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acjuelich
Posts:147
 | | 02/04/2010 8:46 PM |
| Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
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| mdzikowski
Posts:74
| | 02/04/2010 9:42 PM |
| If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
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A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| jsclmedave
Posts:67
| | 02/04/2010 9:44 PM |
| Virtual PCs an option you can use?
Tim Bolton
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On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Dzikowski, Michael <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be
> done). If you’re in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep
> Freeze of something like that.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Adam C Juelich
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
> *To:* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
>
>
> I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I
> have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to
> change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from
> using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on
> any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background
> – even after having ‘Active Desktop’ disabled, and ‘Active Desktop
> Wallpaper’ disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like
> you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and
> Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it’s not the blank blue we are
> used to. What are my options?!
>
>
>
> XP Professional SP3 Clients
>
> Server 2003 SP2
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *Adam C. Juelich*
>
> A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
>
> District Technician
>
> Pulaski Community School District
>
> 920-822-6075
>
>
>
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| acjuelich
Posts:147
| | 02/05/2010 2:22 PM |
| How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
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A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| jpochedl
Posts:6
| | 02/05/2010 3:08 PM |
| You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
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A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| mdzikowski
Posts:74
| | 02/05/2010 3:20 PM |
| Yea, like I said earlier if this is a lab environment - you'll love SteadState or DeepFreeze.
http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp - $$$
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx - "free"
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
Adam C. Juelich
A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| omar
Posts:97
| | 02/05/2010 3:24 PM |
| Since you mentioned an education environment- There is a concept known as mandatory profiles.
This worked well for me when I was a tech for the group that maintained the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering student labs at UC Berkeley.
Those students thought that they were the smartest guys on the planet (some of them are)-but with Mandatory profiles- they could still manipulate the desktop and such- but once they log out and log back in all changes are discarded.
This may not help but it is something to consider.
omar
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 7:15 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Yea, like I said earlier if this is a lab environment - you'll love SteadState or DeepFreeze.
http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp - $$$
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx - "free"
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
Adam C. Juelich
A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| acjuelich
Posts:147
| | 02/05/2010 3:24 PM |
| I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
Adam C. Juelich
A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| shanewilliford
Posts:46
| | 02/05/2010 4:06 PM |
| AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
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Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| mdzikowski
Posts:74
| | 02/05/2010 4:20 PM |
| Hey Shane-
I had some issues in my lab with SteadyState - what did you have to do to get Windows Updates and AV definitions to now get blown away at reboot?
I tried a bunch of stuff - but never got it to work. Did you get that working?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
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Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| shanewilliford
Posts:46
| | 02/05/2010 4:32 PM |
| Michael...actually, a co-worker and my director are the ones who deployed that out. We used it for like a 'kiosk' type thing for our customers to use in the lobby. We have them pretty well stripped down, security-wise. But, according to my director, SS is 'supposed' to pull updates from MS and keep them, is it not doing so? (he hasn't validated yet that the updates stay)
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:17 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hey Shane-
I had some issues in my lab with SteadyState - what did you have to do to get Windows Updates and AV definitions to now get blown away at reboot?
I tried a bunch of stuff - but never got it to work. Did you get that working?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
Adam C. Juelich
A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| mdzikowski
Posts:74
| | 02/05/2010 4:37 PM |
| Ya, I couldn't get that even though I told it to. Same with AV defs.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:31 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Michael...actually, a co-worker and my director are the ones who deployed that out. We used it for like a 'kiosk' type thing for our customers to use in the lobby. We have them pretty well stripped down, security-wise. But, according to my director, SS is 'supposed' to pull updates from MS and keep them, is it not doing so? (he hasn't validated yet that the updates stay)
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:17 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hey Shane-
I had some issues in my lab with SteadyState - what did you have to do to get Windows Updates and AV definitions to now get blown away at reboot?
I tried a bunch of stuff - but never got it to work. Did you get that working?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
Adam C. Juelich
A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| shanewilliford
Posts:46
| | 02/05/2010 6:13 PM |
| I'll reply back to this and let you know what he says/finds out about the updates....
