Show first sign-in animation GPO setting

[bvi1006]

Hi,

It seems that the show first sign-in animation disabled is not working. We really want to remove that ...

From other posts it seems that the setting does not get applied even though the policy itself is applied. We are using UEM version 9.4 for Horizon 7. Has anyone experienced this? The only solution we have seen is forcing a gpupdate on the gold image and recreating the desktops. Not the best solution of course.

Thanks for any help!

[DEMdev]

Hi bvi1006,

I'm afraid that UEM can't help you out here, as "Show first sign-in animation" is a computer policy setting.

[bvi1006]

Thanks. Yep that is true, but it is a setting the UEM admx template...

[DEMdev]

Hi bvi1006,

Umm, I think we're talking about different things here 🙂 Can you provide a bit more information?

Are you referring to the Windows Show first sign-in animation policy setting, or maybe the Show VMware UEM logon and logoff progress information policy setting from UEM?

[bvi1006]

Hi UEMdev​,

It is the computer policy in the UEM admx template. It's under Computer Policy/admin template/system/logon. I was hoping to use this GPO to stop that annoying animation. Because that policy will be applied for the FlexEngine settings, I was hoping to add it in there and have it work. I guess I am in the wrong forum then, especially if you say that UEM can't help me

Thanks!

[DEMdev · Accepted solution]

Hi bvi1006,

It is the computer policy in the UEM admx template. It's under Computer Policy/admin template/system/logon.

That's not coming from the UEM ADMX templates; that's just standard Windows Group Policy.

Maybe you configured a Group Policy Object that contains both UEM policy settings and Windows policy settings?

I guess I am in the wrong forum then, especially if you say that UEM can't help me

I guess so :smileylaugh:. I'm afraid you will have to update your base image, or find a way to run something when your VMs boot but before users log on (if you have something that can set values in HKLM, you can have it create a REG_DWORD EnableFirstLogonAnimation in key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, and setting it to 0.)

[bvi1006]

Thanks we were going to go down that path but we are trying to manage everything from one place. Guess we will have to go down that road.

Thanks UEMdev​

[bvi1006]

oh, wait, can't we set the registry setting in UEM?

[DEMdev]

Nope, sorry. UEM can't set HKLM values, and would be running too late regardless.