Mastering Windows Group Policy

Configuring the policy to apply a desktop wallpaper

I named my new GPO based on the setting I plan to put inside; I would like to utilize this policy in order to set a specific desktop wallpaper onto my accounting workstations. Again, sticking with a name that indicates only the setting inside allows me future flexibility to be able to assign this GPO to many different departments if I ever have the need to do so.

Right-click on the new GPO and choose Edit... in order to launch the Group Policy Management Editor. Now we need to navigate to the setting we want to use. Setting wallpaper settings can be done from User Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates | Desktop | Desktop. Inside this location, you will see a few policy settings ...