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:36 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Ya, I couldn't get that even though I told it to. Same with AV defs.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:31 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Michael...actually, a co-worker and my director are the ones who deployed that out. We used it for like a 'kiosk' type thing for our customers to use in the lobby. We have them pretty well stripped down, security-wise. But, according to my director, SS is 'supposed' to pull updates from MS and keep them, is it not doing so? (he hasn't validated yet that the updates stay)
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:17 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hey Shane-
I had some issues in my lab with SteadyState - what did you have to do to get Windows Updates and AV definitions to now get blown away at reboot?
I tried a bunch of stuff - but never got it to work. Did you get that working?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
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| mdzikowski
Posts:74
| | 02/05/2010 7:51 PM |
| Cool...that would be good to know.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:13 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I'll reply back to this and let you know what he says/finds out about the updates....
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:36 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Ya, I couldn't get that even though I told it to. Same with AV defs.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:31 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Michael...actually, a co-worker and my director are the ones who deployed that out. We used it for like a 'kiosk' type thing for our customers to use in the lobby. We have them pretty well stripped down, security-wise. But, according to my director, SS is 'supposed' to pull updates from MS and keep them, is it not doing so? (he hasn't validated yet that the updates stay)
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:17 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hey Shane-
I had some issues in my lab with SteadyState - what did you have to do to get Windows Updates and AV definitions to now get blown away at reboot?
I tried a bunch of stuff - but never got it to work. Did you get that working?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
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Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| RobertMariani
Posts:36
| | 02/07/2010 9:12 PM |
| The registry key to fix the Active Desktop Recovery annoying problem in
XP is
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Safe
Mode\Components\DeskHTMLVersion
Set this key to "0" when the problem arises. Log off and back on again.
Regards,
Robert Mariani
Applications Manager
--
The Buchan Group, Melbourne
Architecture+Master Planning+Interiors+Graphics
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 3:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop
up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe
mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole
organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or
so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop
background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve
it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and
it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white
desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it
cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run
into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from
Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I
right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird.
Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color
image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you
force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then
the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but
either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is
just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState
if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the
other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a
negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings
Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that
disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't.
Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper
permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be
done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep
Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper.
I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings
to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them
from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however,
right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it
as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and
'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the
blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we
do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's
not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
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A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| shanewilliford
Posts:46
| | 02/08/2010 12:41 PM |
| Thanks Robert, but sometimes this doesn't work. Sometimes it does, but sometimes it doesn't. This is most certainly a quirky issue to say the least!
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Mariani
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:11 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
The registry key to fix the Active Desktop Recovery annoying problem in XP is
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Safe Mode\Components\DeskHTMLVersion
Set this key to "0" when the problem arises. Log off and back on again.
Regards,
Robert Mariani
Applications Manager
--
The Buchan Group, Melbourne
Architecture+Master Planning+Interiors+Graphics
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 3:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
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| acjuelich
Posts:147
| | 02/08/2010 2:13 PM |
| Is there any way to push that registry change via a 2003 GPO? I know I can do IE stuff through GP Preferences but I thought I had to have 2008 in order to push custom registry edits. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Mariani
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:11 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
The registry key to fix the Active Desktop Recovery annoying problem in XP is
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Safe Mode\Components\DeskHTMLVersion
Set this key to "0" when the problem arises. Log off and back on again.
Regards,
Robert Mariani
Applications Manager
--
The Buchan Group, Melbourne
Architecture+Master Planning+Interiors+Graphics
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 3:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
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District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| mdzikowski
Posts:74
| | 02/08/2010 6:15 PM |
| Yes there is...I use to use a tool to create reg edits and apply them via a GPO. Microsoft bought the tool, and now I can never find it again.
