Enforce Windows Server 2012 Client Computers to Have the Desktop Wallpaper That I Specify

If you are working in an organization that has its own logo as a brand, it is likely that the administration of the organization would ask you to do something so that all the computers that the organization has must display the logo and the name of the company on the desktop background. The administration might also ask you to apply such security restrictions so that the end-users cannot change the wallpaper and replace the existing one with the one of their own choices whatsoever.

In order to accomplish this, you can use the Windows Server 2012 Group Policy Object and configure the GPO to enforce the image of your choice as the desktop wallpaper on all the computers in the entire domain, or in a particular Organizational Unit.

Here is how you can configure the Group Policy Object (GPO) to enforce the Windows Server 2012 client computers to use the desktop background wallpaper of your choice:
 

1. Log on to the Windows Server 2012 Active Directory domain controller with the Enterprise Admin or Domain Admin account.
    
2. If not already started, initialize the Server Manager window from the bottom left corner of the screen.
    
3. On the opened Server Manager window, go to the Tools menu from the menu bar.
    
4. From the displayed list, click Group Policy Management.
   
   
    
5. On the opened Group Policy Management console, from the left pane, expandForest > Domains, and then expand the domain name. (MYDOMAIN.COM for this demonstration.).
    
6. From the expanded list, right-click the domain name or the target OU that has client computers on which you want to enforce the desktop background wallpaper of your choice.
    
7. From the displayed context menu, click Create a GPO on this domain, and Link it here option.
   
   
    
8. On the opened New GPO box, specify a new name for the GPO in the Name field.
    
9. From the Source Starter GPO drop-down list, choose the appropriate starter GPO as desired. (Optional)
   
   
    
10. Finally click OK to create the new GPO and link it to the target domain or OU.
     
11. Once this is done, right-click the new GPO.
     
12. From the displayed context menu, click Edit.
    
    
     
13. On the opened Group Policy Object Editor snap-in, from the left pane, under the User Configuration section, locate and click to select Policies >Administrative Templates > Desktop > Desktop.
     
14. Once selected, from the right pane, double-click the Desktop Wallpaper option.
    
    
     
15. On the opened Desktop Wallpaper box, click to select the Enabled button.
     
16. Under the Options section, in the Wallpaper Name field, type a UNC or local path to the JPEG or BMP file that you want to be used as the desktop background wallpaper on all the target computers.
    
    
     
17. Once done, click OK and back on the previous window, close the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in.
     
18. Press the Windows + R keys simultaneously to initialize the Run command box.
     
19. In the available field in the Run command box, type the GPUPDATE /FORCEcommand and press Enter key in order to update the group policy settings.