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Does anyone know why Windows Spotlight background/wallpaper has suddenly started running on Windows 11 computers (not just on our Intune managed company computers but my personal laptop too)? We have had a static image (the Windows Bloom) managed by policy, which has been set for years, but suddenly (as of the last few weeks) the background picture is auto-rotating to match the daily Spotlight image. When looking at the background settings it is still set to static Picture?
On my personal laptop, I set it back to the static image each day but the next day it goes back to Spotlight auto-rotate, even though in the wallpaper settings it is configured to static Picture (same as shown above, just without the "managed by your organisation" bit) 🤷♀️
This should set you on a better path:
In the search bar, type edit group policy, which will launch the Local Group Policy Editor menu. Navigate to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Control Panel, and finally Personalization. At right you'll see "Prevent changing desktop background". Double click on it to open the menu, then click disabled. Hopefully this should work for you. If not, let me know!
Thank you, we already have this configured, via Intune 🙂
