Windows 10 lock screen slideshow options greyed out
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I am trying to set my lock screen to a slideshow on Windows 10, but the options are greyed out. How can I enable these options?
Best Answer
Apparently the group policy "Force specific screen saver" will disable the lock screen slide show options. This is despite the fact that there is a separate GPO called "Prevent enabling lock screen slide show." I am not entirely sure why you can't set a specific screensaver while also having a lock screen slideshow.
This is a problem apparently introduced in Windows 8, and you are far from the only one to
suffer from it: googling for this problem got back 220 000 answers!
There are apparently several reasons for it happening and no one really knows why.
I list below some workarounds that might work, or not (excepting the one
advising disabling the Lock screen completely).
Best Answer
Apparently the group policy "Force specific screen saver" will disable the lock screen slide show options. This is despite the fact that there is a separate GPO called "Prevent enabling lock screen slide show." I am not entirely sure why you can't set a specific screensaver while also having a lock screen slideshow.