Anyone know that tool? (vague I know) lol.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:12 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Is there any way to push that registry change via a 2003 GPO? I know I can do IE stuff through GP Preferences but I thought I had to have 2008 in order to push custom registry edits. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Mariani
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:11 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
The registry key to fix the Active Desktop Recovery annoying problem in XP is
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Safe Mode\Components\DeskHTMLVersion
Set this key to "0" when the problem arises. Log off and back on again.
Regards,
Robert Mariani
Applications Manager
--
The Buchan Group, Melbourne
Architecture+Master Planning+Interiors+Graphics
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 3:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH.....YES! Someone else who has had the "white background" issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn't find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all...as Michael mentioned, it's FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
9300 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64131
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
816-361-4194 x6012
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I've tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I've tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I'll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show... It's a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven't looked into it yet... SteadyState solves a lot of the other "How did they muck up that? issues....
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable 'right-click?' I think there'd be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
'Prevent Changing Wallpaper' is set
'Disable all Items' under Active Desktop is set - this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn't. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you're in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background - even after having 'Active Desktop' disabled, and 'Active Desktop Wallpaper' disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it's not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
XP Professional SP3 Clients
Server 2003 SP2
------------------------------------------------------------------
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A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
District Technician
Pulaski Community School District
920-822-6075
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| davesharples
Posts:55
| | 02/08/2010 6:57 PM |
| Group policy preferences is what you want ( the old desktop standard )
you do not need a 2008 domain, all you need is a vista pc to edit the
policies via rsat and the cse installed on all the client machines
On 8 Feb 2010, at 18:20, "Dzikowski, Michael" <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But you could easily do this with a vbscript and or
>
> Regedit /s yourreg-hack.reg at startup.
>
>
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:14 PM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> Yes there is…I use to use a tool to create reg edits and apply them
> via a GPO. Microsoft bought the tool, and now I can never find it ag
> ain.
>
> Anyone know that tool? (vague I know) lol.
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:12 AM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> Is there any way to push that registry change via a 2003 GPO? I
> know I can do IE stuff through GP Preferences but I thought I had to
> have 2008 in order to push custom registry edits. Thanks!
>
>
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Mariani
> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:11 PM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> The registry key to fix the Active Desktop Recovery annoying problem
> in XP is
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Safe Mode
> \Components\DeskHTMLVersion
>
> Set this key to “0” when the problem arises. Log off and back on
> again.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Mariani
> Applications Manager
>
>
> --
> The Buchan Group, Melbourne
> Architecture+Master Planning+Interiors+Graphics
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
> Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 3:03 AM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> AHHH…..YES! Someone else who has had the “white background”
> issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured
> as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my w
> hole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a ha
> ndful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desk
> top background/error. I for the life of me couldn’t find out why or
> resolve it.
>
> We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason,
> and it works pretty well; best of all…as Michael mentioned, it’s
> FREE!
>
> Regards.
>
> Shane M. Williford
> Systems Administrator
> VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
> Mazuma Credit Union
> 9300 Troost
> Kansas City, MO 64131
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 816-361-4194 x6012
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> I’ve tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank wh
> ite desktop, instead of the standard blue.
>
> I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other
> times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A
> colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I’ve t
> ried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happen
> s sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it
> shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
>
> I’ll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
>
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color
> image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you
> force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name,
> then the standard blank background will show… It’s a bit of
> hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
>
> Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background
> is just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s a +1 recommendation for Stea
> dyState if you haven’t looked into it yet… SteadyState solves a
> lot of the other “How did they muck up that? issues….
>
> JP
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> How would I disable ‘right-click?’ I think there’d be too much
> of a negative impact from doing that.
>
> ‘Prevent Changing Wallpaper’ is set
> ‘Disable all Items’ under Active Desktop is set – this prevent
> settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
>
> But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think
> that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it
> doesn’t. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active deskto
> p wallpaper permanently?
>
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can
> be done). If you’re in a lab environment may look into SteadyState o
> r Deep Freeze of something like that.
>
>
>
> From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop
> wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the
> display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the
> settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer.
