I am an administrator and would like to understand why after I already enabled the option "Prevent Changing Wallpaper" under the group policy, the users can still change their wallpapers on their own.
Can someone enlighten me?
The Prevent changing wallpaper Group Policy prevents users from changing the desktop wallpaper by using Display Properties. However, there are ways of changing the wallpaper setting, such as through Image Preview, which does not involve Display Properties. By these other methods, users do not experience the limitations that apply to Display Properties. You must specify Active Desktop Wallpaper in Group Policy to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper without using Display Properties.
This solution should work for me. What do you think could be causing this? Why do I need to activate the active desktop just so I can restrict changing the wallpaper?
This is a known concern and it is working by design. Unfortunately, that is the only way to make it work.
Fair enough. Thanks for your help.
