One of the registry keys (I havent figured out which one yet) is preventing me from changing the background wallpaper for the lock screen.

Still searching.... driving my team crazy. Windows 11
 
One of the registry keys (I havent figured out which one yet) is preventing me from changing the background wallpaper for the lock screen.

Still searching.... driving my team crazy. Windows 11

Reg_6_Other.reg
Code:
; Hidden > Lock Screen > Dynamic content > Disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization]
"NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001

What team? There are multiple Kreemer's running loose?!
 
Reg_6_Other.reg
Code:
; Hidden > Lock Screen > Dynamic content > Disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization]
"NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001

What team? There are multiple Kreemer's running loose?!
Haha... No. They'd like to think so.
I am working with a few others and figuring out the best way to get a custom image without SCCM.
 
I was gonna to mock your endless questions, but now I'm filled with pity :oops:.

There's a lot of SCCM-related stuff that works outside, if you learn to read btw the lines, like exporting GPO's and reg keys. It's strength over NTLite is domain awareness. Worse case, you deploy a NTLited image using WSIM or SCCM to get the custom scripting done.
 
Haha... No. They'd like to think so.
I am working with a few others and figuring out the best way to get a custom image without SCCM.
To be honest, I'd rather not have to remove this in a registry. What settings in NTlite are controlling this so that I can simply disable it?

My tweak didn't work.
 
I was gonna to mock your endless questions, but now I'm filled with pity :oops:.

There's a lot of SCCM-related stuff that works outside, if you learn to read btw the lines, like exporting GPO's and reg keys. It's strength over NTLite is domain awareness. Worse case, you deploy a NTLited image using WSIM or SCCM to get the custom scripting done.
Pity? :rolleyes: Okay. Well.

I bought the product and have questions. Hopefully, you're not comfortable with mocking me for having humility to even pose questions regarding the use of this product. I'm not sure what motivates you at this point to help me (which I appreciated immensely).
I never claimed to be an expert in NtLite or script writing. I was only giving it a shot. I've been following tons of YT videos which unfortunately don't go deep enough into this. My questions and the correct responses to them might in fact help others who are not sure how to ask or what to ask.
 
LOL - I pity your SCCM usage. So far, you're doing above average for a newcomer.
The YT videos are spotty, they spend too much time on some features and entirely skip others.
 
LOL - I pity your SCCM usage. So far, you're doing above average for a newcomer.
The YT videos are spotty, they spend too much time on some features and entirely skip others.
I agree. The product is quite powerful. And I am disappointed how the YT videos barely touch the surface of the really vital features of it. I've sent several of the content creators messages about that. But I don't anticipate they will upload a version of a Part 2 any time soon.
 
One of the registry keys (I havent figured out which one yet) is preventing me from changing the background wallpaper for the lock screen.

Still searching.... driving my team crazy. Windows 11
Ah, yeah this is precisely why I tried to avoid the use of GPO whenever possible. There is like 6 I had to use though because there were no known alternatives. If you come across any other issues from my image that'd be the thing to look at is if it's a \policies\ key. If so you have to delete that key to remove the "lock" and allow users to change that thing.
 
System Restore disabled in GPO, warnings for other things would be similar i expect.
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Delete the reg keys and i can use it again.
 
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System Restore disabled in GPO, warnings for other things would be similar i expect.
So far I've seen a message for most of them, but every now and then there is one that doesn't have a message. The lock screen key they just tweaked is one that doesn't have a message unfortunately.
 
Some policies are confusing. They default to "NOT this action". So two NOT's sometimes make a RIGHT.
 
I apologize for our non-English visitors. It's one of those strange idioms that doesn't translate well.
See "Two wrongs don't make a right."
 
The message appears in the Settings app. Or did I understand something wrong?
Oh you are probably right. I haven't used W11 to check that, but honestly I wasn't thinking about this settings menu. I was too focused on the actual lock screen itself, and the lock screen doesn't have a message. I've been doing a lot of forum stuff remotely lately, not at my Windows desktop, so I haven't been able to check into things properly before replying. Hopefully I haven't confused things too much :p
 
I was too focused on the actual lock screen itself, and the lock screen doesn't have a message.
If you disabled the lock screen you are not seeing this, I think you are confusing it with sign-in screen.

This reg tweak is equivalent to the following group policy:
https://admx.help/?Category=Windows...anelDisplay::CPL_Personalization_NoLockScreen
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I think kreemerz's problem and confusion is generated by the fact that the background picture used in sign-in screen is the same as the lock screen and when you disable the lock screen Windows won't let you change the background picture.
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With the group policy applied the options to change the background picture are greyed out.
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I particularly disable lock screen and background picture and remove lock screen backgrounds with NTLite.

I use this reg tweak to disable background picture on sign-in screen:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
"DisableLogonBackgroundImage"=dword:00000001
 
So I tested out all the Windows Update stuff that we all discussed on page 2, and I did a clean install with all the Tenforums reg keys plus the ones AeonX gave (7 unique keys in total that I wasn't already using) and there was no change in how Windows Update handles drivers, with the exception of the newly added SearchOrderConfig. To clarify, I don't think the keys that are suggested are incorrect, rather they just do not apply to Home edition and/or 21H2. This is expected, I've constantly been running across this over the last 12 months for all sorts of tweaking. They probably all work on Pro or other similar editions though.

I already had the DeviceMetadataFromNetwork key in my image, as well as an undocumented Flight settings key I have in my Pause Windows Update guide, and it's the best combination I've seen so far for Home edition and/or 21H2. I'm going to go update that guide here soon to add the SearchOrderConfig, as well as to my Optimized Image guide here.

Anyway, I'm quite satisfied now with the addition of SearchOrderConfig, combined with my other tweaks it fully tames Windows Update. The GPO suggested for removing the annoying pop-up message inside "Devices and Printers" does indeed work on Home, and removes that message. I just need to do further testing to be sure I want to use that one, since I'm trying to avoid GPO for reasons that appeared on page 3.

Edit: updated both guides.
 
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