Server 2008 R2 How to Change Windows 7 Basic Theme Color

We're deploying thin clients connecting to a terminal server farm. The computers have high visibility to the public and I would like them to at least look presentable and not like something out of 1995. So I installed the Desktop Experience feature and enabled the Theme service.

The server will not support Aero because it has no 3D graphics, but we can enable the Windows 7 Basic theme, which has the Aero look without the 3D effects. The problem with that theme is that you can select any window color you want, as long as it's baby boy blue.

Is there a way to make those windows another color? The window color controls do nothing.

Solution 1:

Try editing the registry value Background (REG_SZ) under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors either manually (for testing), logon script or Group Policy Preferences.

Format is "R G B", where the value of each colour is 0-254.

The default e.g. is 58 110 165: