How to set default wallpaper and allow change by user

[Siroj]

We are going to use SCCM to deploy Windows 10 v1607 to about 5000 devices. A script is written to detect the monitors resolution and copy a matching wallpaper to the device.

What we want then is (preferably using GPO) to set this wallpaper as default to our users on first login and allow the user to change the wallpaper.

We know we can set a fixed wallpaper using GPO, but that is not what we want/need in this case. If i use GPO Preferences to create the items Wallpaper and WallpaperStyle under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] and set it to only apply once, it gets overwritten with the default values while creating the profile after first login.

So my question is, how can i set this wallpaper as default to our users on first login and allow the user to change the wallpaper?

[tregelen]

You could add it into your base WIM as the wallpaper of the default user, that would then apply to all new users that log into the machine.

 

You could use group policy to replace the windows default image with your image. I don't know the file name/location off the top of my head but in Windows XP it was 'bliss.bmp'

 

You might be able to set it in your unattend.xml. I haven't tried it before but its a possibility.