legal notice key:
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q238149
- Original Message -
From: Malcolm Reitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Dan
for love. I would do anything you've been
dreamin of. But I won't do that. -- Meatloaf.
-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
So what would work better
September 2001 09:18
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
I agree..except whenone decides to rename their favourite BMP file to
the same name as the wallpaper. We now also have to copy the BMP down in the
login script (see how messy this can become? :-)
We also
no
matter how hard he tried.
Malcolm
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 9:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Copy the file, use a name with an ALT- char in it, and set it to read-only
Title: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
not sure about the splash screen. Wallpaper can done with policies.
-Original Message-
From: Dan Munley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Splash screens and wallpaper
I
What exactly are the higher ups looking for in the splash screen?
Chris Bodnar
The Lehigh Group
610-966-9702 X:134
-Original Message-
From: Dan Munley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Splash screens and wallpaper
oskrnl.exe
though.
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:10 PMTo: NT System
Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Splash screens and
wallpaper
not sure about the splash screen. Wallpaper can done
wit
Title: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Depending on Dan's definition of "splash screen" that could also be done
via group policy. You can define "Message text for users attempting to
logon". That will throw up a text screen after the user hits
ctrl-alt-del. They hav
Dan,
As someone who has lived through this before...
1. You can change the default user background. Create your own bitmap and
have the Wallpaper entry in Hkey_Users\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop point
to it. There is also a way to put a legal notice message box, requiring an
OK click, up
. Search the
web for instructions on how. It entails modifying ntoskrnl.exe though.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Been there, done that.
No thanks!
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
2. IMHO, this is a colossal waste of time. Policies or no, there are too
Title: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
We
already have the test screen. This will be a .bmp or .jpg file wilt a
slogan or graphic.
-Original Message-From: Kevin Lundy
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001
4:15 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE
Title: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Splash
screens are definately a pain. In Windows 2K server you can define a
Group Policy Object (GPO) that can add the box in when a person hits
crtl-alt-del. Does anyone know how to disable mutlitple pop up browers you
get when going to particular
: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Can you just modify winnt256.bmp or define a custom BMP file as a wallpaper
for
default user?
Otherwise you can write a simple program in any language with an image and a
timer
Andrey
Set them both during the logon.
Expect that people will change them back.
Be prepared to blame someone for the decision.
==
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: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and
wallpaper
The splash screen will be
a BMP slogan and graphic that needs to pop up as the user is logging on.
It could be just a cover-up while the logon script is running. The other
part
, 2001 17:09
PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Splash screens
and wallpaper
There are a bunch of freeware utils that seem to work quite nicely for
getting rid of any and all pop-up ad banners. I like pop-up stopper the
best. Does exactly what it professes, and is easy to circumvent
IssuesSubject: RE: Splash screens
and wallpaper
Splash screens are definately a pain. In Windows 2K server
you can define a Group Policy Object (GPO) that can add the box in when a
person hits crtl-alt-del. Does anyone know how to disable mutlitple pop
up browers you get when going to particular
So what would work better if they did change them back ? Login Script
or policies ?
-Original Message-
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 17:18
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
Set them both during
If you do it with policies you can/would also lockdown the ability to change
the desktop
-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2001 12:26
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
So what would work
, 2001 17:09
PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Splash screens
and wallpaper
There are a bunch of freeware utils that seem to work quite nicely for
getting rid of any and all pop-up ad banners. I like pop-up stopper the
best. Does exactly what it professes, and is easy to circumvent
you've been
dreamin of. But I won't do that. -- Meatloaf.
-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper
So what would work better if they did change them
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