disable the background screen at log-on prompt (set to plain)

[Brad Pears]

On my Dell Windows 2003 server, the background came set at the factory to
the Dell background. I have modifed the background settings so that there
isn't one now. It is simply "plain" blue.

However, even though I have set the background to "None", if I log off the
system so that it is sitting at the "Log On" screen, that same old Dell
background appears.

How do I disable this and set it to plain blue like my background setting in
the display settings? Since this machine is also a terminal server for
remote users, it is a real pain for them as this background appears on the
log-in dialog screen and it takes forever to load it over a dial-up
connection !!

Help!!

Thanks,
Brad

 

[EEC1 [MSFT]]

I haven't verified this on my own.. but I'm pretty sure you need to set the
registry value:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper

Just delete the data contained in the "Wallpaper" REG_SZ or set it to the
path of the background you want to use.

If you're not comfortable using regedit, the following can be run from a
command-line (cmd.exe):
reg add "HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "" /f

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Thanks,
Mike

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