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RegEdit setting for the background

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by dolanjs

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The IT administrator before me had set the background on all of the computer to the company logo and had made a registry edit so that you could not change the background even when logged in as the administrator. Now that he is gone I need to know how to do this does anaybody know?

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by lizzy

Many registry restrictions may actually be policies that would be found under the subkey

Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

which would have the REG_DWORD value that you create. To enable a specifice policy, set the DWORD value to 1 and to disable it, set it to 0.

Some ways that he may have set this up:
NoSaveSettings (don't save settings on exit)
NoActiveDesktopChanges (don't allow changes to active desktop)
NoDesktop (hide all desktop items)
NoChangingWallpaper (self explanatory)
Try searching for the item that is restricted in Display properties and then change its value to see if it will allow you to then change it. If you cannot find what you're looking for, this site is good for registry hacks:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/

no spaces in the URL...

HTH

by joseph moore

As in Answer1, there are several ways to do this.
It is also possible that the admin set up either Group Policy (a policy pushed from a Win2K Domain Controller that is applied domain-wide), or on the Win2K systems locally with Local Computer Policy.
You need to determine where this policy is being enforced from. If you do run Win2K Domain Controllers, then open up the Group Policy snap in on one of them (Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Group Policy) and look there.
If not, go toone of the locked down Win2K machines and open up the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy) and look in there.

hope this helps

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