Pre-logon image

[seustice]

So running Windows 8.1 Ent, set the GP to set the pre-logon image in "Computer Config > Policies > Admin Templates > Control Panel > Personalization", but cannot see a way to set the Fit, Fill, Centre, etc. options.

 

Any ideas?

[william_tropico]

No the best way but I have about 6 images saved on the client computer..each with a different resolution. When we do the builds I will specify one of the images in the GPO (Most of the different builds have the same monitor sizes eg 1280x1024) manually..

 

If anyone has a better solution I will also be interested

 

Thank you,

Edited June 16, 2014 by william_tropico
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[Michael]

If you can find/locate the standard logon image (within the Windows directory), look at its properties then just overwrite it so no GPO is required. In theory this would work best.

[Michael]

On 2008 R2 for example, the directory is:

 

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oobe\background.bmp

which is a 1024 x 768 res.

 

On Windows 7 x86 it's:

 

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\background.bmp

which is also a 1024 x 768 res.

 

You could replace this on a base image, or use a GPP to apply the change once.

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

On 2008 R2 for example, the directory is:

 

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oobe\background.bmp

which is a 1024 x 768 res.

 

On Windows 7 x86 it's:

 

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\background.bmp

which is also a 1024 x 768 res.

 

You could replace this on a base image, or use a GPP to apply the change once.

[seustice]

On 2008 R2 for example, the directory is:

 

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oobe\background.bmp

which is a 1024 x 768 res.

 

On Windows 7 x86 it's:

 

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\background.bmp

which is also a 1024 x 768 res.

 

You could replace this on a base image, or use a GPP to apply the change once.

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

On 2008 R2 for example, the directory is:

 

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oobe\background.bmp

which is a 1024 x 768 res.

 

On Windows 7 x86 it's:

 

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\background.bmp

which is also a 1024 x 768 res.

 

You could replace this on a base image, or use a GPP to apply the change once.

 

Sadly it doesn't appear to be that straightforward in Windows 8

[Stuclark]

It is that simple (just changing files) - in Win7 you could control it using the OEMBackground registry switch; in Win8 you just change the files in the default location. (call your new ones the same as the old ones)

 

I can't remember the exact file path for Win8, but if you google it you'll find loads of references to how to do this without using GPOs

[3s-gtech]

We use GPP to overwrite the files in C:\Windows\System32\oobe in both 7 and 8.1. We created images for every screen res that we use, so that the image doesn't appear stretched or squished on 4:3, 5:4, 16:10 and 16:9 monitors. Edited June 17, 2014 by 3s-gtech