I am trying to deploy a wallpaper through a GPO. I created a test ou and placed a user in it. The ou has "block policy inheritance" checked. The settings are under user config->Admin templates->desktop->active desktop. "enable ad" is enabled; "active desktop wallpaper" is enabled with the wallpaper path: c:\winnt\***.jpg. Also tried other wallpapers with a path of c:\winnt\***.bmp. The result is always the picture on the left side of the user's desktop and the IE home page on the right side of the desktop.
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BWilson77080
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ill look to see if i can find some kind of reslution for ya..ill keep the notification in my inbox so i dont forget about ya
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i know how you can fix it manually, and i ebt i can tell ya what its doing, but im not sure why the group policy is enabling the feature.
if you go into the web tab in the display properties im betting that My Current Homepage is checked. I jsut manually recreated your issue by doing this, displayed half of my wallpaper and google.com (my home paeg)
im gonna try to recreate the issue in a gpo on my pc and see if it does the same and attempt to fix it from there...ill let ya know what i come up with.
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Ok I wasnt able to recreate the issue through a GPO, mine applied ok. What I was able to do however, was go into the web tab and just check and uncheck current home page...but that may be because im a local admin.
BWilson77080
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where are you mapping the pictures to? local drive or server share?
have you tried putting it at the domain level and filtering the GPO to include only the appropriate groups to elminate any funky policy contradictions (it doesnt sound like a policy contridiction though, its defiantely enabling the current home page setting)
have you tried putting it at the domain level and filtering the GPO to include only the appropriate groups to elminate any funky policy contradictions (it doesnt sound like a policy contridiction though, its defiantely enabling the current home page setting)
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I haven't tried putting the gpo at domain level yet. I have a domain level policy and then: MIS ou --> Test ou. The test ou has the wallpaper policy along with "block policy inheritance." I've tried both pictures on a server and on the local machine (usually in winnt). I will try unchecking the homepage thing on a user desktop...
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Dont know if anyone has helped you with the answer biker94 but I suffered the same problem .. found your question and was disappointed to see noone was able to help. So after an hour of sifting through the registry i found a solution
The answer lies in the following registry key:
HKCU\software\microsoft\internet explorer\desktop\components\0\flags key
When "My Current Home Page" is ticked.. you get a value such as (8194) or atleast thats what i had
but to disable it you get a value of (2)
If your environment is anything like ours.. you dont allow domain users admin rights on their own PC.So by importing registry keys with FLAGS set to (2) which can be achieved through your logon scripts you can stop the IE homepage covering your wallpaper.
You will need Reg.exe to manipulate the registry (in this case importing). Then in your logon scripts just run a command such as
\\<servername>\path\reg import \\<servername>\path\registryfix.reg
Hope this helps... and even if it doesnt.. someone is sure to want the answer to this @ some stage
The answer lies in the following registry key:
HKCU\software\microsoft\internet explorer\desktop\components\0\flags key
When "My Current Home Page" is ticked.. you get a value such as (8194) or atleast thats what i had
but to disable it you get a value of (2)
If your environment is anything like ours.. you dont allow domain users admin rights on their own PC.So by importing registry keys with FLAGS set to (2) which can be achieved through your logon scripts you can stop the IE homepage covering your wallpaper.
You will need Reg.exe to manipulate the registry (in this case importing). Then in your logon scripts just run a command such as
\\<servername>\path\reg import \\<servername>\path\registryfix.reg
Hope this helps... and even if it doesnt.. someone is sure to want the answer to this @ some stage
I am having the same problem. I have applied a group policy to myself, which enables active desktop and deploys a particular wallpaper. When I logon to my PC it is OK. When I logon to another PC in my office I get the IE homepage showing instead. On inspecting the active desktop properties (right clicking the desktop), the "my current homepage" item is checked. Evidently group policy cannot override this option.
Funkaymonkay: In terms of manipulating the registry, surely you can't do it via login scripts because the user is not an administrator. I have tried this in the past and resorted to pushing it out myself from my PC. If you know differently, please let me know.
Regards,
Phil.
Funkaymonkay: In terms of manipulating the registry, surely you can't do it via login scripts because the user is not an administrator. I have tried this in the past and resorted to pushing it out myself from my PC. If you know differently, please let me know.
Regards,
Phil.
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