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Powershell - Lock screen & Desktop background issue
I am currently starting to configure for a smaller organisation, using Intune for MDM, I've managed to successfully change my Azure AD login to be a standard user (I don't want every user having full...
- Some time ago I received the same question... This script worked perfectly for him (running as 64 bits and as system (Run this script using the logged on credentials --> no)
$RegKeyPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PersonalizationCSP"
$DesktopPath = "DesktopImagePath"
$DesktopStatus = "DesktopImageStatus"
$DesktopUrl = "DesktopImageUrl"
$StatusValue = "1"
$url = "https://call4cloud.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-nieuw.jpg"
$DesktopImageValue = "C:\MDM\wallpaper.jpg"
$directory = "C:\MDM\"
If ((Test-Path -Path $directory) -eq $false)
{
New-Item -Path $directory -ItemType directory
}
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.DownloadFile($url, $DesktopImageValue)
if (!(Test-Path $RegKeyPath))
{
Write-Host "Creating registry path $($RegKeyPath)."
New-Item -Path $RegKeyPath -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopStatus -Value $Statusvalue -PropertyType DWORD -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopPath -Value $DesktopImageValue -PropertyType STRING -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopUrl -Value $DesktopImageValue -PropertyType STRING -Force | Out-Null
Some time ago I received the same question... This script worked perfectly for him (running as 64 bits and as system (Run this script using the logged on credentials --> no)
$RegKeyPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PersonalizationCSP"
$DesktopPath = "DesktopImagePath"
$DesktopStatus = "DesktopImageStatus"
$DesktopUrl = "DesktopImageUrl"
$StatusValue = "1"
$url = "https://call4cloud.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-nieuw.jpg"
$DesktopImageValue = "C:\MDM\wallpaper.jpg"
$directory = "C:\MDM\"
If ((Test-Path -Path $directory) -eq $false)
{
New-Item -Path $directory -ItemType directory
}
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.DownloadFile($url, $DesktopImageValue)
if (!(Test-Path $RegKeyPath))
{
Write-Host "Creating registry path $($RegKeyPath)."
New-Item -Path $RegKeyPath -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopStatus -Value $Statusvalue -PropertyType DWORD -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopPath -Value $DesktopImageValue -PropertyType STRING -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopUrl -Value $DesktopImageValue -PropertyType STRING -Force | Out-Null
$RegKeyPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PersonalizationCSP"
$DesktopPath = "DesktopImagePath"
$DesktopStatus = "DesktopImageStatus"
$DesktopUrl = "DesktopImageUrl"
$StatusValue = "1"
$url = "https://call4cloud.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-nieuw.jpg"
$DesktopImageValue = "C:\MDM\wallpaper.jpg"
$directory = "C:\MDM\"
If ((Test-Path -Path $directory) -eq $false)
{
New-Item -Path $directory -ItemType directory
}
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.DownloadFile($url, $DesktopImageValue)
if (!(Test-Path $RegKeyPath))
{
Write-Host "Creating registry path $($RegKeyPath)."
New-Item -Path $RegKeyPath -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopStatus -Value $Statusvalue -PropertyType DWORD -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopPath -Value $DesktopImageValue -PropertyType STRING -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegKeyPath -Name $DesktopUrl -Value $DesktopImageValue -PropertyType STRING -Force | Out-Null
IRudy_Ooms_MVP is it possible to configure this script to also set the image downloaded to "fit" the screen size?
- Not 100% sure... but the first thing that comes to mind is defining the WallPaperStyle in the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop registry key
