Question Using regedit to set wallpaper

[Mike178]

I am trying to figure out how to use PDQ to set a specific wallpaper on remote computers.

I have no knowledge of using regedit commands but there should be a way?

Here is where the policy is:

Group Policy

Here:

Wallpaper

Any ideas or tutorials I could follow to set this in a single command line?

Thank you!

 

[Ralston18]

Are you locked into PDQ?

I suggest Powershell,

Google "Use Powershell to remotely set wallpaper". Then revise the search criteria as you read and learn.

First learn how to make the wallpaper change locally. Manually to start with. Then a script.

Then move on to doing the same things on remote computers.

= = = =

Do be very careful of anything that edits the registry. Target system should be fully backed up and proven recoverable.

 

[Mike178]

Are you locked into PDQ?

I suggest Powershell,

Google "Use Powershell to remotely set wallpaper". Then revise the search criteria as you read and learn.

First learn how to make the wallpaper change locally. Manually to start with. Then a script.

Then move on to doing the same things on remote computers.

= = = =

Do be very careful of anything that edits the registry. Target system should be fully backed up and proven recoverable.

Yes, PDQ is what my organization uses to deploy to computers. This is something with the end goal of bein automated with computer imaging and not going onto computers manually.

 

[Ralston18]

PDQ Deploy?

I would expect that the required wallpaper would be established via Group Policy (gpedit).

Something like the following links:

https://www.prajwaldesai.com/deploy-desktop-background-wallpaper-using-group-policy/

https://msftwebcast.com/2019/08/dep...gement Editor,that stores the wallpaper image.

Old but detailed.

And more specific to PDQ (but also old):

https://help.pdq.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/211670687-Windows-backgrounds

What specific problem(s) are being encountered? More information needed.

 

[Mike178]

PDQ Deploy?

I would expect that the required wallpaper would be established via Group Policy (gpedit).

Something like the following links:

https://www.prajwaldesai.com/deploy-desktop-background-wallpaper-using-group-policy/

https://msftwebcast.com/2019/08/deploy-desktop-background-wallpaper-using-group-policy.html#:~:text=In Group Policy Management Editor,that stores the wallpaper image.

Old but detailed.

And more specific to PDQ (but also old):

https://help.pdq.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/211670687-Windows-backgrounds

What specific problem(s) are being encountered? More information needed.

Thank you for the links, I am reading through those now. I do not have a specific error, I am just trying to understand how to force a wallpaper and adjust the settings inside of "Group Policy Editor" through a command that can be pushed through PDQ.

 

[Ralston18]

You are welcome.

Think of the requirement as a two step process:

First, the commands/configuration to force/change the wallpaper on a local PC via GPO.

Second, how to push those commands through PDQ.

Keep in mind that the desired wallpaper may need to be in some commonly accessible folder.

Overall, should be quite doable - many companies use logo's etc. as their wallpaper.

As a side note, Powershell could be a fallback solution if all else fails.

And may eventually prove overall more useful than PDQ over the long run. Just "food for thought".