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The process of setting the theme for all users outside of group policy is still tedious in Windows 7.\u00a0 The method I came up with is not the cleanest, but it is supported by Microsoft and easy to implement.<\/p>\n

Procedure:<\/p>\n

1. Build .ThemePack file on test machine via the \u201cPersonalization\u201d control panel applet.
\n* If Aero is desired, ensure test machine supports Aero.<\/p>\n

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\n1a. Set all desired settings, Background, Background Color, Sounds, and Screen Saver settings.
\n1b. Right-Click on new \u201cUnsaved Theme\u201d listed under \u201cMy Themes\u201d and click on \u201cSave Theme for saving<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 This will output the .themepack files.
\n* .Themepack files are self extracting files, which include all dependent files for theme to apply on new machines.
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\n2. Rename Outputted .themepack file to \u201cCustomTheme.themepack\u201d and download zip archive below:
\nhttps:\/\/panaconsulting.box.com\/s\/7wdszgsweecn0d71jzi3<\/a>
\n3. Extract archive and inject the new \u201cCustomTheme.themepack\u201d to the same directory.
\n4. Run \u201csilent.bat\u201d for visible run boxes, or \u201cCallSilentBatch.vbs\u201d for silent and hidden.<\/p>\n

The script basically calls the \u201c.themepack\u201d file for any new user that logs into the system once and then closes the \u201cPersonalization\u201d applet, which auto opens when .themepack files are initiated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

—–UPDATED LINK—————– The process of setting the theme for all users outside of group policy is still tedious in Windows 7.\u00a0 The method I came up with is not the cleanest, but it is supported by Microsoft and easy to implement. Procedure: 1. Build .ThemePack file on test machine via the \u201cPersonalization\u201d control panel applet.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[21,22,123,19,20,18],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripting","category-win7","tag-background","tag-batch","tag-scripting","tag-themepack","tag-themes","tag-win7-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WXID-U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/supportishere.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}