group policy for background display

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Can only be done using active desktop if you want to use group policy. Firstly, open the domain policy that you have applied to your users. Go to "User Configuration" - "Administrative Templates" - "Desktop" - "Active Desktop". Make sure "Enable Active Desktop" option is enabled. Select "Active directory wallpaper" and add the UNC path and filename to the bmp. Personally, i don't like refrencing the image from a server. I prefer it to be located on the user machine. To do this requires a little more work - copy the file to the same location on all the pc's. (you can do it manually, or use your login scripts). Then simply use the actual path for this setting. Lastly, if you want to stop them from changing it, you will need to enable the "Prohibit changes" option. This will prohibit the user from enabling or disabling Active Desktop or changing the Active Desktop configuration.

I dont agree with the other guy! I use a registry (.reg) file to set the background, and reference the reg file in the logon script

@ regedit.exe /s \\server\netlogon\background.reg

I can send you the reg file if you wish, and the logon script lines

I was wondering if tony can send me those scripts and the registry key. My e-mail is kurt.hashbarger@usmc.mil Thanks