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Background - Specify the Background Image and Wallpaper Style
These settings allow you to specify the background wallpaper and display
style. When this setting is defined users can not choose an alternative
background image. Go to Start/Run/type: Regedit and Click Ok and navigate
to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Value Name: Wallpaper, WallpaperStyle. Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
To specify the wallpaper create a new string value called "Wallpaper" and
set it to the full path and filename of the image.
Additionally, to specify the display style, create a new string value called
"WallpaperStyle" and set it to either "0", "1" or "2" according to the list
below.
a.. 0 - Centered (Default)
b.. 1 - Tiled
c.. 2 - Stretched
You may need to restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
Background Tab is Missing
Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Look in the right pane for a value called: NoDispBackgroundPage If it
exists, double click it and set the value to 0. If it doesn't exist, right
click in the right pane and select New, DWord value, and name it
NoDispBackgroundPage. Leave the value at 0.
