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Background (wallpaper) is not roaming with the profile
Have a XP SP2 user with a roaming profile where none of the Windows supplied wallpaper will roam.
I created a new roaming profile, didn't make any difference. I've have copied the windows\web\wallpaper to the user's home drive and selected the background from there, still didnot work.
Does anyone have any answers/suggestions ?
I created a new roaming profile, didn't make any difference. I've have copied the windows\web\wallpaper to the user's home drive and selected the background from there, still didnot work.
Does anyone have any answers/suggestions ?
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I don't think is a restriction in group policy because I don't know of any other similar users with the problem.
What I've done today is to copy the wallpaper over to the user's home drive, there is no local settings folder in roaming profiles, and using Paint(i read it somewhere) converted to a bmp image. I will set the background using it and see what happens.
What I've done today is to copy the wallpaper over to the user's home drive, there is no local settings folder in roaming profiles, and using Paint(i read it somewhere) converted to a bmp image. I will set the background using it and see what happens.
ASKER
It worked.
srameshh2k : i'll give a 100 poits for the bmp pointer and 25 to merete for taking the time to answer.
I appreciate you guys help
srameshh2k : i'll give a 100 poits for the bmp pointer and 25 to merete for taking the time to answer.
I appreciate you guys help
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I think I messed up in the awarding of thepoints . Sorry guys, I'm kind of new at this
Are the original profiles roaming or local?
If roaming, when you log on to just a roaming profile, do the Group Policy's apply?
When you log off the computer, does the cached profile stay on the computer or does it get deleted?.
normally you can't install software, nor can you make other changes to the machine that affect other users. (You can keep .exe files in your home directory and execute them, but you cannot make changes to the Registry or anything else that affects the whole machine.)
This seems restrictive, but its purpose is to increase reliability as it is a network computer
Your Roaming Profile
http://asp2.wlv.ac.uk/its/website/selfhelp/help/manage_account/your_personal_profile.asp
You can change the desktop wallpaper setting after administrator selects "Prevent Changing Wallpaper" option in Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327998&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=961312&page=1
good Luck