Wow, I thought this was a stupid little question, but list members really got into this one. Thanks to all of the knowledgeable contributors to this thread. Brian On Apr 11, 2005 8:29 PM, W Lane <wilann at telusplanet.net> wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2005, at 06:25, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > > >> A small, but irritating issue for me. I am using a great desktop > >> background that I downloaded from www.deviantart.com but every time I > >> reboot my G5, behind the log-in dialog box, is my old default desktop > >> background. That of course changes as soon as the system starts and my > >> desktop appears. I can't seem for the life of me to be able to get rid > >> of that default desktop background showing up at startup. I would like > >> to have the same image as is my desktop background. Anyone run into > >> this stupid little irritating issue before? > > > > While you might be able to change it by delving into the internals of > > the > > System folder, it's probably not advised. > > Actually, it's quite easy and painless. > > Go to HD>Library>Desktop Pictures and find the file named Aqua Blue. > Rename it to Old Aqua Blue (or your choice). Then, drop into that > folder the picture that you want displayed behind your login window and > rename it to Aqua Blue. Done. > > -- > 12" AIBook 1ghz 512MB RAM > Combo Drive > OS 10.3.8 Build 7U16