Standard Desktop Wallpaper for all users

Hi

Our server is running Windows Small Business Server Premium 2003 with
Service Pack 1 and all clients are on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2.
We would like to have our company's desktop wallpaper for all the users and
also prevent them from changing it. I tried enforcing this through Group
Policy in the Default Domain Policy on the server. But this shows no
wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active desktop wallpaper is selected,
the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing this?
What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes and
permissions set? Please help.. Many Thanks!

Hi,

Thank you for posting here!

I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand that
the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals to
answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
greatly appreciated!

Based on my research, there is no specific group policy available to
disable users from changing the desktop. To achieve the goal, I suggest
that you configure a group policy to redirect the Desktop of the user group
to a network share. We can set the NTFS permission on the network share so
that users cannot change their desktop. To do so, please perform the
following steps:

1. Create a network share to store the desktop settings, such as
\\server\desktops.
2. Open Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in.
3. Locate the appropriate OU or container and click Properties.
4. In the Group Policy tab, create a new group policy, and click Edit to
open the Group Policy edit window.
5. Locate the following group policy:

[User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\Desktop]

6. Right click Desktop, and then click Properties.
7. Select "Advanced settings: Specify locations for various user groups".
8. Click Add to select the user group that you want to restrict permission,
and specify the Desktop share folder as \\server\desktops.
9. Select the Settings property page, and click to clear the "Grant user
exclusive rights to my documents". You can also configure other settings
according to your requirement.
10. Close all windows.
11. Click Start, and click Run.
12. Type "cmd" in the text box, and click OK.
13. Type the following command to refresh the group policy settings:

SECEDIT /REFRESHPOLICY USER_POLICY /ENFORCE

14. In Windows Explorer, locate the desktop share folder and configure NTFS
permission to prevent users from modifying the folder.
15. Logon as a user in the group to test.

When users try to modify contents in the Desktop they will receive an error
message saying "Access is denied".

For more information about folder redirection, please refer to the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

232692 Folder Redirection Feature in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232692

288991 Enabling the Administrator to Have Access to Redirected Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288991

Hope this helps! If you have any further concern or question about the
issue, please feel free to let me know. You are always welcome!

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Jenny Wu
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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>Hi
>
>Our server is running Windows Small Business Server Premium 2003 with
>Service Pack 1 and all clients are on Windows XP Professional Service Pack
2.
>We would like to have our company's desktop wallpaper for all the users
and
>also prevent them from changing it. I tried enforcing this through Group
>Policy in the Default Domain Policy on the server. But this shows no
>wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active desktop wallpaper is
selected,
>the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing this?
>What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes and
>permissions set? Please help.. Many Thanks!
>

Hi

Thank you for your detailed reply. Well, I saw an option in the group policy
to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper, but I do not know how
effective it is. Also, I have enabled this setting on individual PCs on the
network so that the users will not be able to change it. This does not allow
the users to change it using the Display Properties, but they can still
change it using Set as Background option available for most images. Also, we
have a number of users who have no computer assigned to them and all the
users have roaming profile. The setting has to be in such a way that any user
who logs on to any computer must have the same wallpaper. I guess the best
way to achieve this is to associate the wallpaper with the user profiles. Is
there a way to do this? Any ideas welcome. Thanks again!

""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thank you for posting here!
>
> I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand that
> the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals to
> answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Based on my research, there is no specific group policy available to
> disable users from changing the desktop. To achieve the goal, I suggest
> that you configure a group policy to redirect the Desktop of the user group
> to a network share. We can set the NTFS permission on the network share so
> that users cannot change their desktop. To do so, please perform the
> following steps:
>
> 1. Create a network share to store the desktop settings, such as
> \\server\desktops.
> 2. Open Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in.
> 3. Locate the appropriate OU or container and click Properties.
> 4. In the Group Policy tab, create a new group policy, and click Edit to
> open the Group Policy edit window.
> 5. Locate the following group policy:
>
> [User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\Desktop]
>
> 6. Right click Desktop, and then click Properties.
> 7. Select "Advanced settings: Specify locations for various user groups".
> 8. Click Add to select the user group that you want to restrict permission,
> and specify the Desktop share folder as \\server\desktops.
> 9. Select the Settings property page, and click to clear the "Grant user
> exclusive rights to my documents". You can also configure other settings
> according to your requirement.
> 10. Close all windows.
> 11. Click Start, and click Run.
> 12. Type "cmd" in the text box, and click OK.
> 13. Type the following command to refresh the group policy settings:
>
> SECEDIT /REFRESHPOLICY USER_POLICY /ENFORCE
>
> 14. In Windows Explorer, locate the desktop share folder and configure NTFS
> permission to prevent users from modifying the folder.
> 15. Logon as a user in the group to test.
>
> When users try to modify contents in the Desktop they will receive an error
> message saying "Access is denied".
>
> For more information about folder redirection, please refer to the
> following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
>
> 232692 Folder Redirection Feature in Windows
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232692
>
> 288991 Enabling the Administrator to Have Access to Redirected Folders
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288991
>
> Hope this helps! If you have any further concern or question about the
> issue, please feel free to let me know. You are always welcome!
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jenny Wu
> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> >Hi
> >
> >Our server is running Windows Small Business Server Premium 2003 with
> >Service Pack 1 and all clients are on Windows XP Professional Service Pack
> 2.
> >We would like to have our company's desktop wallpaper for all the users
> and
> >also prevent them from changing it. I tried enforcing this through Group
> >Policy in the Default Domain Policy on the server. But this shows no
> >wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active desktop wallpaper is
> selected,
> >the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing this?
> >What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes and
> >permissions set? Please help.. Many Thanks!
> >
>
>

Hi,

Thanks for your update!

Suggestion 1:

I am sorry for misunderstand you. If you want only prevent users from
changing wallpaper, you can do as follows:

Method 1:
You can enable the group policy 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' and apply it to
domain users. The policy can specify the desktop background ("wallpaper")
displayed on all users' desktops.

