Desktop Background Restrictions

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Rob Moore

Hi, All.

I'm trying to set a single desktop background image for my work laptops, and
so far what I'm doing is

Browsing to HKEY_USERS in regedit,
Loading the Hive associated with the user,
changing the
[HKEY_USER\*USERNAME*\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Sys
tem]
creating a new REG_SZ called "Wallpaper" setting it to
"C:\Windows\Background.bmp"
creating another REG_SZ called "WallpaperStyle" setting it to "2"

I then unload the loaded Hive.

According to WinGuides, this should force the "Background.bmp" to be the
background.

When I restart, or log-in to the user I just changed, the background cannot
be changed, but it is not the one I wanted. It's actually just the default.

I can get this to work on my XP Pro machine, but on the XP Home machines
that I'm trying to set it up for, it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong,
or what can I do? As a shortcut, is there an HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key that I
can edit to change it for everybody? I tried a similar one, but to no avail.
 
another note to mention:

When I right-click the desktop and go into the properties menu, under
Desktop, it lists the correct Background in the small preview window, but
doesn't actually apply it to the desktop.
 
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