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| 07 Nov 2011 | #1 |
| | Logon Wallpaper - automatically change w/ every logon My method for automatically changing the Windows 7 logon/logoff wallpaper with every logon. Step 1: Use one of the many guides on the web to enable custom/oem logon wallpaper, such as Brink's: Log On Screen - Change Step 2: Copy whatever JPEG images you want to use for logon/logoff wallpaper in to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds You do not need to rename them -- just so long as their file extension is JPG or JPEG they'll be fine. Step 3: Copy the following into C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds\rand.vbs Code: '=========================================
'rand.vbs
'Random logon/logoff wallpaper generator
'Author: ltwally@gmail.com
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Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFolder, objFile, colFiles
Dim min, max, result, aWallpaper(100)
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(".\")
min = 1
max = 0
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
If ((LCase(Right(CStr(objFile.Name), 3)) = "jpg") Or (LCase(Right(CStr(objFile.Name), 4)) = "jpeg")) Then
If NOT (CStr(objFile.Name) = "backgroundDefault.jpg") Then
max = max + 1
aWallpaper(max) = CStr(objFile.Name)
End If
End If
Next
Randomize
result = Int((max-min+1)*Rnd+min)
objFSO.CopyFile ".\" & aWallpaper(result), ".\" & "backgroundDefault.jpg", True Step 4: Create a custom task in the Task Scheduler with the following properties.  You need to set the permissions here for an administrator account that has access to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds   Add arguments: C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds\rand.vbs Startup in: C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds  It's a bit more complicated than just installing a program to do it for you... but after you get it going, it zero-management; just drop whatever images you want to use in that folder. |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #2 |
| | You may want to link to this in your thread: Task Scheduler - Create New Task |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #3 |
| | Good idea. Thanks |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #4 |
| | I also am having problems getting this to work. DO you have team viewer and could look? |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #5 |
| | Zero, Where are you getting hung up at? |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #6 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by ltwally  Zero, Where are you getting hung up at? |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #7 |
| | You can verify that the script is functional by deleting "backgroundDefault.jpg" and then double-clicking the script to run it. If it runs, it will copy one of your JPG/JPEG images to "backgroundDefault.jpg". If nothing happens, then there is a problem w/ the script or with permissions. |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by ltwally You can verify that the script is functional by deleting "backgroundDefault.jpg" and then double-clicking the script to run it. If it runs, it will copy one of your JPG/JPEG images to "backgroundDefault.jpg". If nothing happens, then there is a problem w/ the script or with permissions. |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #9 |
| | Check the task's Triggers. There is an option for "at startup" that might suite you. The reason I do not do this is that I do not want any additional tasks running during system startup. The way I have this task set, it doesn't run till 15 minutes after logon. You could fish for the shutdown event and tell it to run on that... though I'm not sure if that would work (launching a new process while the system is shutting down), or work reliably. |
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| 07 Nov 2011 | #10 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by ltwally Check the task's Triggers. There is an option for "at startup" that might suite you. The reason I do not do this is that I do not want any additional tasks running during system startup. The way I have this task set, it doesn't run till 15 minutes after logon. You could fish for the shutdown event and tell it to run on that... though I'm not sure if that would work (launching a new process while the system is shutting down), or work reliably. |
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