The unveiling of Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary Bloom wallpaper for Windows 11 marks a unique blend of nostalgia and innovation, celebrating half a century of the company’s technological journey. Introduced alongside the limited-edition Surface Laptop commemorating this milestone, the anniversary...
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Windows 11 has always placed a strong emphasis on providing users with a visually appealing and dynamic desktop experience, a tradition carried over and enhanced from its predecessors. With the release of update 24H2, Microsoft introduced an even deeper integration of the Windows Spotlight...
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For users of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, a subtle yet frustrating login delay puzzled both casual users and seasoned IT professionals alike back in 2009. The phenomenon emerged when individuals selected a solid color—rather than an image—as their desktop wallpaper. The observed effect...
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Not the place... The image file on the Hard Drive. When I look for how to change the Lock Screen image, what I get is information for how to change the Desktop Wallpaper. I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't make a clearer distinction between them as these are two entirely different things...
Hi,
We have an existing GPO that sets the desktop wallpaper of Windows 10 clients. It uses the following GPO path:
User Config >Polices > Administrative Templates >Desktop >Desktop >Desktop Wallpaper
It uses a network file share to read the *.jpg file and display it as the desktop wallpaper...
Fixes a problem in which the "Desktop Wallpaper" Group Policy setting is not applied to domain users who log on to client computers that are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
More...
According to this Microsoft knowledge base article, if you’ve set your desktop to use a solid color background instead of a wallpaper, your system will hang for 30 seconds during the logon process.
Here’s what I’m talking about… the gray screen of death =)
The fix, of course, is to use a...