Disable "Set as Desktop Background" For Windows XP

For Windows XP Professional Edition:

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1. Click Start and then Run. Type "gpedit.msc" without quotes and press Enter.

2. In Group Policy Editor, go to



Local Computer Policy -> User Configuration -> Administrative
Templates -> Control Panel -> Display



3. Locate a setting named "Prevent Changing Wallpaper". Double click to open it.

4. Select  Enable and click OK.






For Windows XP Home Edition

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1. Click Start and then Run. Type "regedit" without quotes and press Enter.

2. Navigate to the following branch:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop



3. Please check if there is the value: NoChangingWallPaper. If so,
please double click it and then change its value to 1



Note: If the value name doesn’t exist, we need to create it manually
(Right click the blank space and choose New -> DWORD value)



For your reference, you can also copy the following content to a Text
Document, and then save it as an Reg file (such as
NoChangingWallPaper.reg). Then we can double click the  reg file to
import the content to registry:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]

"NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000001