A shell . A mockery of it ' s former self . An empty husk of what could have been . <| sep |> Do you know someone in the field you could practice with ? My college offered mock interviews . Some professors did too . Or maybe you have a friend or a relative who ' s a manager ? A lot of behavioral interviewing is practice . I keep a little notebook of things that have happened to me at work that would be good examples of conflict resolution , leadership , etc . It ' s handy both for interviewing and for annual reviews . <| sep |> men of my freaking life QQ <| sep |> All the Administrative Template Desktop Wallpaper does is configure the H K C U S o f t w a r e M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s C u r rentVersionPoliciesSystem REGSZ Wallpaper key . What does this key show on the machines logged in with the Black Background ? Can you unset this on the GPO and edit this key yourself , then see what happens ? It ' s likely an issue accessing the file , so you can use the Group Policy Preference File Extension part of this article , near the bottom , to rule this issue out . p r a c t i c e u s i n g g r o u p p o l i c y t o c o n f i g u r e d esktopwallpaperbackground