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From: Tim Meddick on 2 Feb 2010 15:19
That's right, where a single profile is already set up, either in the factory, outlet
or by the end user, the wallpaper first used is translated to the "default profile"
and becomes the wallpaper of any new profile created.

It's also a "quirk" of XP's to display the wallpaper defined in :

[HKU\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"=""

....will also display itself for anything from 5 -15 seconds, just before the
"Welcome" screen appears.

Some people use this behaviour as a "splash screen", as it appears before the
"Welcome" screen, it will be visible to all users of the machine. As in the Kelly's
Corner "Tweak" item below :

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/customsplash.vbs

from Kelly's Corner "Tweaks" page :

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Steve Swift" <steve.j.swift(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:u3AyOHEpKHA.5508(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> It's an IBM branded bitmap (as in Big Blue). It appeared early in the boot process,
> and may well have been the default wallpaper, but since I always chose my own
> desktop bitmap, it doesn't persist long, and doesn't appear at all now. I can't
> explain my motive for wanting to remove it; it just irritates me for some reason.
>
> < clipped >

From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 4 Feb 2010 03:35
In message <u3AyOHEpKHA.5508(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Steve Swift
<steve.j.swift(a)gmail.com> writes:
>J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> What _was_ Blueblack.bmp - the company logo you didn't like? It seems
[]
>It's an IBM branded bitmap (as in Big Blue). It appeared early in the
>boot process, and may well have been the default wallpaper, but since I
>always chose my own desktop bitmap, it doesn't persist long, and
>doesn't appear at all now. I can't explain my motive for wanting to
>remove it; it just irritates me for some reason.
>
>IBM doesn't actually lock down much at all on the systems that it ships
>to us, just stuff like antivirus settings, and some firewall stuff.

Ah - I thought you had meant it was something your employer had put on,
rather than the computer supplier.

>It's a pleasant environment for the technically competent. And fiddlers
>like me. There's nearly always a way around the restrictions anyway, if
>you try hard enough. I even like the fact that we are still mostly on
>XP. At my age, I like things that don't change. I got my new PC on

Likewise, at my employer.

>January 6th, to replace my previous 5-year old one, and was instantly
>right at home, with all the skills/tricks that I've learned still
>working (not to mention software that I'd purchased). I can now look
>forward to another 5 years honing those skills. It will be interesting
>to see what happens when XP goes out of support. We purchased an

Indeed!

>extension to Win95 support the last time we were in this situation.
>
Sounds expensive.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"Anything else you'd like me to do while I'm at it? Paint the sky green? Bury
the odd elephant I find lying around ..." - Tidy, the Android - Earthsearch II,
part 2. (1982-5-2)
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