Windows Configurations Deploying Custom Wallpaper

Description

This document provides you with steps required to deploy a custom wallpaper to all client computers and prevent clients from changing it.

Steps

To deploy a custom wallpaper to all client computers and prevent users from changing the wallpapers, follow the steps given below:

1. Navigate to Configurations tab ---> Add Configurations ---> Configuration ---> Windows ---> Display ---> User
2. Enter a Name and Description for the collection
3. In the Customize Display criteria, enter the following details under Wallpaper
   • To upload a custom wallpaper,
   • Locate the image using HTTP or Network Share/ Local Path
   • Specify the Position
   • For the Permit User To Modify Wallpaper requisite, choose No
   
4. Define the Target
5. Specify retry options if required
6. You can also enable notifications to receive emails based on the specified frequency.
7. Click on the Deploy button to deploy the configuration in all the target endpoints

The settings will reflect in the client computers during the agent's 90-minute refresh cycle, during startup or during logon-whichever takes place earlier.

Troubleshoot Wallpaper Deployment

If the wallpaper configuration is deployed successfully but the wallpaper is not updated on the target computer, allow the configuration to be applied during the next agent refresh cycle, startup, or user logon. If the issue persists, verify the following:

• Windows background settings: On the target computer, navigate to Settings > Personalization > Background and verify that the background is set to Picture rather than Solid color.
• Conflicting policies: Check whether an Active Directory Group Policy, Intune policy, another wallpaper configuration, logon script, or endpoint security software is managing the wallpaper. Conflicting policies may overwrite the configured wallpaper during subsequent policy refresh cycles.
• Deployment method: The steps in this document use the native Display User Configuration. If the wallpaper is deployed using a PowerShell, batch, or other script, refer to Custom Script Computer Configuration. Verify the script's execution context, arguments, dependency files, exit code, and agent logs.

Check for Conflicting Windows Policy Values

If the wallpaper remains unchanged, check whether existing Windows policy values are conflicting with the deployed configuration. Inspect the following registry locations on the affected computer:

• Personalization policies: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PersonalizationCSP and check for DesktopImagePath, DesktopImageStatus, DesktopImageUrl, LockScreenImagePath, LockScreenImageStatus, and LockScreenImageUrl.
• Wallpaper restrictions: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop and check for NoChangingWallPaper. Also, inspect HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System for Wallpaper and WallpaperStyle.
• User-specific policies: Check the corresponding policy locations under HKEY_CURRENT_USER when the wallpaper is deployed through a User Configuration.

If an obsolete registry value from a previous wallpaper policy is causing the conflict, remove only the conflicting value using the appropriate Registry Computer Configuration or Registry User Configuration. Redeploy the wallpaper configuration, restart the affected computer or sign in again, and verify that the wallpaper is updated. Check the configuration Remarks to confirm the deployment status.