This setting can be found under User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop > Desktop and is straight forward to configure as all you have to do is specify the explicit local path or a UNC to the image you want displayed as the desktop wallpaper (see below).īehind the scenes all this setting is doing is configuring the REG_SZ “Wallpaper” and the REG_SZ “WallpaperStyle” registry keys under the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System path.
The “ Desktop Wallpaper” method is of course the most commonly used way for configuring the Wallpaper on a computer however as it seems with all things Group Policy using this setting comes with its own pro’s and con’s.
Method #1: Administrative Template “Desktop Wallpaper” Setting Now most of you might just say is all you need to do is set the group policy setting however there are some common traps that you might fall into if you don’t use this setting correctly. 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.
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