Hi there,

I want to set the little display picture you see on the start menu and
logon screen via a logon script (or similar).

I can't really work out how to do this - it seems quite complicated. I
can see a .bmp file is created in C:\Users\%username%\Local Settings
\temp (filename domain+username.bmp) and also a .dat file in C:
\ProgramData\microsoft\User Account Pictures

The .dat file is always 32KB in size and isn't a .bmp in disguise, but
the last few octets of the file refer to the the file path that the
picture originally looked at. Process monitor seems to imply
imgres.dll is involved along the line, but this is really beyond my
experience now!

Does anyone have any 'official' way of setting this?



Cheers,

Alex

"Alex Lomas" <alexlomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1193761843.499891.116080@xxxxxx

> Hi there,
>
> I want to set the little display picture you see on the start menu and
> logon screen via a logon script (or similar).
>
> I can't really work out how to do this - it seems quite complicated. I
> can see a .bmp file is created in C:\Users\%username%\Local Settings
> \temp (filename domain+username.bmp) and also a .dat file in C:
> \ProgramData\microsoft\User Account Pictures
>
> The .dat file is always 32KB in size and isn't a .bmp in disguise, but
> the last few octets of the file refer to the the file path that the
> picture originally looked at. Process monitor seems to imply
> imgres.dll is involved along the line, but this is really beyond my
> experience now!
>
> Does anyone have any 'official' way of setting this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>

What would be the point of altering a picture by login script which will
fire after a user has logged on ?

--

Mike Brannigan

On Oct 30, 5:46 pm, "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@xxxxxx> wrote:

> "Alex Lomas" <alexlo...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:1193761843.499891.116080@xxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>

> > Hi there,

>

> > I want to set the little display picture you see on the start menu and
> > logon screen via a logon script (or similar).

>

> > I can't really work out how to do this - it seems quite complicated. I
> > can see a .bmp file is created in C:\Users\%username%\Local Settings
> > \temp (filename domain+username.bmp) and also a .dat file in C:
> > \ProgramData\microsoft\User Account Pictures

>

> > The .dat file is always 32KB in size and isn't a .bmp in disguise, but
> > the last few octets of the file refer to the the file path that the
> > picture originally looked at. Process monitor seems to imply
> > imgres.dll is involved along the line, but this is really beyond my
> > experience now!

>

> > Does anyone have any 'official' way of setting this?

>

> > Cheers,

>

> > Alex

>
> What would be the point of altering a picture by login script which will
> fire after a user has logged on ?
>
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Then it will be set for future logons (but logon script was just one
example mechanism, it doesn't matter where it runs, just whether it's
possible or not).