Hi Dave: As to question 1, yes there is a policy that lets you set a standard background, its under user policies, administrative templates. Beyond there I'm fuzzy but I think its under control panel, display but I might be wrong. You need to know the file name of the image you want to use. As to question 2, that's a little more complex. WSUS is a pretty complex thing to set up, its not difficult, there are just things in a lot of places that need to work together and which things depend on your environment. Honestly I've not been 100% pleased with WSUS, it likes to redownload and prompt about updates I've told it many times I don't want, sometimes showing updates from years ago that I've gone and specifically declined. Also, I find it difficult to find specific updates, its doable but has more steps than I think it should. Honestly my best advice for you is to read the MS docs, then just dive in and try and set one up and see what happens. You'll learn a lot. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:18 PM To: 'blind-sysadmins' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] 2003 group policy and windows update services? Hello, I'm getting in to group policies on a domain basis in server 2003. I've got two questions, first can i set a consistent user background for all users in the domain without having to resort to active desktop? The background i want to use is a standard windows background and using it outside a policy does not require active desktop. Second, does anyone have a simple step by step procedure on setting up a windows update server? I've read the MS-doc on the subject, but am not sure it applies to the current version of server update services and was hoping for something a little more concise. Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins