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  • February 9, 2006 at 7:48 am #2192864

    Background Picture

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    by gbalonek · about 17 years, 3 months ago

    We have a Windows 2000 PC that has a background picture that only shows up when the PC starts up (before logging in) and when it is logged off. The picture is the normal Windows Background when it is logged in. How do I get rid of it?

    I have run Adware and Spybot.

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    • February 9, 2006 at 8:07 am #3093675

      Reply To: Background Picture

      by darts32 · about 17 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Background Picture

      Try removing the background picture and set it to none. Click apply and okay and reboot. Once rebooted you should not see the other picture and can set the one you would like.

    • February 9, 2006 at 8:33 am #3093653

      Reply To: Background Picture

      by sgt_shultz · about 17 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Background Picture

      if you start up a brand new profile for a test, does it have this picture in by default…?

    • February 9, 2006 at 9:42 am #3092206

      Reply To: Background Picture

      by azrane · about 17 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Background Picture

      The setting is in the registry hive for the .DEFAULT user.

      The registry key that controls the login background, and subsequent users created is:

      HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper

      The default value without a picture is “(None)” (without quotes).

    • February 9, 2006 at 1:25 pm #3092018

      Reply To: Background Picture

      by darts32 · about 17 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Background Picture

      If it is already set to none than select a background picture and hit apply and ok. Reboot and then change it back to none and hit apply and ok. Reboot one last time and this other picture should be gone.

      • February 9, 2006 at 2:13 pm #3091987

        Reply To: Background Picture

        by gbalonek · about 17 years, 3 months ago

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        The picture shows up only when the PC is not Logged In (Ctrl-Alt-Del).

    • February 11, 2006 at 5:00 pm #3077804

      Reply To: Background Picture

      by slopok82259 · about 17 years, 3 months ago

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      You can also go into the Windows File Folder and look for the image as a bitmap. Scroll slow enough down the page for all of the bitmaps to load as icon images and you will see the image. click on it nd delet it. Remebr to emty the recycle bin and then reboot. After that the computer will go back to it’s original background image that was used when you first purchased the computer. You then just go and choose the image you want and click on use as background image.

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