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Need to change Active Window Title Bar Color for all Terminal Server users in Windows 2008.
Can a GPO be setup to change the color of the Active Window Title bar for all users on a Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server? I'm looking for a way to alert all terminal server users that they have been switched to a temporary backup database by changing the title bar of the application's window to red.
Then I need to change the application window color back to blue when they have been switched back to the primary database server.
I need this so the users will know when they are on the backup server and can view but should not perform new data entries until the production server is back online.
Then I need to change the application window color back to blue when they have been switched back to the primary database server.
I need this so the users will know when they are on the backup server and can view but should not perform new data entries until the production server is back online.
computer settings - admin templates - windows components - desktop window manager - window frame coloring. Set however you wish.
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I don't think I'm doing this correctly mwiener1. I launched the MMC console, added the Local Computer Policy snap-in, and navigated to computer settings - admin templates - windows components - desktop window manager - window frame coloring. I enabled Specify a default color and four options came up Alpha, Red, Green & Blue with each one preset to "1". I tried changing the Red option to 255, clicked Ok and logged onto the terminal server as another user. No changes appearent to the Windows color scheme for active window frames or others.
I'm still trying to teach myself this stuff. What am I doing wrong?
You need to update group policy after you make the changes.
Run gpupdate /force on the terminal server after you change the settings from a CMD window or the run box.
Run gpupdate /force on the terminal server after you change the settings from a CMD window or the run box.
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Hmm... Still not working for me. I'm logged into the terminal server via Remote Desktop as Administrator, run MMC console "Local Computer Policy" as described before. I leave Alpha =1, set Red = 255, Green = 0 & Blue = 0.
Then run: C:\>gpupdate /force, from a command window which returns...
Updating Policy...
User Policy update has completed successfully.
Computer Policy update has completed successfully.
Then I remote desktop into the terminal server under a differ user account but there's no color changes.
Am I using the wrong numbers for Alpha & the color setting fields?
Then run: C:\>gpupdate /force, from a command window which returns...
Updating Policy...
User Policy update has completed successfully.
Computer Policy update has completed successfully.
Then I remote desktop into the terminal server under a differ user account but there's no color changes.
Am I using the wrong numbers for Alpha & the color setting fields?
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Thank you Meultje for providing such a complete and detailed answer to my question.