> They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or
> their flash drive and set it as the background – even after having
> ‘Active Desktop’ disabled, and ‘Active Desktop Wallpaper’
> disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you g
> et when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and
> Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it’s not the blank blu
> e we are used to. What are my options?!
>
> XP Professional SP3 Clients
> Server 2003 SP2
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Adam C. Juelich
> A+, Network+, MCTS:Vista, MCSE: Server 2003, MCSA: Messaging
> District Technician
> Pulaski Community School District
> 920-822-6075
>
>
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| RobertMariani
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| The reg hack will fix the active desktop recovery back to the normal desktop background.
It does not fix what caused the problem in the first place which is (I think) explorer.exe having a moment so expect to use the hack as a workaround rather than fix.
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Sent: Mon Feb 08 23:40:05 2010
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Thanks Robert, but sometimes this doesn’t work. Sometimes it does, but sometimes it doesn’t. This is most certainly a quirky issue to say the least!
Shane M. Williford
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From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Mariani
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:11 PM
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Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
The registry key to fix the Active Desktop Recovery annoying problem in XP is
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Safe Mode\Components\DeskHTMLVersion
Set this key to “0” when the problem arises. Log off and back on again.
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Robert Mariani
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From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford
Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 3:03 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
AHHH…..YES! Someone else who has had the “white background” issue pop up. My environment actually had Active Desktop configured as Joe mentioned below with a bogus filename and it worked for my whole organization. But recently, for some odd reason, for about a handful or so of my end users, they were getting the white Active Desktop background/error. I for the life of me couldn’t find out why or resolve it.
We also use Steadystate, but not for the desktop background reason, and it works pretty well; best of all…as Michael mentioned, it’s FREE!
Regards.
Shane M. Williford
Systems Administrator
VCP3, MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+
Mazuma Credit Union
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Kansas City, MO 64131
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From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:24 AM
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Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
I’ve tried setting the wallpaper to blank and it makes it a blank white desktop, instead of the standard blue.
I did try forcing a wallpaper but sometimes it works, and other times it cuts off 95% of the wallpaper and shows up black. A colleague has run into this before and they never had a fix. I’ve tried changing it from Center, Tile, and Stretch, and it still happens sometimes. If I right-click on the desktop and click refresh, it shows up. Weird. Remedies for that?
I’ll look into SteadyState. Thanks!
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:07 AM
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Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
You could either force an Active Desktop wallpaper of a solid color image (created exactly of the color you want). Or apparently if you force the Active Desktop Wallpaper to a non-existent image name, then the standard blank background will show… It’s a bit of hack, but either will get you the results you seek.
Blocking students in a lab environment from changing the background is just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s a +1 recommendation for SteadyState if you haven’t looked into it yet… SteadyState solves a lot of the other “How did they muck up that? issues….
JP
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
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Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
How would I disable ‘right-click?’ I think there’d be too much of a negative impact from doing that.
‘Prevent Changing Wallpaper’ is set
‘Disable all Items’ under Active Desktop is set – this prevent settings Internet Explorer pictures as the wallpaper
But still they can set plain images as the desktop. I would think that disabling the entire active desktop would eliminate that but it doesn’t. Any other ideas? Is my only option to set an active desktop wallpaper permanently?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:40 PM
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Subject: RE: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
If you want to, maybe disable right click with GPO (I think this can be done). If you’re in a lab environment may look into SteadyState or Deep Freeze of something like that.
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam C Juelich
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:45 PM
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Subject: [gptalk] Disable Wallpaper Manipulation
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about disabling manipulation of the desktop wallpaper. I have it disabled so that students cannot access the display settings to change the wallpaper, and I also have the settings to prevent them from using images in Internet Explorer. They still can, however, right-click on any images on the machine or their flash drive and set it as the background – even after having ‘Active Desktop’ disabled, and ‘Active Desktop Wallpaper’ disabled. We want their wallpapers to be the blank blue, like you get when you set a machine as classic (which we do). I can force and Active Desktop Wallpaper and that works, but it’s not the blank blue we are used to. What are my options?!
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