Desktop image restriction incomplete

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FreeWorld

Hi!

Need to restrict the desktop image on a desktop (W2K_SP3)
in a public "open" room.
Managed to do so using GPO. The users can't change the
image.
But when IE is used and "save the picture as desktop
image" W2K actually saves the image on the HD and this
saved picture will be displyed for about 5 to 10 seconds
when the computer is being shutted down.
Why does this happen?

Cheers
FreeWorld
 
Thank you Carrie!

I just looooove good explanatoins.

Cheers
FreeWorld
-----Original Message-----
Hi FreeWorld,

There are two reasons why a picture "Set As Wallpaper" using Internet Explorer (or
Paint) is "displyed for about 5 to 10 seconds when the computer is being shutted
down" even though you have used Group Policies in the Administrative
Templates\Desktop\Active Desktop node to lockdown Wallpaper settings.

The first is because Internet Explorer and Active Desktop use different registry
locations to store the Wallpaper settings.

And the second is because prior to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 the "Disable Change
Wallpaper" policy did not disable other methods of
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changing the wallpaper. For more
information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

KB280687 - "Disable Change Wallpaper" Policy Does Not Prevent All Wallpaper Changes
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=280687

Additional information:

The "registry entry" referred to in KB280687 (for
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Internet Explorer/Paint Wallpaper
settings) can be found here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

And for information on how to "set the security on the registry entry in the registry
so that users cannot write to it" (quote from KB280687), search Registry Editor Help
(Regedt32.chm) for the topic titled: "To assign
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permissions to a registry key".
 
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