Desktop background issue

[PEO]

Hi Im having a stupid issue with applying a background image to the staff desktops. Its applying but then a blue background appears over the top of it.

 

Servers 2008 R2

Desktops xp pro sp3

 

just a note this works fine after two logins on the student accounts, so its just staff that are been effected. I know its a GPO setting but not sure where to look to adjust. by the way here is the logon script that I've used to apply desktop wallpaper

 

Set objWMIService = GetObject("Winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2") 
Set objSh = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_DesktopMonitor where DeviceID = 'DesktopMonitor1'",,0) 
For Each objItem in colItems 
   intHorizontal = objItem.ScreenWidth 
   intVertical = objItem.ScreenHeight 
Next

strResolution = CStr(intHorizontal) & " x " & CStr(intVertical)

Select Case strResolution
Case "1024 x 768"
       strWallpaperPath = "\\bishopsgarth\dfs$\Public$\WALLPAPERS\1024x768.bmp"
Case "1280 x 1024"
       strWallpaperPath = "\\bishopsgarth\dfs$\Public$\WALLPAPERS\1280x1024.bmp"
Case "1440 x 900"
       strWallpaperPath = "\\bishopsgarth\dfs$\Public$\WALLPAPERS\1440x900.bmp"
Case "1920 x 1080"
       strWallpaperPath = "\\bishopsgarth\dfs$\Public$\WALLPAPERS\1920x1080.bmp"
Case Else
End Select

'Set the reg value
objSh.RegWrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper", strWallpaperPath, "REG_SZ"

'Apply the change
objSh.Run "%windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters", 0, False

 

Can anyone help?

[Hightower]

I had this problem, turned out it was down to a recycle bin GPO setting. See this thread here, might help: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/71207-gpos-wallpapers-disappear.html

[FN-GM]

If that fails you could use BGinfo to set the wall paper (you dont have to have the BGinfo text showing)

[PEO]

refuse to use bg info, as I said the script works fine. she students get the wallpaper but the staff are getting a blue background overlaying the wallpaper that I've set. @Hightower I explored your suggestion but that was not the solution

[PEO]

any other suggestions?

[Shuriken1]

Check that active desktop isn't switched on and somehow putting the blue over the top.

 

Also, try rewriting your script so that the background images are copied down to each computer and then have the script reference the local files. I've heard of similar problems trying to set a background to a network-shared image. I do by copying the images down first and I've never had a problem.

 

Hope it helps.

[Michael]

You can deploy a desktop wallpaper using GPO. This'll work with 2000, XP, Vista and 7.

 

User Config > Policies > Admin Templates > Desktop > Desktop - Desktop Wallpaper - Enabled

 

You can also set it to fill, no matter what the native resolution of the image is.

[FN-GM]

I can see why you have used that script it will select the correct wallpaper for the correct resolution. I may borrow it if you dont mind?

[FN-GM]

Did you ever fix this? I sorted it by disbaling active desktop and using .bmp images instead of .jpg.