After an unattended installation of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the customized desktop wallpaper is replaced by the default Windows Vista wallpaper. Typically, this issue occurs if the customized desktop wallpaper is stored on a network share or is located in the user’s redirected My Documents folder.
This issue occurs because the Windows Vista SP1 unattended installation process runs under the local system account.
To access the customized desktop wallpaper that is stored on a network share or in the user’s redirected My Documents folder, the user’s credentials are required. This behavior is by design.
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