Domain Wallpaper Group Policy

Deploy desktop background wallpaper using group policy.

Domain wallpaper group policy. Open the domain gpo management console gpo gpmc msc create a new policy and assign it to the necessary ou with the users in our case we want the policy to be applied to all domain computers and. You can also create a group policy object and later use the option link an existing gpo. I change the wallpaper in gpo win 7 get the updated wallpaper on next logon. Open the group policy management console.

On the group policy management console expand the forest expand domains right click on the domain name and click on create a gpo in this domain and link it here. How to configure desktop wallpaper settings via gpo. In this example the policy name is wallpaper policy 2. How to apply desktop wallpaper using group policy march 16 2020 june 16 2015 by morgan setting the desktop wallpaper background to all users through gpo is a most common task for every administrator to maintain common environment in all the ad user s computer.

Win 7 pc gets the wallpaper as it log in to the network. Creating the group policy object on the group policy management console expand the forest and domain right click on group policy objects and select new give name for the new policy object. In this video lab i will show you how to use group policy to configured desktop wallpaper background image in windows server 2016 active directory domain. In the group policy management console right click on the domain and click create a gpo in this domain and link it here.

We have a gpo domain controller win server 2008 r2 to set desktop wallpaper of client pcs we keep replacing the bmp file for wallpaper which is used by that gpo so wallpaper changes on client pcs by gpo. Group policy is of course one of the best ways you can lockdown and configure your windows systems in your environment and one of the most commonly configured setting in group policy is the ability to configured the desktop wallpaper a k a. Check that the domain users have read permissions for this file grant read ntfs permission for the domain users or authenticated users group. However the setting is not applied to domain users who log on to client computers that are running windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2.