Need help with setting some defaults for all users in Windows 7...

[zeusabj]

C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg

yes I do that also and replace it everywhere on the drive. You'll find it in several more places

4 places on a 64 bit and then you can also replace

AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg with same.

Do you have a workaround for the "TrustedInstaller" permissions issue, or do you just mount an image and overwrite it in there?

[maxXPsoft]

Do you have a workaround for the "TrustedInstaller" permissions issue, or do you just mount an image and overwrite it in there?

mount and write, may need to take ownership

[zeusabj]

Do you have a workaround for the "TrustedInstaller" permissions issue, or do you just mount an image and overwrite it in there?

mount and write, may need to take ownership

Yeah figured, ah well, at least I have a solution now, thanks guys!

[derniwi]

Hi,

just a question: did you delete the profile of your test user after you changed the defualt user profile? The new values for a default user will not be applied to existing profiles.

Best regards, Nils.

[zeusabj]

If anyone is interested I found an excellent solution for this dilemma here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/mdt/thread/54f71ff7-81b6-4dff-9fb1-845a2efb1026

Aaaaand here is the script I wrote to do the work for me (with help from that post):

@echo off

:: Set script execution directory
set _thisdir=%~dp0

:: Take ownership of original
TakeOwn.exe /F %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg

:: Replaces acls with default inherited acls
icacls %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg /reset

:: Rename original
RENAME %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg imgX.jpg

:: Run copy operation
XCOPY "%_thisdir%Wallpaper\*.*" "%SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows" /D /E /C /R /I /K /Y

Hope this makes it easier on the next person!

Edited March 10, 2010 by zeusabj