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Guest Angel Tsankov
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Hello,

 

How can I change the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen that appears when

connecting to a terminal server? By default, it is grey and makes the

desktop wallpaper on the console logon screen grey, too.

 

Angel Tsankov

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Guest jolteroli
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Re: Changing the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen?

 

"Angel Tsankov" <fn42551@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

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> Hello,

>

> How can I change the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen that appears

> when connecting to a terminal server? By default, it is grey and makes the

> desktop wallpaper on the console logon screen grey, too.

 

First, make sure the image is in 24-bit BMP format and is stored in the

common wallpaper directory "/WinNT/Web/Wallpaper/logon.bmp".

"/WinNT/logon.bmp" is fine too.

 

Setup this wallpaper in your profile as it should look. (Tiled, Streched,

....)

 

Open the registry editor and copy the three values "Wallpaper",

"WallpaperStyle" and "TileWallpaper" from "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control

Panel/Desktop" (your profile) to the same values in the key

"HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop" (System Profile).

 

Logoff and logon /wo username so the logon prompt is shown.

 

-jolt

Guest Angel Tsankov
Posted

Re: Changing the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen?

 

 

"jolteroli" <jolt1976@gmx.net> wrote in message

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> "Angel Tsankov" <fn42551@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

> news:uLnfGuO2IHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Hello,

>>

>> How can I change the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen that appears

>> when connecting to a terminal server? By default, it is grey and makes

>> the

>> desktop wallpaper on the console logon screen grey, too.

>

> First, make sure the image is in 24-bit BMP format and is stored in the

> common wallpaper directory "/WinNT/Web/Wallpaper/logon.bmp".

> "/WinNT/logon.bmp" is fine too.

>

> Setup this wallpaper in your profile as it should look. (Tiled, Streched,

> ...)

>

> Open the registry editor and copy the three values "Wallpaper",

> "WallpaperStyle" and "TileWallpaper" from "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control

> Panel/Desktop" (your profile) to the same values in the key

> "HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop" (System Profile).

>

> Logoff and logon /wo username so the logon prompt is shown.

>

> -jolt

>

 

Does not help: the wallpaper of the logon screen is still grey.

Guest jolteroli
Posted

Re: Changing the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen?

 

 

"Angel Tsankov" <fn42551@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

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>

> "jolteroli" <jolt1976@gmx.net> wrote in message

> news:g4550d$6sk$01$1@news.t-online.com...

>> "Angel Tsankov" <fn42551@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

>> news:uLnfGuO2IHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Hello,

>>>

>>> How can I change the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen that appears

>>> when connecting to a terminal server? By default, it is grey and makes

>>> the

>>> desktop wallpaper on the console logon screen grey, too.

>>

>> First, make sure the image is in 24-bit BMP format and is stored in the

>> common wallpaper directory "/WinNT/Web/Wallpaper/logon.bmp".

>> "/WinNT/logon.bmp" is fine too.

>>

>> Setup this wallpaper in your profile as it should look. (Tiled, Streched,

>> ...)

>>

>> Open the registry editor and copy the three values "Wallpaper",

>> "WallpaperStyle" and "TileWallpaper" from "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control

>> Panel/Desktop" (your profile) to the same values in the key

>> "HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop" (System Profile).

>>

>> Logoff and logon /wo username so the logon prompt is shown.

>>

>> -jolt

>>

>

> Does not help: the wallpaper of the logon screen is still grey.

>

 

You did set the RDP-experiences, that wallpaper is enabled?

Guest Angel Tsankov
Posted

Re: Changing the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen?

 

>>>> Hello,

>>>>

>>>> How can I change the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen that appears

>>>> when connecting to a terminal server? By default, it is grey and makes

>>>> the

>>>> desktop wallpaper on the console logon screen grey, too.

>>>

>>> First, make sure the image is in 24-bit BMP format and is stored in the

>>> common wallpaper directory "/WinNT/Web/Wallpaper/logon.bmp".

>>> "/WinNT/logon.bmp" is fine too.

>>>

>>> Setup this wallpaper in your profile as it should look. (Tiled,

>>> Streched, ...)

>>>

>>> Open the registry editor and copy the three values "Wallpaper",

>>> "WallpaperStyle" and "TileWallpaper" from "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control

>>> Panel/Desktop" (your profile) to the same values in the key

>>> "HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop" (System Profile).

>>>

>>> Logoff and logon /wo username so the logon prompt is shown.

>>>

>>> -jolt

>>>

>>

>> Does not help: the wallpaper of the logon screen is still grey.

>>

>

> You did set the RDP-experiences, that wallpaper is enabled?

>

 

Yes, I did. Maybe I should approach the problem from another direction: is

there a way to change the background color of the console logon screen?

Guest jolteroli
Posted

Re: Changing the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen?

 

>> .............

>> You did set the RDP-experiences, that wallpaper is enabled?

>>

>

> Yes, I did.

 

I'm wondering, because it is working over here ! ??? (2003 Std. R2)

> Maybe I should approach the problem from another direction: is there a way

> to change the background color of the console logon screen?

 

System profile colors are at "HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Colors".

Your profile colors are at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Colors", same

thing. There

must be the value "Background". The three intergers are the color components

in "REG GREEN BLUE" from 0-255.

 

-jolt

Guest Angel Tsankov
Posted

Re: Changing the desktop wallpaper on the logon screen?

 

>>> You did set the RDP-experiences, that wallpaper is enabled?

>>>

>>

>> Yes, I did.

>

> I'm wondering, because it is working over here ! ??? (2003 Std. R2)

>

>> Maybe I should approach the problem from another direction: is there a

>> way

>> to change the background color of the console logon screen?

>

> System profile colors are at "HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Colors".

> Your profile colors are at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Colors", same

> thing. There

> must be the value "Background". The three intergers are the color

> components

> in "REG GREEN BLUE" from 0-255.

 

Obviously, the "Background" value is what I was looking for: setting it to

"0 0 0" changed the wallpaper from grey to black. Thanks.

Oh, is this documented somewhere?


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