unnattended install Desktop Default Colour change

[JimBobUK]

Sorry bout my bad english!

I am creating an unnattended install, I want to change the default M$ desktop blue for white.

This must be for all users, could someone help me find the registry key for this or how to added custom defs to the .STF file when building?

Many thanks

[Ctrl-X]

The desktop color is a per-user setting. The corresponding registry key is HKCU\Control Panel\Colors\Background. You could set this to white for all users by importing the following registry file from Cmdlines.txt:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"Background"="255 255 255"

The initial desktop color would then be white for all users. They'd still be able to change it themselves though.

[JimBobUK]

The desktop color is a per-user setting. The corresponding registry key is HKCU\Control Panel\Colors\Background. You could set this to white for all users by importing the following registry file from Cmdlines.txt:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"Background"="255 255 255"

The initial desktop color would then be white for all users. They'd still be able to change it themselves though.

Thanks for that, I did see that when i was delving around.

Guess theres no way to change reg in hive before installing windows?

[Ctrl-X]

Guess theres no way to change reg in hive before installing windows?

Well, if you import the registry entry like this, it is set during the Windows installation, which would seem early enough for me... The entry is also specified in Hivedef.inf, so you could try changing it there and see if that works.