I have 50 XP Pro Workstations w/SP2 members of my local domain, when a user sets their wallpaper it applies fine, when they logoff and log back on the next time, the wallpaper is not there, just the background pattern/color. If they go into display properties the wallpaer they selected is highlighted and it shows that its their current wallpaper, but its not on their screen. If they click OK to close out the window the wallpaper appears, but again, goes away with the logoff and subsequent logon the next day. Any ideas on how to correct this?
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Desktop Wallpaper not persistent
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I'VE FOUND THE SOLUTION AND IT WORKS!!!!
You can't do this via GP unless you create your own ADM policy template to modify the HKCR registry, either way you're hacking the registry.
Under the User shell folders there is a Local Settings key. All you need to do is change the path to whatever location suits, ideally to where you have the other folders redirected.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
There are a few ways to implement this. One way is via the default profile. When you set the default profile you hack the registry and point the Local Settings to whatever location suits, i.e. home drive. (H:\Local Settings) The other is via a logon script to modify the users registry
so everytime a user logs on it sets the Local Settings directory to the user's home folder, where the Local Settings folder must already exist.
The JPG wallpaper now stays for all my users when they log on again the next day!
You can't do this via GP unless you create your own ADM policy template to modify the HKCR registry, either way you're hacking the registry.
Under the User shell folders there is a Local Settings key. All you need to do is change the path to whatever location suits, ideally to where you have the other folders redirected.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
There are a few ways to implement this. One way is via the default profile. When you set the default profile you hack the registry and point the Local Settings to whatever location suits, i.e. home drive. (H:\Local Settings) The other is via a logon script to modify the users registry
so everytime a user logs on it sets the Local Settings directory to the user's home folder, where the Local Settings folder must already exist.
The JPG wallpaper now stays for all my users when they log on again the next day!
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