This setting lets you specify the wallpaper on users' desktops and prevents
users from changing the image or its presentation. The wallpaper you
specify can be stored in a bitmap (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), or HTML (*.htm,
*.html) file.

Location: User Configuration\Desktop\Active Desktop\

*Note: You need to enable the Active Desktop to use this setting. This
setting does not apply to Terminal Server sessions.

Method 2:
You can enable the group policy ' Prevent changing wallpaper' and apply it
to domain users. The policy can prevent users from adding or changing the
background design of the desktop.

Location: User Configuration\Control Panel\Display\

By default, users can use the Desktop tab of Display in Control Panel to
add a background design (wallpaper) to their desktop.

If you enable this setting, the Desktop tab still appears, but all options
on the tab are disabled. If you want to remove the Desktop tab, use the
"Hide Desktop tab" setting.

Suggestion 2:

Technical speaking, the roaming profile is user-based. You need not prevent
users from changing their wallpaper. For your convenience, I list the
detail steps to setup roaming profile, you can refer to:

1. Create a Shared Folder to Store Roaming User Profiles. In SBS 2003, a
shared folder "\\sbsserver\Users" is created by default and used for this
purpose.

2. Configure user accounts to use roaming user profiles.

To configure a user to use roaming profile: On the SBS server, in Server
Management, locate the user, right-click on it and click Properties. On the
Profile tab, type a UNC path in "Profile path", for example
\\sbsserver\users\%username%.

3. Since all the clients are running Windows XP, log on & log off, the user
profile will be upload to \\sbsserver\users\%username% automatically.

If the clients are running Windows 2000, log on, in System properties
change the profile type to Roaming, then copy the profile to
\\server\profile\%username% and log off.

Consider the following when implementing roaming profiles:

1. Do not use Offline Folder caching on roaming user profile shared
directories.

It is important to turn off Offline Folder caching for shared directories
where roaming user profiles are stored. If you do not turn off Offline
Folder caching for a user''s profile, you might experience synchronization
problems when both Offline Folders and roaming user profiles try to
synchronize the files in a user''s profile. This does not affect your
ability to use Offline Folders with redirected folders such as My
Documents.

2. Do not use Encrypted File System (EFS) on files in a roaming user
profile.

The Encrypted File System (EFS) is not compatible with roaming user
profiles. If you encrypt profile folders or files in the user profile using
EFS, the user''s profile will not roam.

3. Do not set disk quotas too low for users with roaming user profiles.

If a user''s disk quotas are set too low, roaming user profile
synchronization might fail. Make sure enough disk space is allocated to
allow the system to create a temporary duplicate copy of a user''s profile.
The temporary profile is created in the user''s context as part of the
synchronization process, so it debits the user''s quota.

4. When creating a roaming profile shared directory, limit access to only
those users that need access.

- Because a users roaming profile can contain personal information such as
confidential documents and EFS certificates, care should be taken to
protect access to the shared directory. Restrict access to the shared
directory to only those users that need access. You can also create a
security group for users that have profiles on a particular shared
directory, and limit access to only those users.

- Only give users the minimum amount of permissions needed.

- When creating the shared directory, hide it by putting a $ after the
share name. This hides the shared directory from casual browsers, and it
will not be visible in My Network Places.

5. Use at least Windows 2000 servers to host user roaming profile shared
directories.

Because a users roaming profile contains personal information which is
copied to and from a client computer, and the server hosting the roaming
profile, it is important to ensure that data is protected as it travels
over the network. Potential threats to the privacy and integrity of a
user''s data come from intercepting the data as it passes over the network,
tampering with the data as it passes over the network, and spoofing the
server hosting the user''s data. Features such as Kerberos, IPSec, and
Server Message Block (SMB) signing included in Windows 2000 and the Windows
Server 2003 family can help to secure a user''s data.

6. Always use the NTFS file system for volumes holding user''s data.

Configure servers hosting roaming profiles to use the NTFS File System.
Unlike FAT, NTFS supports Discretionary access control lists (DACLs) and
system access control lists (SACLs), which control who can perform
operations on a file and what events will trigger logging of actions
performed on a file.

Related information:

324749 How To Create a Roaming User Profile in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324749

316353 How to configure a user account to use a roaming user profile in
Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT 4.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316353

Hope above information helps! please try my suggestion and let me know the
result.

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Jenny Wu
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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>Hi
>
>Thank you for your detailed reply. Well, I saw an option in the group
policy
>to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper, but I do not know
how
>effective it is. Also, I have enabled this setting on individual PCs on
the
>network so that the users will not be able to change it. This does not
allow
>the users to change it using the Display Properties, but they can still
>change it using Set as Background option available for most images. Also,
we
>have a number of users who have no computer assigned to them and all the
>users have roaming profile. The setting has to be in such a way that any
user
>who logs on to any computer must have the same wallpaper. I guess the best
>way to achieve this is to associate the wallpaper with the user profiles.
Is
>there a way to do this? Any ideas welcome. Thanks again!
>
>""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thank you for posting here!
>>
>> I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand
that
>> the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals
to
>> answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
>> greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Based on my research, there is no specific group policy available to
>> disable users from changing the desktop. To achieve the goal, I suggest
>> that you configure a group policy to redirect the Desktop of the user
group
>> to a network share. We can set the NTFS permission on the network share
so
>> that users cannot change their desktop. To do so, please perform the
>> following steps:
>>
>> 1. Create a network share to store the desktop settings, such as
>> \\server\desktops.
>> 2. Open Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in.
>> 3. Locate the appropriate OU or container and click Properties.
>> 4. In the Group Policy tab, create a new group policy, and click Edit to
>> open the Group Policy edit window.
>> 5. Locate the following group policy:
>>
>> [User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\Desktop]
>>
>> 6. Right click Desktop, and then click Properties.
>> 7. Select "Advanced settings: Specify locations for various user groups".
>> 8. Click Add to select the user group that you want to restrict
permission,
>> and specify the Desktop share folder as \\server\desktops.
>> 9. Select the Settings property page, and click to clear the "Grant user
>> exclusive rights to my documents". You can also configure other settings
>> according to your requirement.
>> 10. Close all windows.
>> 11. Click Start, and click Run.
>> 12. Type "cmd" in the text box, and click OK.
>> 13. Type the following command to refresh the group policy settings:
>>
>> SECEDIT /REFRESHPOLICY USER_POLICY /ENFORCE
>>
>> 14. In Windows Explorer, locate the desktop share folder and configure
NTFS
>> permission to prevent users from modifying the folder.
>> 15. Logon as a user in the group to test.
>>
>> When users try to modify contents in the Desktop they will receive an
error
>> message saying "Access is denied".
>>
>> For more information about folder redirection, please refer to the
>> following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
>>
>> 232692 Folder Redirection Feature in Windows
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232692
>>
>> 288991 Enabling the Administrator to Have Access to Redirected Folders
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288991
>>
>> Hope this helps! If you have any further concern or question about the
>> issue, please feel free to let me know. You are always welcome!
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Jenny Wu
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>> ================================================== ====
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
>> You can locate the newsgroup here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx
>>
>> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
the
>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
are
>> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your
newsreader,
>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
>>
>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> ================================================== ====
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>>
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>> >
>> >Hi
>> >
>> >Our server is running Windows Small Business Server Premium 2003 with
>> >Service Pack 1 and all clients are on Windows XP Professional Service
Pack
>> 2.
>> >We would like to have our company's desktop wallpaper for all the users
>> and
>> >also prevent them from changing it. I tried enforcing this through
Group
>> >Policy in the Default Domain Policy on the server. But this shows no
>> >wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active desktop wallpaper is
>> selected,
>> >the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing
this?
>> >What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes
and
>> >permissions set? Please help.. Many Thanks!
>> >
>>
>>
>

