# Changing someone's wallpaper from another computer **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [November 14, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476 "2003-11-14T12:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![m\_andrews808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@m\_andrews808](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m_andrews808)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/1 "2003-11-14T12:12:34Z")
so I’m playing a bit of a joke on a workmate, I want to change his wall paper but I need to do it from my computer. I can get full access to his hard drive accross our network. Is there anyway I can do this? Like maybe there’s a file I can edit that defines the location of his background? Cheers all :love: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/2 "2003-11-14T12:54:05Z")
you could go to the file he’s using as his background, copy that to a different name, and save the new one with the same name as his old one. btw, this may not be a good idea- if your boss finds out that you “hacked” someones computer you could be looking for another job 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/3 "2003-11-14T13:00:48Z")
ya I might give that a go once I’ve worked out his computer name, and my bosses would see the funny side of it if they found out (which they won’t ;)) I thought there was another way of doing it tho… changing a person’s wallpaper even if they don’t have one set? Also, I take it he won’t see the new one until he restarts his computer? that might not be for a looooong time ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/4 "2003-11-14T13:07:02Z")
yeah, not until he restarts or refreshes his desktop i believe… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/5 "2003-11-14T13:56:58Z")
remote desktop BTW, dont hold it against me if you spend the next three months scanning [www.monster.com](http://www.monster.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/6 "2003-11-14T15:14:23Z")
yeah in theory you should be able to make a new desktop and save it over the top of the old one. I guess then he’d just have to refresh his desktop or log out/shutdown/restart and blam. should be fine! (or not :P) the funniest thing is doing a printscreen of someone’s desktop (with icons and all) and then making it the background and setting “view desktop items” to off! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/7 "2003-11-14T15:25:50Z")
Moving the whole office to another building without telling someone is funny too! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-someones-wallpaper-from-another-computer/35476/8 "2003-11-14T15:40:15Z")
> the funniest thing is doing a printscreen of someone’s desktop (with icons and all) and then making it the background and setting “view desktop items” to off! LOL :beam: