Hi Rick, Thanks - btw - this reghack works also if you have specific backgrounds per machine as in the HOLs or MOCs - just put the screenshots for every computer in a specific directory (let's use the example c:\imgs), name them as the computername, then set the Wallpaper-Regkey as reg_expandable_sz with the value c:\imgs\%computername%.bmp in the default user profile and in the .default user. Delete the profile you used and go ahead - it does not matter which users are being created during the lab, background stays specific per computer (e.g. to show which computer it is and the network infrastructure of the scenario).
I change every MOC I'm teaching that way - much more convenient for me and the students. Gruesse - Sincerely, Ulf B. Simon-Weidner MVP-Book "Windows XP - Die Expertentipps": http://tinyurl.com/44zcz Weblog: http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner WebSite: http://www.windowsserverfaq.org > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:00 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop > > Justin - > > I'm going to try again because, IMHO, you're working WAY too > hard at this one problem. > > My current preference - > > http://www.kewlit.com/whoami/index2b.html > > Great for the Data Center boxes connected via KVM. > > If you haven't looked at this tool - you have NO IDEA what > you're missing. > Simply elegant. Not as much info (or, as I've seen it on > some systems - flipping information OVERLOAD) as Sysinternals > 'bginfo', but if you just want the simple basics and a NAME, > here it is. > > Don't knock this one until you try it. > > -rtk > > P.S. Ulf - love the reg hack, BTW... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ulf B. > Simon-Weidner > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:03 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop > > Hello Justin, > > Apart from the scripting answers you got, here's a different solution: > > Rename My Computer on any workstation to > WHATEVER-I-DONT-GIVE-A-D. Open up regedit and search for > WHATEVER-I-DONT-GIVE-A-D. > > Create a new Key of the type Reg_expand_sz called WHATEVER, > and put in "%computername%" as value. Export the parent key > (where WHATEVER-I-DONT-GIVE-A-D was the default value) to a reg file. > > Open up the regfile in notepad, and change it so that the > value of WHATEVER of type reg_expand_sz is assigned to the > default key "@". > > Delete the old key in regedit, then doubleclick the regfile. > The type of the key should now be reg_expand_sz (before it > was reg_sz and would have shown %computername% instead of > resolving it. > > If you are nice, and want some more information, you can use > this regfile: > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}] > @=hex(2):25,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00 > ,25,00,20,00,\ > > 40,00,20,00,25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72 > ,00,6e,00,61,\ > 00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00 > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\E > xplorer\CLSID\ > {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}] > @=hex(2):25,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00 > ,25,00,20,00,\ > > 40,00,20,00,25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72 > ,00,6e,00,61,\ > 00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00 > > Gruesse - Sincerely, > > Ulf B. Simon-Weidner > > MVP-Book "Windows XP - Die Expertentipps": http://tinyurl.com/44zcz > Weblog: http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner > WebSite: http://www.windowsserverfaq.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Salandra, Justin A. > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:41 PM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop > > > > I have a question, is there a way to display the computer > > name on the desktop either through a login script or via GPO? > > > > Justin A. Salandra > > MCSE Windows 2000 & 2003 > > Network and Technology Services Manager > > Catholic Healthcare System > > 212.752.7300 - office > > 917.455.0110 - cell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