Hi

Thanks for your detailed reply. But I guess you didn't read my previous
message properly when you replied for the second one. I had mentioned clearly
that

I tried enforcing this through Group Policy in the Default Domain Policy on
the server. But this shows no wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active
desktop wallpaper is selected,
the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing this?
What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes and
permissions set?

Also, all the users are already using roaming profiles, so the instructions
on setting that up carries no value now, but I appreciate your effort and the
time taken. Any other suggestions? Thanks a lot!

""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your update!
>
> Suggestion 1:
>
> I am sorry for misunderstand you. If you want only prevent users from
> changing wallpaper, you can do as follows:
>
> Method 1:
> You can enable the group policy 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' and apply it to
> domain users. The policy can specify the desktop background ("wallpaper")
> displayed on all users' desktops.
>
> This setting lets you specify the wallpaper on users' desktops and prevents
> users from changing the image or its presentation. The wallpaper you
> specify can be stored in a bitmap (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), or HTML (*.htm,
> *.html) file.
>
> Location: User Configuration\Desktop\Active Desktop\
>
> *Note: You need to enable the Active Desktop to use this setting. This
> setting does not apply to Terminal Server sessions.
>
> Method 2:
> You can enable the group policy ' Prevent changing wallpaper' and apply it
> to domain users. The policy can prevent users from adding or changing the
> background design of the desktop.
>
> Location: User Configuration\Control Panel\Display\
>
> By default, users can use the Desktop tab of Display in Control Panel to
> add a background design (wallpaper) to their desktop.
>
> If you enable this setting, the Desktop tab still appears, but all options
> on the tab are disabled. If you want to remove the Desktop tab, use the
> "Hide Desktop tab" setting.
>
> Suggestion 2:
>
> Technical speaking, the roaming profile is user-based. You need not prevent
> users from changing their wallpaper. For your convenience, I list the
> detail steps to setup roaming profile, you can refer to:
>
> 1. Create a Shared Folder to Store Roaming User Profiles. In SBS 2003, a
> shared folder "\\sbsserver\Users" is created by default and used for this
> purpose.
>
> 2. Configure user accounts to use roaming user profiles.
>
> To configure a user to use roaming profile: On the SBS server, in Server
> Management, locate the user, right-click on it and click Properties. On the
> Profile tab, type a UNC path in "Profile path", for example
> \\sbsserver\users\%username%.
>
> 3. Since all the clients are running Windows XP, log on & log off, the user
> profile will be upload to \\sbsserver\users\%username% automatically.
>
> If the clients are running Windows 2000, log on, in System properties
> change the profile type to Roaming, then copy the profile to
> \\server\profile\%username% and log off.
>
> Consider the following when implementing roaming profiles:
>
> 1. Do not use Offline Folder caching on roaming user profile shared
> directories.
>
> It is important to turn off Offline Folder caching for shared directories
> where roaming user profiles are stored. If you do not turn off Offline
> Folder caching for a user''s profile, you might experience synchronization
> problems when both Offline Folders and roaming user profiles try to
> synchronize the files in a user''s profile. This does not affect your
> ability to use Offline Folders with redirected folders such as My
> Documents.
>
> 2. Do not use Encrypted File System (EFS) on files in a roaming user
> profile.
>
> The Encrypted File System (EFS) is not compatible with roaming user
> profiles. If you encrypt profile folders or files in the user profile using
> EFS, the user''s profile will not roam.
>
> 3. Do not set disk quotas too low for users with roaming user profiles.
>
> If a user''s disk quotas are set too low, roaming user profile
> synchronization might fail. Make sure enough disk space is allocated to
> allow the system to create a temporary duplicate copy of a user''s profile.
> The temporary profile is created in the user''s context as part of the
> synchronization process, so it debits the user''s quota.
>
> 4. When creating a roaming profile shared directory, limit access to only
> those users that need access.
>
> - Because a users roaming profile can contain personal information such as
> confidential documents and EFS certificates, care should be taken to
> protect access to the shared directory. Restrict access to the shared
> directory to only those users that need access. You can also create a
> security group for users that have profiles on a particular shared
> directory, and limit access to only those users.
>
> - Only give users the minimum amount of permissions needed.
>
> - When creating the shared directory, hide it by putting a $ after the
> share name. This hides the shared directory from casual browsers, and it
> will not be visible in My Network Places.
>
> 5. Use at least Windows 2000 servers to host user roaming profile shared
> directories.
>
> Because a users roaming profile contains personal information which is
> copied to and from a client computer, and the server hosting the roaming
> profile, it is important to ensure that data is protected as it travels
> over the network. Potential threats to the privacy and integrity of a
> user''s data come from intercepting the data as it passes over the network,
> tampering with the data as it passes over the network, and spoofing the
> server hosting the user''s data. Features such as Kerberos, IPSec, and
> Server Message Block (SMB) signing included in Windows 2000 and the Windows
> Server 2003 family can help to secure a user''s data.
>
> 6. Always use the NTFS file system for volumes holding user''s data.
>
> Configure servers hosting roaming profiles to use the NTFS File System.
> Unlike FAT, NTFS supports Discretionary access control lists (DACLs) and
> system access control lists (SACLs), which control who can perform
> operations on a file and what events will trigger logging of actions
> performed on a file.
>
> Related information:
>
> 324749 How To Create a Roaming User Profile in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324749
>
> 316353 How to configure a user account to use a roaming user profile in
> Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT 4.0
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316353
