| "Oldster" <
[email protected]>
| wrote in message | On the Display Properties screen there is no "Desktop" tab
| to allow me to easily change the monitor background. This is on
| Windows XP Professional. On another machine running XP
| Home, the tab IS there. Is there any way to get the tab into
| the Display Properties screen?
I am able to replicate your problem by enabling the following
Group Policy: Turn on Classic Shell
If your computer is a member of a corporate network I suggest
that you discuss this issue with your Systems Administrator. If
this is your home computer, a Windows XP Professional stand-alone
computer that you administer, then:
Run the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), locate the following
policy and set it to "Not Configured":
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows
Components\Windows Explorer: Turn on Classic Shell
Keep in mind that for a Windows XP Professional stand-alone
computer, only one local Group Policy object exists. As such,
every policy set using the Group Policy console will effect every
user of the computer, including the built-in Administrator.
For more information about Group Policies and a Windows XP
Professional stand-alone computer search the Windows XP
Professional Help and Support Center for "Client operating
systems" (with the quotes) and read the "Note" in the Full-text
Search Match by that title.
And if you have any more question about Group Policy you will
find the experts in the following newsgroup:
Windows: Group Policy
microsoft.public.windows.group_policy
The following page has links you can click to access the
newsgroup with your Web browser, or with a Network News Transfer
Protocol (NNTP)-based newsreader such as Outlook Express.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Management Technologies Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/newsgroups/management/default.mspx
And here are some links to some documentation about
Registry-Based Group Policy:
Microsoft Windows XP - Resources about Group Policy and related
technologies
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/gpe_resources.mspx
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2003
(PolicySettings.xls)
http://microsoft.com/downloads/deta...2F-DA15-438D-8E48-45915CD2BC14&displaylang=en
PolicySettings.xls is a detailed spreadsheet that lists the full
set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template
(.adm) files. Fields included in the spreadsheet are: *.adm
File, Computer/User Node, Policy Path, Full Policy Name,
Supported on, Help/Explain Text, Registry Settings.
