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Windows 2003 server-cannot implement a wallpaper

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by arozanski

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Hello all,
I just installed Windows 2003 server here at our school. As a test for future consideration, I am trying to push out a wallpaper background to my win 2000 workstation. I have created a GPO and specified the JPG file on the server. Now here is the interesting part, when you go to the workstation and right click the desktop for background, the wallpaper is highlighted but will not display. I have enabled Active desktop and the wallpaper setting in the GPO. I have also tried a .BMP file and the result is the same. Same prob with xp pro workstations as well. Were am I going wrong?
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by arozanski

Hello All,
I just tested this again, instead of applying the wallpaper that I want to push out residing on the server, as a test I placed it on the local win 2K pc on the C drive and the policy worked. I just cannot figure out why it will not work when the wallpaper (jpg) is stored on the server.

by arozanski

I seem to have found the problem. It was a security issue. I dumpted the wallpaper BMP to a public folder on the server and now, all the user in the OU are now picking up the wallpaper.

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