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Windows 2008 R2 loses theme/background for clients after session disconnect/reconnect
We have Windows 7 workstations which connect to both RDP and Citrix sessions on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 servers. When a user disconnects and then reconnects to a server they lose the custom theme/background configured. It appears that it does not detect the defined theme and will therefore use the default of the Windows 2008 R2 OS.
If a user logs off properly this behavior does not exist. I have checked the RDP settings on the client and they are set to allow “Desktop background.” I suppose if there is a way to completely replace the default theme on the server that could work as well, but if anyone has a step-by-step, it would be appreciated.
If a user logs off properly this behavior does not exist. I have checked the RDP settings on the client and they are set to allow “Desktop background.” I suppose if there is a way to completely replace the default theme on the server that could work as well, but if anyone has a step-by-step, it would be appreciated.
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Yes the reconnected session is the same. We do not use roaming profiles. It does occur with both Citrix and RDP. I will test replacing the key.
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I checked and the policy I created and setting provided are applying, however it seems that this works for someone with administrative permissions of the server, but not for a user without. Again if they logoff and back on all is fine, it is only when the session is disconnected either intentionally or by timed expiration, that a subsequent logon pulls up the basic OS theme.
try "gpresult -h", "gpresult -r" and rsop.msc to check the GPO results and the cause for not applying your settings.
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It looks like it could be a sharing issue on the users' profiles.
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Looking at the Users folder Users and Everyone have Read & Execute, List, and Read permissions. Are you suggesting Write or Modify as well?
Looking at the Users folder Users and Everyone have Read & Execute, List, and Read permissions. Are you suggesting Write or Modify as well?
I think the individual users would need write on their profiles.
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I should have looked before I replied. They do have full permission on the individual folders.
are you seeing any changes in the individual folders?
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Yes I am. It is only that the Theme uses the default OS background once a session is disconnected. If I check preferences the themes, backgrounds, and color selections are there, they are just not being used.
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Unresolved.
Do you use roaming profiles?
Does the problem occur with RDP and CITRIX?
Yes, you can build a new theme and select this with putting the theme-name at the registry.
The Key is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
reg_sz
"CurrentTheme"="C:\\Users\
... can be set with GPO also