My test environment consists of 1 Windows 7 Professional SP1 client with all MS updates installed as of today. 1 Windows 2008 server (not r2).
In GPE (user Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization\load a specific them) I set the theme path to
\\Servername\Share\****.themepack
I then apply the GPO to the correct OU and then I log into the Windows 7 machine. When my profile is finally created my desktop looks like Windows classic and not the actually them I want to apply.
What I have done so for to troubleshoot this is as follows:
Change the path to a local path
Checked NTFS and share permissions
Tested the themepack file by double clicking on it
I am unable to install the hotfix MS released to fix this issue as it tells me my OS doesnt require it (im gussing all my updates are installed)
Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to get around this?