Group policy wallpaper - Cached?

[ggh.groups]

Hi,

I´ve deployed a bitmap wallpaper to a group of machines through Active
Directory Group Policy. This wallpaper is accessed through a network
share.
I understand that once the wallpaper is downloaded from this location,
it is stored in the user´s profile (typically C:\Documents and Settings
\<username>).

Does anybody know if this is really so? In such case, where is the
wallpaper stored locally?

Thanks!

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

I´ve deployed a bitmap wallpaper to a group of machines through Active
Directory Group Policy. This wallpaper is accessed through a network
share.
I understand that once the wallpaper is downloaded from this location,
it is stored in the user´s profile (typically C:\Documents and
Settings \<username>).

Does anybody know if this is really so? In such case, where is the
wallpaper stored locally?

Thanks!

This would be an excellent question to post in
microsoft.public.windows.group_policy, I think.

 

[Guest]

See kb327159

 

[Kelly]

More info needed Rob - for the everyday user.
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
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[Guest]

%userprofile%/Application Data/Microsoft should be where the wallpaper bmp
should be stored.

 

[ggh.groups]

The wallpaper would be there if you set it manually. But not through
Group Policy. Actually, I´m pretty sure that in this case the file is
not stored with bmp extension either in the user profile.

 

[Guest]

As near as I can tell it isn't on the local machine. It points to a location
in the registry, HKCU\Software\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. It
also doesn't seem to take effect. Looking into it.

 

[Guest]

I finally got it to work by enabling active Desktop