>
> Hope above information helps! please try my suggestion and let me know the
> result.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jenny Wu
> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> >Hi
> >
> >Thank you for your detailed reply. Well, I saw an option in the group
> policy
> >to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper, but I do not know
> how
> >effective it is. Also, I have enabled this setting on individual PCs on
> the
> >network so that the users will not be able to change it. This does not
> allow
> >the users to change it using the Display Properties, but they can still
> >change it using Set as Background option available for most images. Also,
> we
> >have a number of users who have no computer assigned to them and all the
> >users have roaming profile. The setting has to be in such a way that any
> user
> >who logs on to any computer must have the same wallpaper. I guess the best
> >way to achieve this is to associate the wallpaper with the user profiles.
> Is
> >there a way to do this? Any ideas welcome. Thanks again!
> >
> >""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thank you for posting here!
> >>
> >> I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand
> that
> >> the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals
> to
> >> answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
> >> greatly appreciated!
> >>
> >> Based on my research, there is no specific group policy available to
> >> disable users from changing the desktop. To achieve the goal, I suggest
> >> that you configure a group policy to redirect the Desktop of the user
> group
> >> to a network share. We can set the NTFS permission on the network share
> so
> >> that users cannot change their desktop. To do so, please perform the
> >> following steps:
> >>
> >> 1. Create a network share to store the desktop settings, such as
> >> \\server\desktops.
> >> 2. Open Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in.
> >> 3. Locate the appropriate OU or container and click Properties.
> >> 4. In the Group Policy tab, create a new group policy, and click Edit to
> >> open the Group Policy edit window.
> >> 5. Locate the following group policy:
> >>
> >> [User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\Desktop]
> >>
> >> 6. Right click Desktop, and then click Properties.
> >> 7. Select "Advanced settings: Specify locations for various user groups".
> >> 8. Click Add to select the user group that you want to restrict
> permission,
> >> and specify the Desktop share folder as \\server\desktops.
> >> 9. Select the Settings property page, and click to clear the "Grant user
> >> exclusive rights to my documents". You can also configure other settings
> >> according to your requirement.
> >> 10. Close all windows.
> >> 11. Click Start, and click Run.
> >> 12. Type "cmd" in the text box, and click OK.
> >> 13. Type the following command to refresh the group policy settings:
> >>
> >> SECEDIT /REFRESHPOLICY USER_POLICY /ENFORCE
> >>
> >> 14. In Windows Explorer, locate the desktop share folder and configure
> NTFS
> >> permission to prevent users from modifying the folder.
> >> 15. Logon as a user in the group to test.
> >>
> >> When users try to modify contents in the Desktop they will receive an
> error
> >> message saying "Access is denied".
> >>
> >> For more information about folder redirection, please refer to the
> >> following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
> >>
> >> 232692 Folder Redirection Feature in Windows
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232692
> >>
> >> 288991 Enabling the Administrator to Have Access to Redirected Folders
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288991
> >>
> >> Hope this helps! If you have any further concern or question about the
> >> issue, please feel free to let me know. You are always welcome!
> >>
> >> Have a nice day!
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Jenny Wu
> >> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
> >> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> >> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
> >> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
> corresponding
> >> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
> manner.
> >> You can locate the newsgroup here:

Hi,

If you want to prevent domain users from changing wallpaper on Windows OS,
the group policy 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' should be the best method. And
also you can write some script to implement it. We recommend you use the
group policy.

I am sorry for not list the detail steps in above post, the steps:

1. Right-click the group policy objects you want to use and click 'Edit' to
open Group Policy Object Editor.
2. Please locate to 'User
Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Acti ve Desktop' and
double-click 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' to open it Properties.
3. Click 'Eabled' and Type the fully-qualified path and file name that
stores the wallpaper image (generally we use UNC path).

*Note: You can type a local path, such as
C:\Windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg (if you choose this path, you must ensure
all client workstations have the picture in
C:\Windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg) or a UNC path, such as
\\Server\Share\Corp.jpg.

If the specified file is not available when the user logs on, no wallpaper
is displayed. Users cannot specify alternative wallpaper. You can also use
this setting to specify that the wallpaper image be centered, tiled, or
stretched. Users cannot change this specification.

4. Click 'Apply' button and click ok to finish the configuration.
5. The configuration takes effect when users logon OS next time.

Note: You need to enable the Active Desktop to use this setting (the policy
list above item of 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' in the same location).

In server there are no desktop background pictures which show in Windows XP
workstation. You can copy these pictures to the server and you can find
these wallpapers in Windows XP by default in: C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures

The above steps I have test that work perfect and users can not change the
wallpaper through setting picture as desktop background. Using the policy
to apply wallpaper can not affect picture resolution, the issue caused by
the picture is small and you specify it be stretched. Please try to use the
picture which is wallpaper in workstations to test, how about the result?

Hope this helps! I appreciate your time and effort to perform test. I am
looking forward to you reply.

