Recepie for locking or disabling Windows XP Desktop Wallpaper
Here is a Five step recepie to disable the changing of the Windows XP desktop background (Wallpaper). 1.)Disable Active Desktop. 2.)Remove ‘right click’ Set as Background. 3.)Set Prevent Changing Wallpaper group policy. 4.)Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools. 5.)Set desktop background via registry. Step 1 Disable Active Desktop – Users can modify their desktop wallpaper using the active desktop settings. C:\>gpedit.msc User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Desktop -> Active Desktop -> Disable Active Desktop Step 2 Remove Context Menu Item ‘Set As Background’ – Users can right click images and use the context sensitive menu to select Set as Background. Delete the following key. c:\reg delete CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview Step 3 Enable the Prevent Changing Wallpaper group policy to remove the tab from the display properties. C:\>gpedit.msc User Configuration -> Administrative Templa...