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Modify XP background color through GP (or registry mod)

Hi Experts. I am trying to set the background color of several workstations to gray. I know I can't do that through a specific GP setting, but I was hopeful I could do it through some other means. Please let me know the best way to do this.

Environment is a Windows 2003 AD domain with Windows XP Pro pc's.

Thanks for the help.

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The background color is defined in HKCU\Control Panel\Colors, REG_SZ "Background".
The original "XP gray" is "88 87 104".
The following command in a (batch) logon script should do the trick:
reg.exe add "HKCU\Control Panel\Colors" /v "Background" /d "88 87 104" /f

samiam41

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Thanks for the post!

I put that script into the computer > startup folder for the group policy. I am rebooting the desktop now to see if the replication has occured. Does it matter if I disabled "registry editing tools" in the GP for that group?

samiam41

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I rebooted the pc's and manually verified that the sync process had taken place on the DC's. I still can't get the background colors to change unless I through the script under the GP user config login script. If I do it that way, it takes another reboot for the color to take affect. Any thoughts?

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samiam41

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That worked! Thanks for your help!

samiam41

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You are freakin' brilliant. Great work as always.

Regards,
Aaron Shaw