Re: Changing wallpaper on desktops

From: Darren (dalgibbard_at_**remove**blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 06/29/05

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    Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:01:46 GMT

    At my old college they used a policy setting that disabled the windows
    desktop wallpaper altogether; ill look into it asap, see if i can dig
    anything up.
    Darren.

    "Altria" <urbantec92@msn.com> wrote in message
    news:uJX7ssBfFHA.1412@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    > Hello Dajo,
    > Thanks for your reply.....
    > Your answer led me to look deeper into this issue. The right click (to set
    > as background) is actually disabled in IE as well as Explorer but users
    are
    > still able to save files in a public folder. Once they save the images
    there
    > they can open the viewer directly in Microsoft Picture and Fax viewer. Now
    > at this point they are able to set image as background. Therefore, I now
    > have two options, disable MS fax/pic viewer or find way to change the
    > default picture editor (ie Paint.).
    > I am hoping I can gather some expertise here!!!
    > Also i hope this helps other people who may be plagued with this issue!!
    > TIA,
    > Altria
    > thanks again dajo!!
    > "Rybski Dajo" <dajo@rybski.be_REMOVE> wrote in message
    > news:OXno3XAfFHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
    > > I've seen this happening where users were able to right-click an image
    in
    > > a webbrowser and choose "set as wallpaper". This worked regardless of
    the
    > > GPO.
    > >
    > > HTH
    > > Dajo
    > >
    > > Altria schreef:
    > >> Hello All,
    > >> I have a public environment and I am experiencing users being able to
    > >> change the desktop wallpaper although I have a GPO set to restrict this
    > >> action. Has anyone else encountered this problem? I am getting the
    > >> Mozilla firefox image (stretched) often on my desktops. I am wondering
    > >> how the users are circumventing the GPOs in order to make chages or is
    it
    > >> getting modified via some script. Any insight would be much
    appreciated.
    > >> TIA,
    > >> Altria
    >
    >

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