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10-30-2007
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| | Programmatically setting user picture 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 |
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10-30-2007
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| | Re: Programmatically setting user picture "Alex Lomas" <alexlomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1193761843.499891.116080@xxxxxx Quote: > 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 > fire after a user has logged on ? -- Mike Brannigan |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: Programmatically setting user picture On Oct 30, 5:46 pm, "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > "Alex Lomas" <alexlo...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:1193761843.499891.116080@xxxxxx > > > > > Quote: > > Hi there, Quote: > > I want to set the little display picture you see on the start menu and > > logon screen via a logon script (or similar). Quote: > > 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 Quote: > > 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! Quote: > > Does anyone have any 'official' way of setting this? Quote: > > Cheers, Quote: > > 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 - example mechanism, it doesn't matter where it runs, just whether it's possible or not). |
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