[THIN] Re: Wallpaper
- From: "Jim Hathaway" <JimH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:32:49 -0700
It may be a question of timeing in that when the OPS is updating the
info in the Mandatory profile that includes data like "screensaver" and
"desktop wallpaper" the explorer shell is already loaded for the end
user session and so they don't display correctly even though they are in
the proper places in the registry.
I would be curious if a user were able to end task on Explorer.exe in
their session and start it up again if the wallpaper would should up as
expected.
If you're using group policies, you could set them up to "run logon
scripts synchronously" which forces the explorer shell to not start
untill all scripts have completed processing. This can add to your login
time though (not by a ton, but sometimes even an additional 10 seconds
can seem like an eternity to end users).
Personally, I'm not a fan of wallpapers, and certinly not screen savers
in end user sessions on TS servers (had a user somehow load up Seti@home
as a screen saver on a TS box a while back . . that sure brought the TS
servers to it's knees as soon as the user walked away from his desk). As
is mentioned in the thread here, you can disable wallpapers on the ICA
connection settings (as opposed to through grouppolicies) of each
server. And of course, within grouppolicy you have the option of
defining default screensaver options for end users, as well as the
ability to deny them from selecting one. (assuming you're running an AD
network of course w/ at least windows 2000 servers).
HTH
J
________________________________
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lilley, Brian
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:08 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Wallpaper
My wallpaper is a picture of an Aprillia RSV 1000 Millr R with a leather
clad babe sitting on top, so I disagree...
actually, I have the same problem with flex on win2k and XP...
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Barrett
Sent: 29 September 2004 17:57
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Wallpaper
ICA connection is not set to disable wallpaper. I agree whole
heartedly about wallpaper, my point has always been if you are actually
doing something then your wallpaper is never visible, if you are not
doing something then who cares what is on your computer as your
screensaver should kick in or turn off your monitor.
Bob Barrett
FVSD#52
________________________________
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BRUTON, Malcolm, FM
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:51 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Wallpaper
What do you want wallpaper for ??? Most people get rid of
it....
How about you look at properties on the ICA connection and
verify the disable wallpaper option is not checked.
Malcolm
________________________________
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Barrett
Sent: 29 September 2004 16:32
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Wallpaper
Since the last one went so well, I figured I'd share another
problem with you. This one falls squarely under the public relations
part of the job. :-)
We are using Flex Profiles and hence an underlying mandatory
profile. The issue is that each user logs in and sets a pretty
background and then later they logout. The next time they login the
background is gone. Not really gone, because if you look in the display
properties and look at the desktop tab, the background is selected, the
preview is even there, but no background on the computer. Same thing
with screensaver settings.
The strange thing is all of the settings are saving properly in
the ops file, they get loaded correctly. If a user checks the registry
the entries for wallpaper and screensaver are there, but they do not get
applied. It is like the ops file cannot overwrite the default
user/mandatory profile settings. Any ideas?
Robert Barrett MCSE, CCA
Enterprise Administrator
robertb@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:robertb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Phone: (780) 927-3766
Fax: (780) 926-3037
http://www.fvsd.ab.ca <http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/>
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