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Using Group Policy to push files to computers

Hi,

I am having trouble with getting group policy to push a file to computers joined to the domain.

I have a server 2008 R2 operating at level 2003 (because of old legacy machines). I am trying to transfer a file each computer and set it as the desktop background.

source: //server/public/logo.jpg
destination: C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\logo.jpg

I want to use group policy to accomplish this.

can someone provide a how to with the proper steps because I have tried this a dozen times with no luck.

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itsbm

few years ago i changed our windows wallpapers.

You need to create two group policy object.

first: you will need to create logon copybatch.

User Configuration > Windows Settings> Scripts > Logon

add-> copyfile.vbs

copyfile.vbs:

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If NOT FSO.FileExists("c:\logo.jpg") Then
fso.CopyFile "\\server\public\logo.jpg", "c:\logo.jpg"
End If

Second:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop > Desktop >
Desktop Wallpaper: Enable
Desktop Wallpaper Name: c:\logo.jpg
Wallpaper Style: Fill

Tony J

I second group policy preferences.

These are incredibly powerful, allowing manipulation of files and registry directly from group policies and are often overlooked in favour of scripts.

megs28

Note that GP preferences will only work on XP and above. XP and 2k3 need the GP extensions as mentioned in my first post. This is how I prefer to do it well, but I have no 2000 clients.

GTTech2010

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Thank you