Freeware to automatically restore desktop background on startup?
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From: HeyBub on 5 Aug 2010 09:39 John S wrote: > Operating systems XP, Vista, Win7 > > Would like something which operates at boot time to restore desktop to > predetermined settings if they have been changed by a previous user. > > I have downloaded software "Desktop OK" which will restore the icons > to their previous layout, and would also like to restore the desktop > background to its predetermined setting (in this case, no background > picture, just a uniform colour). > > Is there simple freeware for this, or is it a job for a batch file (in > which case how to design the batch file)? > > cheers, > > John S Consider Microsoft's "Steady State" program. It returns a PC to a pre-configured condition, irrespective of what a user may have done. Free. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&displaylang=en
From: John S on 6 Aug 2010 02:09
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:41:56 +0000, Jim wrote: > On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:39:04 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > >>John S wrote: >>> Operating systems XP, Vista, Win7 >>> >>> Would like something which operates at boot time to restore desktop to >>> predetermined settings if they have been changed by a previous user. >>> >>> I have downloaded software "Desktop OK" which will restore the icons >>> to their previous layout, and would also like to restore the desktop >>> background to its predetermined setting (in this case, no background >>> picture, just a uniform colour). >>> >>> Is there simple freeware for this, or is it a job for a batch file (in >>> which case how to design the batch file)? >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> John S >> >>Consider Microsoft's "Steady State" program. It returns a PC to a >>pre-configured condition, irrespective of what a user may have done. Free. >> >>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&displaylang=en > > XP & Vista only. No good on Windows 7. Thanks HeyBub (and Jim). Might take a look at it all the same. cheers, John S |