Wallpaper of your computer, it is a resource that allows you to print authenticity and a personalized touch to your computer. However, there are corporate environments that require maintaining a background more in line with the identity of the company, for these cases we can apply the same wallpaper on all the devices connected to the work network.
Achieving this does not mean that individually replace the wallpaper image of each device on the network, not when you can make use of group policies (GPO), to standardize the wallpaper and prevent it from being replaced; restricting this option to certain types of users. Today we will explain how to set the wallpaper on Windows computers, quickly and easily.
How to enable GPOs needed for wallpaper?
The Microsoft Windows Server operating system offers great advantages in achieving important tasks, especially at a corporate level. Applied in the field of desktop aesthetics on computers, we will find several customization options, which favor quick configuration for all devices under a specific domain.
Understanding that your goal is to set a unique wallpaper on all desktops, before starting the process you should know how to delete wallpaper history. This way you will avoid leaving any background previously established by the user, after that you can proceed to carry out each of the following steps.
Using the ‘run’ command
Before opening the policy manager, where you will configure the wallpaper rules for the set of devices, it is best to start by creating a shared folder (where all users belonging to the affected domain, you will give them read permission), and enter in it the JPG file chosen as the “regulatory” image for wallpaper.
Make sure that the image has the appropriate resolution and avoid dysfunction, in any case, it is important that you know how to adjust the size of a wallpaper image. After that, it will be time to start the creation of the Group Policy, which will allow you to implement the wallpaper configuration, the easiest way to achieve it is:
- Simultaneously press the “WIN + R” keys, only you will get a new window of the Run command.
- Enter the following “gpmc.msc”, with this you will have the group policy manager open.
From the GPO Policy Manager
Now that you are in the group policy console, you must continue executing the following steps, to successfully modify the wallpaper, through the GPOs:
- Display the following path Forest> Domains> domain.local> Group Policy Objects. Remember that domain.local refers to the real name of your domain.
- Now, on “Group Policy Objects” you right click and select “New”. Give the policy a name, an example might be “Wallpaper Policy”, click OK.
How to set the wallpaper on your Windows 10 computer?
In Microsoft’s operating system, you may want to understand how to disable background blur on the start screen, so that you have a broader idea of common errors that occur when setting wallpaper on a Windows computer. Now, once the Group Policy has been successfully created, you must configure the unique image, for all devices in the domain, as wallpaper. This requires editing the policy in question to enable the components of it that interest us.
With ‘Enable Active Desktop’
The first thing we must do is locate the newly created policy (following the example “Wallpaper policy”) in the left panel of the console, and right click on it, select edit. Go to the following path User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Active Desktop > Active Desktop. Now you need to “Enable Active Desktop”, you will find it in the left section of the panel. This process allows users to not have access to modify the background of their desktop at the moment.
What is the way to select an image from the GPO manager?
What remains is to enter the path of the image, this is done precisely in the “Desktop Wallpaper” enabling window, yes, first check the enabled option, second, enter the path of the shared folder, created at the beginning of the process, third choose the style of the wallpaper you can choose Adjusted, Centered, in mosaic, or another, although the most recommended is always adjusted.
To prevent domain users from modifying all Active Desktop settings, you must display the following path “User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization”, there you enable “Prevent changing the wallpaper”, with this You terminate all GPO settings to set a standard wallpaper.
To make the newly produced policies effective, you can choose between waiting for all users to log off and log on to devices, or right-clicking on the domain, in the left pane of the Group Policy manager console, select “Link to existing GPO”, choose the wallpaper modification policy and click on accept.
