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Almost certainly.
'Some settings are hidden or managed by your organization' means a group policy is in place. As you have the Education edition it will likely be this one...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...dows-spotlightFor managed devices running Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education, enterprise administrators can configure a mobile device management (MDM) or Group Policy setting to prevent users from using the Windows Spotlight background..
"enterprise administrators can configure "
This part shouldn't apply to me as I am neither a college student nor an employee in a firm. I purchased this laptop from a student who got it at a good discount from his college. When I purchased this laptop, I did a clean install of Windows 10 Pro, but since the laptop was sold with Windows 10 Pro Education by the OEM, my Windows 10 Pro installation automatically got converted into Windows 10 Pro Education.
Is there a way to fix this without a reset or reinstall?
And how do I know if this laptop is still managed by some IT administrator in the college?
PS - I am running Windows 10 Pro Education. Isn't it different from Windows 10 Education?
Hi everyone - Can anyone help? Is clean install my only option?
Hello, I have used Google to find this for you:
Known Lock Screen issues with Creator Fides Tamen Quin
I searched for
fall creator identify group policy "some settings are"
I seem to recall mention of a plan either in the Fall CU or later to help users identify the cause of this message- the particular policy.
Searching for
fall creator lock screen "some settings are"
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lock screen problem - some settings are managed by your - Microsoft Community
Known Lock Screen issues with Creator Fides Tamen Quin
1703 Creators Update no longer adding custom lock screen picture via GPO for Enterprise?
If you identify a specific fix from this, please add that to the thread. Thanks!
Yes, for at least one case in the FCU (updates policies) there's an accompanying link to see the details,it may apply to all such cases.
Edit: but not in all cases, it seems. The particular policy to disable Spotlight is only available in Enterprise and Education, so I can't test that one. I can test another policy that also affects Personalization settings - stopping users from choosing desktop wallpaper. There's no explanation for that 'some setting are managed...' message.
Last edited by Bree; 08 Nov 2017 at 13:25. Reason: More tests
None of them are working. Is there a way to Reset all Penalization Settings in GPE?
Don't know if there's a connection, but @alphanumeric has struggled long with this message on an education build:
See e.g. #1, #18 on here:
*Some settings are hidden or managed by your company - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums
There are at least 2 threads by alphanumeric on this, I think, where the message is present after a clean install.