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| Windows 7 wallpapers |
If you are a administer computers in your home or a small office, perhaps you will find it is really abnoxious when some other users constantly change the Screen Saver and Wallpaper. Expecially they may be inexperienced users and download some Screen Saver or Wallpaper packages from shady sites which include lots of Spyware. At this time, you may want others users lose the right to change Screen savers and Wallpaper except for your permission. Now I will show you two ways to stop changing the Screen Saver and Wallpaper in Windows 7.
Note: This method uses Group Policy which is not available in Home versions on Windows 7.
Open the Start Menu and enter gpedit.msc into the Search box and hit Enter.
When Local Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Control Panel \ Personalization. Then in the right column double-click on Prevent changing desktop background.
Now check the radio button next to "Enabled", then click "OK".
Back on the Group Policy Screen, double-click on "Prevent changing screen saver".
In the next screen select the radio button next to Enable, click OK, then close out of Group Policy Editor.
Now when a user goes into the Personalization section, the Desktop Background hyperlink is now grayed out and inactive. Notice the message One or more of the settings on this page has been disabled by the system administrator at the bottom of the section.
If they click to change the Screen Saver, an error message will pop up letting them know the function is disabled. You can just click "OK" to finish your configuration.