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Shawn Gradwell
Asked: 2012-06-18 09:43:30 +0800 CST

Windows 7 Desktop background picture in Group Policy displaying black - XP working correctly

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We want everyone on the Windows Domain to have the same desktop background. This is set up in a Group Policy. This works great in Windows XP but the Windows 7 machines display a black background.

I have re-created the Group Policy, done various tests with different types and sizes of files Enabling and Disabling Active Desktop. I have researched and tried some options and patches from Microsoft as well.

Any idea what I can try or even how to determine the problem?

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  1. Known issue, however this should have been resolved in SP1:

    The "Desktop Wallpaper" Group Policy setting is not applied in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977944

    https://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/11/20/windows-7-rtm-issue-with-group-policy-enforced-wallpaper.aspx

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