Settings managed by my organization? On a personal PC???

Question

Hello

I hate the spotlight feature of Win11 lock screen.

If I try to remove it I get this:

Why does it say some settings are managed by my organization if this is a PERSONAL pc with local accounts?

How can I enable these options and get rid of spotlight_

Thank you

Stefano

Answer 1

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/some-of-these-settings-are-hidden-or-managed-by/70dacd39-5210-4742-a2a1-528f7e730e59

1. Open command prompt with admin permission
2. Execute these commands then restart the computer

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsStore\WindowsUpdate" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsStore\WindowsUpdate" /f

Answer 2

1

Open the Settings app, then go to Accounts - Access Work or School

If there is any work or school account listed there, disconnect the work or school account, then restart your PC to apply the change.

2

If there is no work or school account linked to the PC:

Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

On the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and select 'run as Administrator'

Paste each of these commands into Command one at a time and press Enter, wait for each command to complete, before running the next command, if you receive an error on any command, ignore that and continue to the next command.

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Policies" /f

Then, close Command Prompt and restart (not shut down) your PC.

Answer 3

Some settings are managed by your organization

Answer 4

I tried the instructions from WindowsLoop, and nothing worked until the last option. The last suggestion is to install "Dynamic Theme" from the Windows Store, start Dynamic Theme, and tell it to set your desktop wallpaper and lock screen to Windows Spotlight. My wallpaper and lock screen images changed immediately, no restart required. I went through years of Windows 10 without the wallpaper cycling, and now I've upgraded that system to Windows 11, and I was more than a little annoyed that it still wasn't working. Look at the following screenshot, where you can see I finally have the option. On the right, Windows 11 is still horribly broken, and on the left is a free and glorious workaround:

Answer 5

it gives me errors. example:

C:\Windows\System32>reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

ERROR: Delete request is partially completed.

And even after the execution of the above the grayed settings remain as they are