[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.