That's right, where a single profile is already set up, either in the factory, outlet
or by the end user, the wallpaper first used is translated to the "default profile"
and becomes the wallpaper of any new profile created.

It's also a "quirk" of XP's to display the wallpaper defined in :

[HKU\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"=""

....will also display itself for anything from 5 -15 seconds, just before the
"Welcome" screen appears.

Some people use this behaviour as a "splash screen", as it appears before the
"Welcome" screen, it will be visible to all users of the machine. As in the Kelly's
Corner "Tweak" item below :

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...stomsplash.vbs

from Kelly's Corner "Tweaks" page :

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Steve Swift" wrote in message
...

It's an IBM branded bitmap (as in Big Blue). It appeared early in the boot process,
and may well have been the default wallpaper, but since I always chose my own
desktop bitmap, it doesn't persist long, and doesn't appear at all now. I can't
explain my motive for wanting to remove it; it just irritates me for some reason.

clipped