT

Hi Tomi,

Is the machine domain joined?

Thanks,

Ben

re: Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen

Tomi — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:04:27 GMT

i installed that update on my ultimate version of win8 and its not working!

please help me!

i am going to hate that image