wallpaper policies not working right

[Guest]

Hi everybody!

At my company, we have windows 2000 domain, and windows 2000pro/XP
workstations. We've set up policies so that the corporate wallpaper is
displayed on the computers. However, I've noticed when the computers are
locked, (Win+L, Ctrl+Alt+Del -> Lock computer) the wallpaper is changed.
Sometimes, all blue color appears, sometimes another wallpaper the user
(somehow) put. I think this is because when locking, active directory no
longer renders the desktop, but the standard windows desktop is shown.
Anybody knows how to avoid this, and always show the corporate wallpaper??

Thanks a lot.

 

[Tim Macaulay[MSFT]]

You may want to check out the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles

327998 You Can Change Desktop Wallpaper Setting After Administrator Selects
"Prevent Changing Wallpaper" Option in Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;327998

280687 "Disable Change Wallpaper" Policy Does Not Prevent All Wallpaper
Changes
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;280687

I hope this helps!

Cheers,
Tim Macaulay, MCSD, MCSD.NET, MCAD, MCP
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