Windows 8.1 Custom Lock Screen

[guyver78]

Hi All,

 

Does anybody know how to change the default windows 8.1 lock screen to a custom image?

 

I know in windows 8 you needed to create the following registry Key which you could run via SCCM 2012 at the end of your task sequence but this doesn't seem to work anymore in Windows 8.1 anymore.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization]
"LockScreenImage"="C:\backgrounds\backgroundDefault.jpg"

 

Does anybody know the registry key and how to apply a custom lock screen to windows 8.1?

[guyver78]

Looks like a bug at this stage.

Microsoft has also changed the process so for some unknown reason you also need to activate windows 8.1 before you can change the lock screen

[gordonf]

Haven't yet tried it on 8.1 but this method works on 8 stand-alone.

 

Enterprise, Server and 8 Pro in a domain should use Group Policy settings for this instead. I've done it on 8.1 Enterprise when not domain-joined using gpedit.

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