Efrain

Right click the screen > select Personalize > Desktop Background > after
making the selection, just close the program.

Efrain

"A Lake" wrote:

> I understand that Vista now forces you to use the manky welcome screen - is
> there no way to choose your own background on this login screen?
>
> In the current XP domain our PCs are goruped in rooms and suites, each with
> their own background showing the PC name and room name for ease of use -
> presumably MS now think this is unwise in some way as it has been removed?
>
> I tried setting the background using the HKU\.DEFAULT\control
> panel\explorer\wallpaper registry key but still greeted by the unpleasant
> green swirl!
>
> As we operate over 500 PCs in a school, I will really enjoy having the
> manually change all of the options the kids change on the main login screen
> as these don't seem to be controlled by group policy.
>
> One step closer to open source....