Re: Wallpaper not showing up in roaming profiles

Thanks, Martin, much appreciated. I'll take a look tomorrow when I get in to
work...

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"martin" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:92DDF78A-B516-43D3-9FE9-4CA2F35C2FC5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> there are several settings which might influence the wallpaper behaviour
> in
> terminal session. One of them is the "restrict to bitmaped wallpapers" -
> which also influences the "normal" user session.
>
> Have a look at your Group Policy
> Computer Settings/ User Settings | Administrative Templates | Windows
> Components | Terminal Services
> Here you can find some Terminal session specif desktop settings.
>
>
> In you case i would say the wallpaper is generally restricted to bitmaps
> User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Desktop | Active Desktop |
> "Do only allow bitmaped wallpaper"
>
> ---
> regards,
> Martin
>
>
> "Hank Arnold" wrote:
>
>> This may answer a problem that has been driving me nuts.... We have
>> switched
>> to having our workstations log on to the domain instead of doing a local
>> logon. We use roaming profiles only for TS logons. We allow them to
>> change
>> the background in the domain GPO....
>>
>> However, the user, once logged onto the workstation, gets a *very*
>> limited
>> set of backgrounds. Can the limitation you mention be affecting us??
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Hank Arnold
>>
>> "martin" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:25A0DB23-76BA-4A3C-9874-28C4EB6852C8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > do you use .jpg files as wallpaper?
>> >
>> > as far as i can remember the .jpg wallpapers do not work in roaming
>> > profiles.
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > martin
>> >
>> > "Vasiliy Faronov" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Windows Server 2003 SP1 English; clients are Windows XP Pro SP2
>> >> Russian.
>> >>
>> >> Roaming user profiles work fine with one exception: wallpaper doesn't
>> >> work
>> >> as it should. If, for example, I apply a wallpaper on workstation A,
>> >> then
>> >> log off and log on on workstation B, I will not see it. However, if I
>> >> open
>> >> the Screen properties dialog box and choose the Desktop tab, I will
>> >> see
>> >> that
>> >> the correct wallpaper is already selected there. If I then click OK,
>> >> the
>> >> wallpaper is displayed properly. There seem to be no other problems
>> >> with
>> >> RUP.
>> >>
>> >> What could be the cause of the problem?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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