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Jenny Wu
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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>Hi
>
>Thanks for your detailed reply. But I guess you didn't read my previous
>message properly when you replied for the second one. I had mentioned
clearly
>that
>
>I tried enforcing this through Group Policy in the Default Domain Policy
on
>the server. But this shows no wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active
>desktop wallpaper is selected,
>the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing this?
>What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes and
>permissions set?
>
>Also, all the users are already using roaming profiles, so the
instructions
>on setting that up carries no value now, but I appreciate your effort and
the
>time taken. Any other suggestions? Thanks a lot!
>
>""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your update!
>>
>> Suggestion 1:
>>
>> I am sorry for misunderstand you. If you want only prevent users from
>> changing wallpaper, you can do as follows:
>>
>> Method 1:
>> You can enable the group policy 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' and apply it
to
>> domain users. The policy can specify the desktop background
("wallpaper")
>> displayed on all users' desktops.
>>
>> This setting lets you specify the wallpaper on users' desktops and
prevents
>> users from changing the image or its presentation. The wallpaper you
>> specify can be stored in a bitmap (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), or HTML (*.htm,
>> *.html) file.
>>
>> Location: User Configuration\Desktop\Active Desktop\
>>
>> *Note: You need to enable the Active Desktop to use this setting. This
>> setting does not apply to Terminal Server sessions.
>>
>> Method 2:
>> You can enable the group policy ' Prevent changing wallpaper' and apply
it
>> to domain users. The policy can prevent users from adding or changing
the
>> background design of the desktop.
>>
>> Location: User Configuration\Control Panel\Display\
>>
>> By default, users can use the Desktop tab of Display in Control Panel to
>> add a background design (wallpaper) to their desktop.
>>
>> If you enable this setting, the Desktop tab still appears, but all
options
>> on the tab are disabled. If you want to remove the Desktop tab, use the
>> "Hide Desktop tab" setting.
>>
>> Suggestion 2:
>>
>> Technical speaking, the roaming profile is user-based. You need not
prevent
>> users from changing their wallpaper. For your convenience, I list the
>> detail steps to setup roaming profile, you can refer to:
>>
>> 1. Create a Shared Folder to Store Roaming User Profiles. In SBS 2003, a
>> shared folder "\\sbsserver\Users" is created by default and used for
this
>> purpose.
>>
>> 2. Configure user accounts to use roaming user profiles.
>>
>> To configure a user to use roaming profile: On the SBS server, in Server
>> Management, locate the user, right-click on it and click Properties. On
the
>> Profile tab, type a UNC path in "Profile path", for example
>> \\sbsserver\users\%username%.
>>
>> 3. Since all the clients are running Windows XP, log on & log off, the
user
>> profile will be upload to \\sbsserver\users\%username% automatically.
>>
>> If the clients are running Windows 2000, log on, in System properties
>> change the profile type to Roaming, then copy the profile to
>> \\server\profile\%username% and log off.
>>
>> Consider the following when implementing roaming profiles:
>>
>> 1. Do not use Offline Folder caching on roaming user profile shared
>> directories.
>>
>> It is important to turn off Offline Folder caching for shared
directories
>> where roaming user profiles are stored. If you do not turn off Offline
>> Folder caching for a user''s profile, you might experience
synchronization
>> problems when both Offline Folders and roaming user profiles try to
>> synchronize the files in a user''s profile. This does not affect your
>> ability to use Offline Folders with redirected folders such as My
>> Documents.
>>
>> 2. Do not use Encrypted File System (EFS) on files in a roaming user
>> profile.
>>
>> The Encrypted File System (EFS) is not compatible with roaming user
>> profiles. If you encrypt profile folders or files in the user profile
using
>> EFS, the user''s profile will not roam.
>>
>> 3. Do not set disk quotas too low for users with roaming user profiles.
>>
>> If a user''s disk quotas are set too low, roaming user profile
>> synchronization might fail. Make sure enough disk space is allocated to
>> allow the system to create a temporary duplicate copy of a user''s
profile.
>> The temporary profile is created in the user''s context as part of the
>> synchronization process, so it debits the user''s quota.
>>
>> 4. When creating a roaming profile shared directory, limit access to
only
>> those users that need access.
>>
>> - Because a users roaming profile can contain personal information such
as
>> confidential documents and EFS certificates, care should be taken to
>> protect access to the shared directory. Restrict access to the shared
>> directory to only those users that need access. You can also create a
>> security group for users that have profiles on a particular shared
>> directory, and limit access to only those users.
>>
>> - Only give users the minimum amount of permissions needed.
>>
>> - When creating the shared directory, hide it by putting a $ after the
>> share name. This hides the shared directory from casual browsers, and it
>> will not be visible in My Network Places.
>>
>> 5. Use at least Windows 2000 servers to host user roaming profile shared
>> directories.
>>
>> Because a users roaming profile contains personal information which is
>> copied to and from a client computer, and the server hosting the roaming
>> profile, it is important to ensure that data is protected as it travels
>> over the network. Potential threats to the privacy and integrity of a
>> user''s data come from intercepting the data as it passes over the
network,
>> tampering with the data as it passes over the network, and spoofing the
>> server hosting the user''s data. Features such as Kerberos, IPSec, and
