![]() ![]() Sadly, Microsoft went to the lengths of adding the concept of user account pictures in Windows Vista, but even in Windows 7 provided no Group Policy method for programmatically setting this to their corporate photo, so we’re left to the hands of the community. Failing that, you could have staff door cards which double and photo ID cards and you’re using AD as your repository for the images (and if not, you should do). If you are using SharePoint or Lync, chances are you will have invested time in getting user pictures imported into Active Directory thumbnailPhoto attribute which in turn allows you to see these pictures in Outlook 2010 and the Exchange Global Address List (if not, you’re either not using pictures at all, or you’re allowing your users to set their own pictures – BYOP culture). ![]() Whilst it may not sound important or useful, you can be certain that almost every user in your business has gone to the lengths of setting one of the many default Windows 7 pictures for their user account such as the robot or the dog, but does that really say professional if they were to connect their laptop to a projector in-front of a room of partners, suppliers or customers or would it be more professional for their company issued picture to be shown, which is already shown throughout the business? ![]() On the same principal in this post, I’m going to cover programmatically setting your Windows 7 User Account Picture. ![]() So in a previous pair of posts, I provided a VBScript which would allow you to standardize your corporate email presence with a corporate Outlook signature script. ![]()
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