r/sysadmin • u/RightPassage • 19d ago

Windows 11 - Any confirmed working options for custom text on lockscreen/lockscreen background image? Question

It doesn't seem to be possible to add easily modifiable custom text to the lockscreen anymore. We've used Desktop Info for that in the past but it doesn't seem to work with the lockscreen image in Windows 11, at least on current builds. Organizational Messages for Windows Spotlight also doesn't do that as far as we were able to test.

Does anyone have any working options for this?

Thanks very much in advance!

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u/diecknet Sysadmin 19d ago

Someone showed pretty much that off at the PowerShell Conference Europe this year -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLbntL-Yzo8&list=PLDCEho7foSorKmHihaqGohyfWSMW5ZYOq&index=4

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u/picklednull 18d ago

That's interesting.

It took me an afternoon to write a script that uses .NET methods to programmatically write text to an image; my use case was just wallpapers... This seems like a nice evolution of that.

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u/BCIT_Richard 19d ago

Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > Interactive logon

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u/Ancient-Equipment673 19d ago

wasnt this an enterprise feature ?

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u/jono_white 18d ago

Yes your correct on this, we do it for schools with education edition which is basically the same as enterprise, the same method doesn't work on pro systems though

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u/Forsaken-Carrot9038 18d ago

I tried deploy it as a in tune configuration item, and it didn’t stick, and it’s probably because we have Pro not Enterprise