GPO Desktop Background Windows 7 Problem

[dubsdj]

Anybody know why Group Policy is not applying desktop backgrounds to Windows 7 clients? XP clients dont have a problem with it..

any work arounds for this problem?

[cluberti]

It seems this is somewhat of a known issue if the stars align for you, and it's also documented (and there's a hotfix available) on the Microsoft site.

[dubsdj]

It seems this is somewhat of a known issue if the stars align for you, and it's also documented (and there's a hotfix available) on the Microsoft site.

Well, the hotfix sort of worked.. the desktop background appears for about 10 seconds and then the screen goes to a black background.

any other ideas?

Edited February 26, 2010 by dubsdj

[cluberti]

What type of file is the background file? I remember with XP we had a horrid time with jpg or gif files, but bmp files always worked. Windows 7 uses jpg files (I believe) by default, so making sure it's a JPG is a good start, also running a procmon while forcing/setting the wallpapaer (and watching it disappear) might be a good idea too, in case something odd is happening at the process/thread level you can see.

[dubsdj]

What type of file is the background file? I remember with XP we had a horrid time with jpg or gif files, but bmp files always worked. Windows 7 uses jpg files (I believe) by default, so making sure it's a JPG is a good start, also running a procmon while forcing/setting the wallpapaer (and watching it disappear) might be a good idea too, in case something odd is happening at the process/thread level you can see.

Oh that's really annoying.. With XP I used BMP's because Jpegs you had to keep on refreshing the screen.. Problem is that it's a user policy and we have a mixed environment.. **** it! I will try a jpeg and see what happens.

[dubsdj]

What type of file is the background file? I remember with XP we had a horrid time with jpg or gif files, but bmp files always worked. Windows 7 uses jpg files (I believe) by default, so making sure it's a JPG is a good start, also running a procmon while forcing/setting the wallpapaer (and watching it disappear) might be a good idea too, in case something odd is happening at the process/thread level you can see.

I changed the background to jpg instead but still after 10 seconds the background disappears and I get a lovely black desktop.

[dubsdj]

What type of file is the background file? I remember with XP we had a horrid time with jpg or gif files, but bmp files always worked. Windows 7 uses jpg files (I believe) by default, so making sure it's a JPG is a good start, also running a procmon while forcing/setting the wallpapaer (and watching it disappear) might be a good idea too, in case something odd is happening at the process/thread level you can see.

I changed the background to jpg instead but still after 10 seconds the background disappears and I get a lovely black desktop.

I wonder if it has something to do with Ultra VNC running on the PC.

[dubsdj]

Ultra VNC was the cause of the black background