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December 22, 2004

Deleting that Dell Server Background Image

One of my pet peeves about Dell's OEM setup on SBS servers is the (admittedly nice-looking) background image that comes up when you boot the server or connect via terminal services. When the server is connected over a slow DSL connection (which a lot of SBS installs are), connecting remotely can be a painful experience as you wait for this image to draw on your screen.

Finally, I found the way to remove this. Or, alternately, to add a custom boot image of your own.

To remove the Dell wallpaper image:

  1. Open Regedit on the server.
  2. Go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.
  3. Look for the Wallpaper value in the right-hand pane. It will probably point to C:\WINDOWS\system32\DELLWALL.BMP.
  4. Double-click on the Wallpaper value.
  5. Delete the contents and click OK.
  6. Close Regedit.

No more Dell background when you connect over TS. Joy.

I'll leave it to you to figure out how to add your own customer wallpaper given this information.

Posted by Q at December 22, 2004 07:09 AM