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Since this seems like a preventable issue for me, I wanted to disable the Set As Desktop Background… option in Firefox.
That was not as straightforward as I thought it would be:- Settings: nope
- about:config: nope
- userChrome.css: The Internet, and LLMs tell you yes, but actually nope
What you have to do is create a
policies.jsonfile and put that somewhere…
Here is the deeply buried site from Mozilla about that. There you will find where to put it and all the options.For this problem a short
policies.jsonwith the following content is enough:{ "policies": { "DisableSetDesktopBackground": true } }Why did I do this in the middle of the night instead of browsing ich_iel or I dunno sleeping. Who knows…
Instead of locking down the the ability to set the wallpaper via Firefox, just set a static image as the wallpaper via GPO. A company logo or something. Then it will apply at every restart.
In a corporate environment where you care about such things, you really want to disable the functionality of the user setting the background in the operating system, not in a specific application. Otherwise, you’re going to have to track down every application that includes this functionality, figure out how to disable it it in that application, and find a way to apply that change to every PC. (Microsoft’s Photos app, for example, can set pictures as either background or lock screen.)
“Director of Finance”
Probably makes 6 figures but doesn’t understand how walpapers work.
Real talk it was probably Heather works under her and asked “hey what do I do when a large picture of mustard appears on my screen” and Director Of Finance said "reboot and if it’s still their I’ll let so-and-so know from IT, then emailed it off to so-and-so from IT directly instead of entering a ticket
This is almost guaranteed to be correct.
*typo
My headcannon is more like, Director stops by and wants to know why Heather is looking at mustard bottles again, she has been warned about this, you see. She suddenly jumps and says “Oh, it uh, I was just working and then this happened.” Well that’s not fair is it? It’s not like she was intentionally looking at mustard again
And that’s the thing about IT, we save people’s jobs. Even freaks. Blame us, Heather, our shoulders are broad.
True. I tell my clients when they do something dumb to blame IT. We can take the heat. It’s part of the job.
You know they have one of those calculators on their desk with the spool of paper so they can check the math.
Why do webbrowsers, file managers, always have the option “set as your desktop background” in a easy to accidentally click place in the context menu? No, i add it myself to the “backgrounds” folder if i care.
Are you saying you’ve never been shopping online, saw a shapely bottle of mustard, and then wanted to set it as your desktop background as quickly as possible? Why, it’s the next best thing to having a framed photo of the sexy, squeezable condiment with low calories and delectable flavor.
You have created the perfect comment. I hope to encounter this comment again, randomly, all across Lemmy.
Thanks. I storyboard all my comments with my team. Moxy the cat and Wilford Brimley, my Japanese Chin.
Crop to selection in Paint.net: ctrl + shift + x
Set as wallpaper in IrfanView: ctrl + shift + xHappens to me all the fucking time.
Because you obviously need a shortcut to set a wallpaper lmao.
Ctrl + Alt + Down
Now your bottle is ready to dispense delicious mustard
Only on laptops with Intel graphics where IT hasn’t deactivated the unnecessary utility that comes with them.
Leave Heather alone. There’s nothing wrong with this desktop background. Please refrain from remote connecting to her computer in the future.
This is reminiscent of an absolute classic video.
If you are not familiar with a story about penis-arranged icons, I recommend giving it a watch.
If you haven’t, please watch the original, full video! It’s hilarious from beginning to end…
I have - I think seventeen years ago, in fact. I do remember enjoying it, but I missed a lot (I was barely into my IT career and didn’t even know what Boing Boing was, for example). Should probably rewatch it. Thank you for the link.
I should have anticipated that this would exist.
Pretty much what I think whenever stumbling on any relatively unknown kink or fetish. The limits whack behavior caused by ape horneyness mixing with psychological complexes knows no bounds.
I always think ive seen it all, yet somehow the internet occasionally shows more.
Sadly… It already has :( sighs and lubes up dejectedly
I wonder how that will work on my other system with just the recycle bin and nothing else on the desktop
What the hell! 😁
Well, there is a longer version of the video that provides some context. It seems the caller is either trying to access or host a website (possibly both) and it has gone down, so they called tech support.
The icon arrangement was apparently done spitefully to the remote desktop by the person the caller replaced and the caller simply became accustomed to it.
Beyond that, I cannot resolve your query.
Nothing dates it more than the reference to Boing Boing.
You’re not wrong there. I think this video was actually the first time I heard of it, but it’s been a long time since the last time I did.
Pretty sure boingboing is still around
Is that whats implied here? I thought Heather just went to her Boss to complain and the Boss called IT…
The bar at the top shows up in remote desktop connections
bottom picture could be IT POV checking what’s wrong
Could also be because they work in rds from thin clients
Oh true i have seen that long ago. Very sus then.
