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Change User Desktop Wallpaper

Does anybody know how I can assign a Default Desktop Wallpaper to the users across the network, but also allow them to change it?

I know that you can do it through gpo and active desktop, but it stops the user from being able to change it.

for example, when you create new users in windows xp, they start off with the default wallpaper, BLISS.jpg - green hills and blue sky. Is there a way of changing that to My Company one, maybe registry change?

Any help would be great.

Phatzer

Maybe this will be of some help to you?

http://hdsurvivor.blogspot.com/2006/05/set-default-wallpaper-for-users-in.html

initialdrifteg6

You can create a script when users first log on to change their wallpaper. It's the same concept of the drive mappings but using the script from Phatzer.

scrathcyboy

If each user is logging into a windows server, they have a login directory and a login script personalized for each user. Put in that server directory the wallpaper you want each user to see, and in the script assign windows wallpaper = your_company.BMP. That will do exactly what you want, and they can change it.

andrewjones1987

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what code do i need to put into the logon script?

btassure

Or you could just copy your preferred default background over the top of bliss.jpg and rename it to the same thing...

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