Re: Force classic theme and default wallpaper for all users

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:31:04 +0200

Rich M wrote:

> Is there a way that I can force the windows "Classic" look to be applied to
> all users that log onto a particular machine? I looked into the local
> security policy and didn't see anything there. I would also like to specify
> my own default wallpaper bitmap that should be applied to the profile rather
> than the default one. These machines are running XP Pro and are in a domain.
Hi

If domain is Active Directory, you can use Group Policy for this:

User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

"Force classic Start Menu" policy is used to disables the new simple Start
menu and forces the classic Start menu.

For the wallpaper part, see the "RESOLUTION" section here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=m59ZYvwrEHA.740%40cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl

and
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=OCnOzNBwDHA.2540%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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