Are mustards in America classified by their colour instead of French, Dijon, English, Blow-Off-The-Top-Of-Your-Head, etc?
Yellow mustard is another name for American mustard
On America we refer to all of those as “fancy mustard”. This yellow abomination is the default.
No, yellow mustard is the cheap standard stuff. The rest exist in NA too.
Not american, but in america I’m pretty sure mustard is just yellow dye.
There are zero artificial ingredients in yellow mustards.
Vinegar, Water, Mustard Seed, Salt, Tumeric, Paprika.
All the color is from tumeric.
huh, thats surprising.
They’re labeled by type; one of those types happens to just be called “yellow.” It’s smooth and vinegary. Good on hot dogs and burgers.
Lies. The only reason I keep it around is to placate my friends and family who are afraid of real mustards.
French
English
Naming them by the country of origin is almost equally odd to me. You literally mentioned Dijon, which is also French. So wtf is French mustard supposed to mean. There’s probably dozens or hundreds of French mustards.
To make it worse the UK has a weird “French” mustard which has nothing to do with France, its this darker, sweeter, less spicy mustard that Colman’s invented and no longer make but you can still find own brand ones in the supermarket. Actual French mustards are referred to by name.
English mustard is a thing though.
Person’s family name was French. Hence the name. Their first factory is in my city.
But isn’t that French’s mustard?
Wow - I must have really not been paying attention when I wrote that. Yeah you’re right.
It’s clearly rated according to fluorescense.
And this is why we have a GPO that locks the background to a corporate image.
I think it’s nice if people can set their own background picture. They can put a picture of their pets or family members which lowers the stress.
A better policy would be to hire people who can actually do basic things with the thing they’ll be working 8 hours a day with.
One place I worked they happened to roll out a desktop background group policy while I was there and I learned that one person would open the image they wanted as their background in an image viewer cirst first and leave it open while they opened everything else for the day so they could pretend their preferred background was still their background.
Honestly I’m of two minds on setting a background as a group policy, because on one hand having a set corporate-friendly background is good for maintaining a professional look, I’ve really yet to see any inappropriate backgrounds amongst the too many places and people I’ve supported that dont lock down backgrounds. Like at worst its sometimes awkward pictures of someone’s loved ones that are just really bad photos, but usually if they have set something it’s something that means something to them so it’s a nice little touch of personalization that might be the thing that helps them make it through the day
having a set corporate-friendly background is good for maintaining a professional look
That kind of depends. When meeting with customers it might be preferred. But in most companies most of the computer screens are only seen by a handful of people who already work at the company.
I’ve really yet to see any inappropriate backgrounds
Inappropriate backgrounds would fall under the general inappropriate rules. Like watching porn at work. I’ve never seen that.
it’s something that means something to them
It might even be a nice icebreaker at times. Like a vacation picture could spark a nice little talk about the destination.
When you’re working for Heinz, is it a mustard bottle?
Yes, but a bit more artistic than a jpeg from a search engine.
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Heather doesn’t lock her computer when she walks away. Don’t be like Heather.
It sounds far more likely to me that she right-clicked on some image file and picked “Set as desktop background”.
Happened to me previously several times. I find it crazy to even have this option in the context menu.
It’s up there with “Send image as email” which I suspect like 5 people have used in the last 20 years
3 of them accidentally.
As I wrote that comment I wondered: “does Windows still have that option in the context menu?” I’m rarely on Windows so can’t quickly check.
My memory says that it’s even an option when right-clicking an image on the web. I decided to ignore that memory - surely that can’t still be a thing! …Right?
Edit: oh crap, it’s actually an option on Firefox on Linux Mint. Damn, that’s crazy. Then it’s gotta be there on Windows too. Much easier to imagine it happening accidentally on the web than an image file on PC.
Just checked, it’s there on Firefox on Windows, too. Also, Windows itself has a “Send To…” item on the right click menu for images, and one of the options in the submenu below that is “Mail Recipient”. (Chrome has the possibly-even-more-useless “Generate QR code for this image” but I don’t see an “e-mail this image” option in Chrome on Windows.)
Which almost makes it worst. I mean I get the last part. Why ever she right clicked, she took the wrong option, fine. But how did she even end up on an image like that at work? What did she research?
Heinz mustard pictures?
I was on the website of a mustard manufacturer ten minutes ago. I was digging through Heinz ketchup pack sizes this morning.
Some of us love a saucy life. Who are you to judge?
Ok, I did my own research and realized that Heinz Mustard is a thing. I was convinced that Heinz only produces Ketchup but I was wrong. Sorry. This assumption made me think this is a weird montage and it still looks weird and montaged to me but who am I to judge
They make pickle relish, and horseradish sauce too.
