Deploying Desktop Backgrounds - What's the best method?

[Scottyboy99]

Hi All,

 

We are now a Windows 7 majority site and it all works brilliantly except the desktop background deployment.

 

Currently we are using bginfo.exe and it doesn't deploy the first time a person logs on, they need to log off and log back on the same computer for it to deploy.

 

I have tried Group Policy and I get the usual black background problem.

 

What method do you use?

 

Any help would be good.

 

Thanks

[GoodheadDC]

we deploy to over 700 pcs with no probs. even prep school have diffarent one.

we push the wall paper image from a deployment share via group policy prefs.

Its the FILE option in prefs.

 

copy your jpg wallpaper from a deployment share to this location

%windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds\backgrounddefault.jpg

then in group policy there is option to set.

 

navigate to:

Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Logon.

 

Once there, select “Always use custom logon background” and set it to “Enabled”.

 

 

 

heres a good guide how to set the login wallpaper.How to Set Windows 7’s Login Wallpaper with Group Policies « Mike Crowley's Whiteboard

Edited January 28, 2013 by GoodheadDC