How can we prevent changing the desktop to Windows to change the Windows

Whether you are the administrator of a computer networks (in a local-head, a school, a company or a public institution) and you want all the desktops to display the same logo or the same wallpaper, whether at the equipment equipment they have various people who like to leave their personal "fingerprint" after each use of it, if you have become tired to be changed. The background image It would be best to prevent its modification (both of Desktop Properties/Personalize as well as by clicking-right on an image and selecting Set as Desktop Background) by a simple Edit of registers.

Careful! Before making any changes in system registers, we recommend you to back up their way to avoid any unpleasant consequences (caused especially by erroneous changes).

How do we restrict the users to change the background image/wallpaper a PC?

  • open the register editor (taste regedit in Search-ul FROM Start Menu And give Enter; uSERS XP will open Run, then they will key regedit si vor da Enter)
  • Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem (daca System It does not exist in your system, create it as SubKey sub Policies)
system-key
  • In the panel on the right side (below the system) Create the entrance (string) Wallpaper, then give double-click on this and in the field below Value Insert the wallpaper location you want to set as a background image (the exact path to it)
string-value

Also, depending on how you want to display the wallpaper, you can create a new STRING by name WallpaperStyle to which you give one of the following values:

  • 0Centered (with the image in the center)
  • 1Tilted (With the image displayed several times, according to its resolution)
  • 2Streched (with the image displayed all over the screen)
wallpaper-style

After you have made these changes, give restart or Log off Then log in again and you will notice that the background image will no longer be changed using the usual methods. Success!

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