[SOLVED] Wallpaper changed from itself

[tzuzu100]

I put a wallpaper on my new laptop screen, but it changed itself to my old wallpaper that i had on my other laptop.

How is this possible?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Microsoft account.

I recently set up a brand new ASUS FX505. Entered Microsoft account and it automatically set my wallpaper to my old pc with same microsoft account.

 

[tzuzu100]

ah ok, thanks. can i somehow disable microsoft to make this?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Try changing it again. I changed the wallpaper and it didnt change back.

 

[britechguy]

I changed the wallpaper and it didnt change back.

Precisely. This is a synchronization feature and if you change something before you have established a connection to your Microsoft Acount, the synced items will take precedence.

If you do it after that connection has been established, the change gets synced to your account and will probably show up on your other devices if you use synced themes or similar.

 

[Colif]

If you want to stop it, go to settings/accounts/sync your settings
turn off theme and it won't go grab your roaming profile at startup

I upgraded my pc from 1080p to 4k but roaming profile kept changing desktop to 1080p at startup. You can also wipe the info stored on their servers as well

To stop syncing your settings and remove them from the cloud, turn off synced settings on all the devices connected to your Microsoft account, and then go to the Devices page, select More actions for the device you want to manage, and then select Remove cloud backup of personal settings.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/4026102/windows-10-about-sync-settings