Group Policy

PST (Personal Storage Table) files have several valid uses. Home Outlook users, and those who use IMAP/POP accounts such as Gmail and Hotmail, will always need them. In enterprise environments, they can be used for archiving data in organizations which do not enforce retention policies. In these cases, PST files can be configured through group policy and AutoArchive features. However, in most situations, PST files represent unmanaged storage of email. For regulated enterprises, this can create real compliance problems. When legal discovery is required, PST files scattered across user machines become a nightmare for administrators and legal teams alike. ...

With Windows XP, you could set your own login background colors and/or wallpaper by modifying the values found in the following registry location: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Windows 7 no longer reads this registry key. Instead you’ve got to complete the multi-step process described in [this article](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee ostensibly). While the steps to set a login wallpaper are not complicated, one challenging limitation is the fact your background wallpaper needs to reside on the workstation’s hard drive. Interestingly, this is not true for the user’s wallpaper, as there are GPO settings to point to a network location. ...