>> Server Message Block (SMB) signing included in Windows 2000 and the
Windows
>> Server 2003 family can help to secure a user''s data.
>>
>> 6. Always use the NTFS file system for volumes holding user''s data.
>>
>> Configure servers hosting roaming profiles to use the NTFS File System.
>> Unlike FAT, NTFS supports Discretionary access control lists (DACLs) and
>> system access control lists (SACLs), which control who can perform
>> operations on a file and what events will trigger logging of actions
>> performed on a file.
>>
>> Related information:
>>
>> 324749 How To Create a Roaming User Profile in Windows Server 2003
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324749
>>
>> 316353 How to configure a user account to use a roaming user profile in
>> Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT 4.0
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316353
>>
>> Hope above information helps! please try my suggestion and let me know
the
>> result.
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Jenny Wu
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>> ================================================== ====
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
>> You can locate the newsgroup here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx
>>
>> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
the
>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
are
>> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your
newsreader,
>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
>>
>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> ================================================== ====
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>>
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>> >Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:35:03 -0700
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>> >
>> >Hi
>> >
>> >Thank you for your detailed reply. Well, I saw an option in the group
>> policy
>> >to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper, but I do not know
>> how
>> >effective it is. Also, I have enabled this setting on individual PCs on
>> the
>> >network so that the users will not be able to change it. This does not
>> allow
>> >the users to change it using the Display Properties, but they can still
>> >change it using Set as Background option available for most images.
Also,
>> we
>> >have a number of users who have no computer assigned to them and all
the
>> >users have roaming profile. The setting has to be in such a way that
any
>> user
>> >who logs on to any computer must have the same wallpaper. I guess the
best
>> >way to achieve this is to associate the wallpaper with the user
profiles.
>> Is
>> >there a way to do this? Any ideas welcome. Thanks again!
>> >
>> >""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for posting here!
>> >>
>> >> I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand
>> that
>> >> the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support
professionals
>> to
>> >> answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
>> >> greatly appreciated!
>> >>
>> >> Based on my research, there is no specific group policy available to
>> >> disable users from changing the desktop. To achieve the goal, I
suggest
>> >> that you configure a group policy to redirect the Desktop of the user
>> group
>> >> to a network share. We can set the NTFS permission on the network
share
>> so
>> >> that users cannot change their desktop. To do so, please perform the
>> >> following steps:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Create a network share to store the desktop settings, such as
>> >> \\server\desktops.
>> >> 2. Open Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in.
>> >> 3. Locate the appropriate OU or container and click Properties.
>> >> 4. In the Group Policy tab, create a new group policy, and click Edit
to
>> >> open the Group Policy edit window.
>> >> 5. Locate the following group policy:
>> >>
>> >> [User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\Desktop]
>> >>
>> >> 6. Right click Desktop, and then click Properties.
>> >> 7. Select "Advanced settings: Specify locations for various user
groups".
>> >> 8. Click Add to select the user group that you want to restrict
>> permission,
>> >> and specify the Desktop share folder as \\server\desktops.
>> >> 9. Select the Settings property page, and click to clear the "Grant
user
>> >> exclusive rights to my documents". You can also configure other
settings
>> >> according to your requirement.
>> >> 10. Close all windows.
>> >> 11. Click Start, and click Run.
>> >> 12. Type "cmd" in the text box, and click OK.
>> >> 13. Type the following command to refresh the group policy settings:
>> >>
>> >> SECEDIT /REFRESHPOLICY USER_POLICY /ENFORCE
>> >>
>> >> 14. In Windows Explorer, locate the desktop share folder and
configure
>> NTFS
>> >> permission to prevent users from modifying the folder.
>> >> 15. Logon as a user in the group to test.
>> >>
>> >> When users try to modify contents in the Desktop they will receive an
>> error
>> >> message saying "Access is denied".
>> >>
>> >> For more information about folder redirection, please refer to the
>> >> following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
>> >>
>> >> 232692 Folder Redirection Feature in Windows
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232692
>> >>
>> >> 288991 Enabling the Administrator to Have Access to Redirected Folders
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288991
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps! If you have any further concern or question about
the
>> >> issue, please feel free to let me know. You are always welcome!
>> >>
>> >> Have a nice day!
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Jenny Wu
>> >> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>> >> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>> >> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have
issues
>> >> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
>> corresponding
>> >> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
>> manner.
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>

