How To Change or Remove the Dell Logo as the Profile Picture for Windows 10 IoT LTSC 2021

Affected Platforms:

• Dell Thin Clients

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows 10 IoT LTSC 2021

To change the Dell Logo as the profile picture, do the following steps:

1. Disable the Unified Write Filter
2. Reboot the device and login as Administrator or account with administrator rights.
   Warning: The next step is a Windows Registry edit:

   • Backup the Registry before proceeding, reference How to Back Up and Restore the Registry in Windows .
   • Editing the Registry can cause the computer to become unresponsive on the next reboot.
   • Contact Dell Technical Support for assistance if you have concerns about performing this step.
3. Go to the Windows Registry
   1. Start, Run, type in Regedit.
4. Go to:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer "UseDefaultTile"=dword:00000001

   Change the above value from 1 to 0, so it looks like:

   "UseDefaultTile"=dword:00000000

5. Close Regedit, Enable the Unified Write Filter, and reboot the device.
6. The user can now change or remove the profile picture for Windows 10 IoT 2021.

Steps to change the profile picture after the registry change are:

1. Disable the Unified Write Filter
2. Reboot the device and login with the desired account.
3. Change the account profile picture the same way that you would do it with regular windows in Settings > Accounts.
4. Re-enable the Unified Write Filter and reboot the device.