Windows 11 Lock Screen

[lbd1277]

Is there a way in NTLITE to set the Personalize your lock screen to None, seems to default to Windows spotlight.

If it can be done in NTLITE any ideas how ?

 

[Asad321]

Through NTlite right click on install.wim Explore image directory

Go to ==> Windows
Find ==> Webs
Click on ==> Screen

Rename your own image to "img100"

and then replace on the screen folder image...

 

[garlin]

There's a GPO setting that disables a number of Spotlight features, including the Lock Screen's background. But it affects multiple features so if you only wanted to disable Spotlight on the Lock Screen, and nothing else – it may not be for you.

Another GPO policy exists (ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen), but it only works on EDU & Enterprise editions.

From Post-Setup (After logon), load this reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
"DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures"=dword:00000001

You can also do a registry comparison, before and after changing the Lock Screen customizations to see which reg values got changed. Here's a short PowerShell script you can call to toggle the Spotlight image on or off. Add this script to Post-Setup (After logon) with a parameter for which setting you want -On or -Off.

LockScreen_Spotlight.ps1 -On
LockScreen_Spotlight.ps1 -Off

[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='On')]
param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName='On')]
    [switch]$On,

    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName='Off')]
    [switch]$Off
)

if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'On') { $Flag = 1 } else { $Flag = 0 }

$Path = 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager'

Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name "RotatingLockScreenEnabled" -Value $Flag -Force
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name "RotatingLockScreenOverlayEnabled" -Value $Flag -Force
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name "SubscribedContent-338387Enabled" -Value $Flag -Force

$SID = (Get-LocalUser -Name $env:USERNAME).SID
$Path = "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Creative\$SID"

Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name "RotatingLockScreenEnabled" -Value $Flag -Force
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name "RotatingLockScreenOverlayEnabled" -Value $Flag -Force

 

[lbd1277]

ok that worked , is there a way to set Lock Screen Status to none ?

 

[garlin]

ok that worked , is there a way to set Lock Screen Status to none ?

/sigh Just for you, I rewrote my script so it now handles all three Lock Screen options:

LockScreen_Background.ps1 -Spotlight
LockScreen_Background.ps1 -Picture -File \path\to\image.jpg
LockScreen_Background.ps1 -None

PS. Don't ask for a custom background color...

 

[lbd1277]

Sorry this is not doing it , on the lock screen settings page
there are 2 lines personalize your lock screen (that appears to be where spotlight is), the second line

Lock Screen status is the one Im looking to set to none , so that it shuts off the weather and more

 

[lbd1277]

Any ideas?

 

[garlin]

Later this year, W11 is adding more options for the Lock Screen widgets. But they're slowly rolling out changes first to the EEA (EU) region.

ElevenForum is saying this GPO will (eventually) work:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Dsh]
"DisableWidgetsOnLockScreen"=dword:00000000