Wallpaper behind login dialog

[Rich Pasco]

On my system I display a special wallpaper behind the login dialog.
I'm coaching a friend to reproduce my setup. He followed my
instructions, but still sees a plain blue background. What did we
miss?

First, he stored the wallpaper as C:\windows\property.bmp

Then he ran regedit and navigated to the folder

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

There he set these keys with the values shown:

TileWallpaper 1
Wallpaper C:\WINDOWS\property.bmp
WallpaperStyle 1

Finally he disabled the Welcome screen (the one that says "To begin,
click your user name") according to
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prdp_log_zxxb.asp

Now when he starts Windows, like me, he sees the old login dialog
(Username and password). But behind his login dialog is a plain blue
screen, behind mine is the "property.bmp" wallpaper.

What could he have missed?

- Rich

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Rich,

Have your friend double-check the steps. He might have altered the Wallpaper
string in this key (when logged on)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

 

[Rich Pasco]

No, he's sure he put the settings under the key

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

Any other ideas?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

No idea Rich. But you can try TweakUI

Customize the logon screen wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using
Tweak UI:
http://www.winxptutor.com/tweaklogon.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

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