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set users wallpaper - no AD?

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by kjrees

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Hi, is it possible (maybe via a login script) to set a 'global' wallpaper for users on the domain? Sadly, we don't have AD.

The machines are all XP, but i don't want to set the local policy on each machine as it's only be very short term.

if anyone could help it would be great.

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by bizzo

This may help you:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jan07/hey0118.mspx

Short version:
Copy the new wallpaper to the machine.
Assign the wallpaper path to a value in the registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper).
And get the user to log off, as a desktop refresh cannot be done via script dynamically.

Alternatively, do this process in the logoff script, so it will take effect when the user next logs on. Assuming your users log off correctly.

by kjrees

If it helps anyone else, i found some information from microsoft on policies. I used poledit on a win98 machine and applied fixed wallpaper policies to:

config.pol - win98 users
ntconfig.pol - XP users.

it tested ok, so i guess it's an alternative to the registry change. thanks for the advice though.

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