Rodney Fletcher’s Blog

When you remotely connect to a computer on a slow link, the last thing you want is a high res vendor background, which takes minutes to load. Dell, HP, Compaq, etc all seem to do this.

Oddly enough, this background is unlikely to be related to the actual user’s own background so removing it shouldn’t be a problem. It’s also easy to do. Here’s how:

Step 1: Connect to the remote computer’s registry. You can either do this by logging into the computer, if you have to or if you are on the same network, as below:
1. Open regedit by clicking Start > Run, then typing Regedit.
2. Go to file and select Connect Network Registry.
3. Type in the PC name.

Step 2: Modify the following registry key:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
by clearing the entry that is currently there.

That’s it. Now when you RDP to the computer, you won’t be slowed down by an overly large image.