Hi

Thanks for your reply. I have tried this setting before and it didn't work
for me. As mentioned earlier, when I enabled the Active Desktop Wallpaper and
specified the wallpaper, the resolution is not very impressive. But when the
wallpaper is set otherwise, the resolution is perfect. Also, could you please
tell me, if the wallpaper is specified this way and if it works, will all the
users have the same wallpaper if they log on to any PC? What about the users
who do not have a PC assigned to them? As I specified earlier, all the users
are using roaming profiles. Will the wallpaper be associated with their
profiles? Thanks again for your help! I will try once more anyway and let you
know.

Regards,


""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you want to prevent domain users from changing wallpaper on Windows OS,
> the group policy 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' should be the best method. And
> also you can write some script to implement it. We recommend you use the
> group policy.
>
> I am sorry for not list the detail steps in above post, the steps:
>
> 1. Right-click the group policy objects you want to use and click 'Edit' to
> open Group Policy Object Editor.
> 2. Please locate to 'User
> Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Acti ve Desktop' and
> double-click 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' to open it Properties.
> 3. Click 'Eabled' and Type the fully-qualified path and file name that
> stores the wallpaper image (generally we use UNC path).
>
> *Note: You can type a local path, such as
> C:\Windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg (if you choose this path, you must ensure
> all client workstations have the picture in
> C:\Windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg) or a UNC path, such as
> \\Server\Share\Corp.jpg.
>
> If the specified file is not available when the user logs on, no wallpaper
> is displayed. Users cannot specify alternative wallpaper. You can also use
> this setting to specify that the wallpaper image be centered, tiled, or
> stretched. Users cannot change this specification.
>
> 4. Click 'Apply' button and click ok to finish the configuration.
> 5. The configuration takes effect when users logon OS next time.
>
> Note: You need to enable the Active Desktop to use this setting (the policy
> list above item of 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' in the same location).
>
> In server there are no desktop background pictures which show in Windows XP
> workstation. You can copy these pictures to the server and you can find
> these wallpapers in Windows XP by default in: C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures
>
> The above steps I have test that work perfect and users can not change the
> wallpaper through setting picture as desktop background. Using the policy
> to apply wallpaper can not affect picture resolution, the issue caused by
> the picture is small and you specify it be stretched. Please try to use the
> picture which is wallpaper in workstations to test, how about the result?
>
> Hope this helps! I appreciate your time and effort to perform test. I am
> looking forward to you reply.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jenny Wu
> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> >Hi
> >
> >Thanks for your detailed reply. But I guess you didn't read my previous
> >message properly when you replied for the second one. I had mentioned
> clearly
> >that
> >
> >I tried enforcing this through Group Policy in the Default Domain Policy
> on
> >the server. But this shows no wallpaper on any of the PCs. When the active
> >desktop wallpaper is selected,
> >the wallpaper resolution is very bad. Is there a better way of doing this?
> >What should be the path of the wallpaper? How should be the attributes and
> >permissions set?
> >
> >Also, all the users are already using roaming profiles, so the
> instructions
> >on setting that up carries no value now, but I appreciate your effort and
> the
> >time taken. Any other suggestions? Thanks a lot!
> >
> >""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your update!
> >>
> >> Suggestion 1:
> >>
> >> I am sorry for misunderstand you. If you want only prevent users from
> >> changing wallpaper, you can do as follows:
> >>
> >> Method 1:
> >> You can enable the group policy 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' and apply it
> to
> >> domain users. The policy can specify the desktop background
> ("wallpaper")
> >> displayed on all users' desktops.
> >>
> >> This setting lets you specify the wallpaper on users' desktops and
> prevents
> >> users from changing the image or its presentation. The wallpaper you
> >> specify can be stored in a bitmap (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), or HTML (*.htm,
> >> *.html) file.
> >>
> >> Location: User Configuration\Desktop\Active Desktop\
> >>
> >> *Note: You need to enable the Active Desktop to use this setting. This
> >> setting does not apply to Terminal Server sessions.
> >>
> >> Method 2:
> >> You can enable the group policy ' Prevent changing wallpaper' and apply
> it
> >> to domain users. The policy can prevent users from adding or changing
> the
> >> background design of the desktop.
> >>
> >> Location: User Configuration\Control Panel\Display\
> >>
> >> By default, users can use the Desktop tab of Display in Control Panel to
> >> add a background design (wallpaper) to their desktop.
> >>
> >> If you enable this setting, the Desktop tab still appears, but all
> options
> >> on the tab are disabled. If you want to remove the Desktop tab, use the
> >> "Hide Desktop tab" setting.
> >>
> >> Suggestion 2:
> >>
> >> Technical speaking, the roaming profile is user-based. You need not
> prevent
> >> users from changing their wallpaper. For your convenience, I list the
> >> detail steps to setup roaming profile, you can refer to:
> >>
> >> 1. Create a Shared Folder to Store Roaming User Profiles. In SBS 2003, a
> >> shared folder "\\sbsserver\Users" is created by default and used for
> this
> >> purpose.
> >>
> >> 2. Configure user accounts to use roaming user profiles.
> >>
> >> To configure a user to use roaming profile: On the SBS server, in Server
> >> Management, locate the user, right-click on it and click Properties. On
> the
> >> Profile tab, type a UNC path in "Profile path", for example
> >> \\sbsserver\users\%username%.
> >>
> >> 3. Since all the clients are running Windows XP, log on & log off, the
> user
> >> profile will be upload to \\sbsserver\users\%username% automatically.
> >>
> >> If the clients are running Windows 2000, log on, in System properties
> >> change the profile type to Roaming, then copy the profile to
> >> \\server\profile\%username% and log off.
> >>
> >> Consider the following when implementing roaming profiles:
> >>
> >> 1. Do not use Offline Folder caching on roaming user profile shared
> >> directories.
> >>
> >> It is important to turn off Offline Folder caching for shared
> directories
> >> where roaming user profiles are stored. If you do not turn off Offline
> >> Folder caching for a user''s profile, you might experience
> synchronization
> >> problems when both Offline Folders and roaming user profiles try to
> >> synchronize the files in a user''s profile. This does not affect your
> >> ability to use Offline Folders with redirected folders such as My
> >> Documents.
> >>
> >> 2. Do not use Encrypted File System (EFS) on files in a roaming user
> >> profile.
> >>
> >> The Encrypted File System (EFS) is not compatible with roaming user
> >> profiles. If you encrypt profile folders or files in the user profile
> using
> >> EFS, the user''s profile will not roam.
> >>
> >> 3. Do not set disk quotas too low for users with roaming user profiles.
> >>
> >> If a user''s disk quotas are set too low, roaming user profile
> >> synchronization might fail. Make sure enough disk space is allocated to
> >> allow the system to create a temporary duplicate copy of a user''s
> profile.
> >> The temporary profile is created in the user''s context as part of the
> >> synchronization process, so it debits the user''s quota.
> >>
> >> 4. When creating a roaming profile shared directory, limit access to
> only
> >> those users that need access.
> >>
> >> - Because a users roaming profile can contain personal information such
> as
> >> confidential documents and EFS certificates, care should be taken to
> >> protect access to the shared directory. Restrict access to the shared
> >> directory to only those users that need access. You can also create a
> >> security group for users that have profiles on a particular shared
> >> directory, and limit access to only those users.
> >>
> >> - Only give users the minimum amount of permissions needed.
> >>
> >> - When creating the shared directory, hide it by putting a $ after the
> >> share name. This hides the shared directory from casual browsers, and it
> >> will not be visible in My Network Places.
> >>
> >> 5. Use at least Windows 2000 servers to host user roaming profile shared
> >> directories.
> >>
> >> Because a users roaming profile contains personal information which is
> >> copied to and from a client computer, and the server hosting the roaming
> >> profile, it is important to ensure that data is protected as it travels
> >> over the network. Potential threats to the privacy and integrity of a
> >> user''s data come from intercepting the data as it passes over the
> network,
> >> tampering with the data as it passes over the network, and spoofing the
> >> server hosting the user''s data. Features such as Kerberos, IPSec, and
> >> Server Message Block (SMB) signing included in Windows 2000 and the
> Windows
> >> Server 2003 family can help to secure a user''s data.
> >>
> >> 6. Always use the NTFS file system for volumes holding user''s data.
> >>
> >> Configure servers hosting roaming profiles to use the NTFS File System.
> >> Unlike FAT, NTFS supports Discretionary access control lists (DACLs) and
> >> system access control lists (SACLs), which control who can perform
> >> operations on a file and what events will trigger logging of actions
> >> performed on a file.
> >>
> >> Related information:
> >>
> >> 324749 How To Create a Roaming User Profile in Windows Server 2003
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324749
> >>
> >> 316353 How to configure a user account to use a roaming user profile in
> >> Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT 4.0
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316353
> >>
> >> Hope above information helps! please try my suggestion and let me know
> the
> >> result.
> >>
> >> Have a nice day!
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Jenny Wu
> >> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
> >> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
> >> ================================================== ====
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> >> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
> corresponding

Hi,

Thanks for your update! I appreciate your time and effort to the issue. I
have test the policy some times, it work well in my side. My system is SBS
2003, and all clients are Windows XP sp2. What is meaning of picture
resolution? Can you give me screen shots of the wallpaper in two different
situation? you can send it to my mail address: v-

When the policy work, all domain users have the same wallpaper and they can
not change it no matter which computer they logon in domain. In fact, domain
users can logon to any computer using their user account and password in
domain, which is significantly character.

Users profiles includes desktop configuration which includes wallpaper, but
the wallpaper policy is a domain policy which is precedence over users'
configuration. So however if you configure in profile, it can not take
effect when group policy work.

I would like to go through the steps again with you to try to test the
issue. Please strictly follow my steps to do to test if it works:

1. Type 'gpmc.msc'(no quotations marks) to open the Group Policy console and
right-click Default Domain Policy and click Edit to open Group Policy Object
Editor.

2. Please locate to 'User
Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Acti ve Desktop' and
double-click 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' to open it Properties.

3. Click 'Eabled' and Type the fully-qualified path and file name that
stores the wallpaper image (generally we use UNC path) and choose which
method the image shows (centered, tiled, or stretched).

*Note: You can type a local path, such as C:\Windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
(if you choose this path, you must ensure all client workstations have the
picture in C:\Windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg) or a UNC path, such as
\\Server\Share\Corp.jpg.

If the specified file is not available when the user logs on, no wallpaper
is displayed. Users cannot specify alternative wallpaper. You can also use
this setting to specify that the wallpaper image be centered, tiled, or
stretched. Users cannot change this specification.

4. Click 'Apply' button and click ok to finish the configuration.


5. And enable the Active Desktop to use this setting (the policy list above
item of 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' in the same location).


6. Please locate to 'User Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Control
Panel\Display\' and double click the policy ' Prevent changing wallpaper' to
enable the policy.

*Note: The policy can prevent users from adding or changing the background
design of the desktop. these two policy combination will meet your
requirements totally.


7. Type 'gpupdate /force' (no quotations marks) to apply the policy both in
server side and in clients side.


8. Logoff and logon again, the group policy will take effect. Try to test,
how about the result?


I am currently waiting for your test result. If you have any further concern
or question on the issue, please feel free to let me know. I am always happy
to be assistance of you!

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Jenny Wu
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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Hi, The problem still persists for me. I have set the wallpaper using Group
Policy now, but as I mentioned earlier, I am experiencing trouble with the
resolution. I will send you the screen shots. If there is any work around,
please advice. Many Thanks!

"RDRFuzz" wrote:

> I am also experiencing the same issue with the wallpaper resolution.
> To be a bit more specific, when you manually set wallpaper from the
> client machine (windows xp), a smoothing algorithm is applied so that
> if it stretches it still looks pretty good (from what I can tell this
> didn't really start happening until at least 2000). However, if you
> set a bitmap or even jpeg (the format that it really should be
> smoothing), and set it to stretch, the algorithm is bypassed and it
> looks cruddy unless it's the exact size for the resolution of the
> desktop. I have a common roaming profile for generic interviewers that
> could be used on machines with either 800x600 or 1024x768 desktops, and
> since I can't imagine there's a way to specify a different wallpaper
> based on system resolution, this must be a case of the smoothing
> algorithm only working when the desktop wallpaper is set locally.
>
> I experience none of the other issues in this thread, just the one I
> described above. Is this a known issue to Microsoft?
>
> -Mike Lightner
>
> Director of IT Services, Richard Day Research, Inc.
>
>

Hi Mohammed and Mike,

Thanks for your update! And I have received mail from Mohammed, I appreciate
your time and efforts to test.

I have searched many documents and found the image resolution issue. It is
indeed a known issue: as it is known that the JPG/JPEG image will be changed
to another image format during it transfers network, it shows poor image
resolution in client workstaition when deployed by group policy for the
image is placed in some network location. The issue doesn't happen in BMP
image,We suggest that you use BMP image to deploy wallpaper group policy
which will show perfectly either in local setting or deployed by group
policy.

I appreciate you understanding! If you have any further concern or question
on the issue, please feel free to let me know. I am always happy to be
assistance of you!

Have a nice weekend!

Best Regards,

Jenny Wu
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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> Hi, The problem still persists for me. I have set the wallpaper using
Group
> Policy now, but as I mentioned earlier, I am experiencing trouble with the
> resolution. I will send you the screen shots. If there is any work around,
> please advice. Many Thanks!
>
> "RDRFuzz" wrote:
>
> > I am also experiencing the same issue with the wallpaper resolution.
> > To be a bit more specific, when you manually set wallpaper from the
> > client machine (windows xp), a smoothing algorithm is applied so that
> > if it stretches it still looks pretty good (from what I can tell this
> > didn't really start happening until at least 2000). However, if you
> > set a bitmap or even jpeg (the format that it really should be
> > smoothing), and set it to stretch, the algorithm is bypassed and it
> > looks cruddy unless it's the exact size for the resolution of the
> > desktop. I have a common roaming profile for generic interviewers that
> > could be used on machines with either 800x600 or 1024x768 desktops, and
> > since I can't imagine there's a way to specify a different wallpaper
> > based on system resolution, this must be a case of the smoothing
> > algorithm only working when the desktop wallpaper is set locally.
> >
> > I experience none of the other issues in this thread, just the one I
> > described above. Is this a known issue to Microsoft?
> >
> > -Mike Lightner
> >
> > Director of IT Services, Richard Day Research, Inc.
> >
> >