Script to change Logon wallpaper

[Guest]

Hi there,
I want to change the default logon screen wallpaper for machines on our
Win2k domain. I have accomplished it by modifying the registry at
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop Wallpaper and specifying a path
here, but is there a way this can be written into a Visual Basic script to
run as a logon script?
Many thanks to anyone who knows how to do this!

PS. If anyone knows how to change the logon box logo from the standard
windows xp one I would be even more pleased!

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi there,
I want to change the default logon screen wallpaper for machines on our
Win2k domain. I have accomplished it by modifying the registry at
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop Wallpaper and specifying a path
here, but is there a way this can be written into a Visual Basic script to
run as a logon script?
Many thanks to anyone who knows how to do this!

PS. If anyone knows how to change the logon box logo from the standard
windows xp one I would be even more pleased!

Ordinary users don't have the permission.

Install reg.exe from the support tools on the W2K CD-ROM to your
workstation. Then run
DefWP WallPaperPath
to change all the computers on your network.

@echo off
if {%1}=={} @echo Syntax: DefWP WallerPaperPath&goto :EOF
if not exist %1 @echo Syntax: DefWP WallerPaperPath - %1 not found.&goto :EOF
setlocal
set wp=%1
for /f "Tokens=*" %%c in ('net view^|FIND "\\"') do (
REG ADD "%%c\HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /V Wallpaper /T REG_SZ /D %wp% /F
)
endlocal


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Brian Higgins]

or you could write a vbs script (see below), create a group policy COMPUTER
startup script (will run with local system permissions, and then you don't
have user restriction problems) and write it that way...

Set objShell=CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
KeyName = "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\"
objShell.RegWrite KeyName & "Desktop Wallpaper", "\\server\share\image.jpg"

change the UNC path and file name to whatever you want and that should work.

-Brian