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Hello,

My corporate computer has a desktop wallpaper that is locked in place. It looks as though I have administrative access on my computer but I cannot change the desktop wallpaper. The "browse" button is grayed out and I can't click any of the other wallpaper choices. Can anyone help? I believe it it XP Professional. Thanks!

MP

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by thumbsup2

Check with your corporate system admin or your supervisor. The company has most likely have put a policy in place to stop everyone from changing the desktop.

by maniacman

Perhaps there is a reason why the network admin is doing this because people are using bloated size images shot at 8 megapixels as wallpaper, slowing down the boot process of the PC because the larger the image, the more RAM is wasted on displaying a jpeg that is about 30 megabytes in size. If I were the system admin, I too would institute such a policy of locked down PCs'. Corporate PCs' are not a place for family photos or pictures of your pets as desktop wallpaper. That's what picture frames are for on a desk. The corporate PC is the property of the corporation and should not be considered a personal or home PC in which you can simply install whatever you want. There are corporate policies in place for a reason, and that reason is to protect the corporate network from unauthorized software installations, games, viruses, and clueless users from their own stupidity.

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