TIL
French’s Ketchup is a thing too!
I don’t know French’s. Where I live, there is Heinz ketchup and Bautz’ner Senf
That font in the signature, the fax into, the mustard!!!
… and last but not least, how the icon placement accentuates the natural curves of that mustard bottle …
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I’ll let you RDP into me any time…
Then I’ll open a separate vnc (and mirror the image) just to watch myself rdp you.
I’m ready to do more than just hold Heinz. Let’s get Dijon.
Buckets and buckets of hollandaise sauce
How long will it take to upload?
ul/dl is fairly rapid, but most of the joy comes from plugging and unplugging the USB (the right and the wrong way, … and ethernet, hdmi, & DoublePenetration ports are also all fair game for the saucy USB dong).
Here’s my new “you left your computer unlocked” image
My favorite was to screenshot the desktop, set that as the background, then move everything on it to a different folder.
You can just disable desktop icons in windows. It’s both less destructive and more infuriating.
Flip the image upside down and then flip the screen upside down as well so it looks normal. Except for the cursor, which will be upside down and moving in the wrong direction.
In the good old days we would just do that prank by taking the ball out of the mouse and putting in again backwards.
Just be careful not to tip it over so that you don’t spill the pointer fluid.
We used to shout in the company chat about how much “i” love the company.
Very bad spanish sentences were fun too.I think ours were about wanting hugs from pink butterflies.
We used to do this stuff to people who would leave their computers open, or flip the screen upside down.
It was a pretty benign way to teach people to lock their damn computers when they left.
I used to take a screenshot of the desktop, set it as the wallpaper. Then hide all the desktop icons and set the taskbar to auto hide.
We would do this to our teachers in school.
Oh jeez that brings back memories… Or finding somebody you don’t like and pop off an expansion bay cover and stuff some garbage in there. Just keep doing that to their computer whenever you get a chance. See how far it goes before it stops working or makes a sound. It might have been easier in the 2000s when there were half atx cases with still basically NOTHING inside of them. I remember a friend of mine fitting an entire folded up paper plate with leftover fries and sauce into a computer once. I seriously doubt anybody ever looked inside of that case again.
Microsoft removing CTRL - ALT and arrrow to turn the screen is a crime.
I thought that was video drivers. It was part of the Intel drivers when I did support ages ago. Students would be annoying about it in the labs.
It could be, but its possible to turn the shortcut back on iirc.
Wait, did they really? They made a fucking shortcut for LinkedIn but took this away?
I was wondering why that didn’t work… No fun allowed.
You literally described every office, ever.
I’m not going to assume my experience is universal.
HeinTz
and of all the amazing mustards available, she had to get stuck with one of the most shitty vinegary last-resort-only option
As a mustard lover, heinz isnt even close to the actual worst one, which is the whole foods brand mustard. Its made with apple cider and it is revolting. The best widely available yellow mustard to just grab in a store is plochman’s.
There are so many awesome fancy mustards out there, but if I want the ballpark standard yellow mustard, I usually just go for French’s. It’s the same principle with ketchup. When I want ketchup I just want Heinz. If I go to a restaurant and they are all proud of their “house made” ketchup, it is probably going to be too sweet or tomatoy or whatever. Just give me what I grew up with and don’t mess with it.
That said my wife has been making mustard at home recently and it is amazing. It’s not yellow mustard but a tangy grainy mustard that is great.
Most restaurants make their ketchup with canned tomato puree. You can’t start there and expect to get a prizewinning sauce. Equally, I can’t get behind any store shelf bottles of ketchup. They all have this metallic taste to them. It’s just funny how universally picky people are about their tomato sauces, myself included.
I think I have never been somewhere where they make their own ketchup. And I think there is a pretty good reason for that too: whoever orders ketchup is not going to expect something they made, will not have crazy standards and might even want the known taste of regular ketchup.
In all likelihood, you have. The restaurants I used to work at would refill name brand ketchup bottles with their own. The recipe is simple and cheap. Far cheaper than buying name brand, which meant better margins. When people said that it tasted off, you’d just look at the label, sigh, and say “oh, sorry about that. Let me get you a different one.” And then refill it and bring it back.
Hahaha… seriously, that would be illegal, breaking several laws. Nobody here does that, ketchup is way too cheap to risk such things.
Maybe things have changed in recent years, but I doubt they’ve changed that much. Given all of the jokes about restaurants going out of business without illegal immigrants, legality still seems secondary to profitability
havent tried plochmans but i will. for emergency widely available mustard i typically recommend frenchs dijon (NOT the “chardonnay” dijon)–it’s been so long i don’t even know if they make it anymore, but it should say something like “our boldest dijon ever” on the label
usually i stick with colman’s tins of just mustard flour and make it myself
