disable wallpaper

[Andrew J. Mutch]

Hi all,

I still think the easiest way to fix this problem is to set the wallpaper
file to read-only.  This will keep people from saving the file in the
first place -- deleting the file at start-up fixes a problem after it has
happened -- this prevents it in the first place.  Think about it this way
-- do you want an offensive background for all to see which is only fixed
by rebooting the machine?

The read-only solution is at:

http://www.ufaq.org/navcom/defeatwallpaper.html

and includes fixes for Win 3.x, Win95/98 and WinNT.

Andrew Mutch
Northville District Library
Northville, MI


On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Susan Acampora wrote:

> Jorma Linnakangas wrote:
> > 
> > At 08:35 AM 7/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
> > >
> > >Another solution I have used is from someone on this list
> > >earlier this year. You can insert the following line into
> > >the autoexec.bat file:
> > >
> > >               del c:\windows\netsca~1.bmp
> > >
> > >This will delete the saved wallpaper upon startup.
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >Susan
> > >CNR
> > >
> > 
> > Fine, but how dou do that with WindowsNT? Thanks in advance.
> > Jorma Linnakangas
> 
> 
> 
> Susan replied:
> 
> Yes, that proposed solution was for Windows 95.  
> I don't have one for NT. Does anyone else know if there is a way 
> to prevent Netscape wall paper from being saved on NT workstations
> at startup without using a third party security program?
>