Root Teams Background/Banner

Modified on Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:07 AM

To update/change the custom banner in the board room or hickory for Teams.


1) Save the new banner/background to a USB drive


2) Insert the USB drive into the Root computer. Along with a keyboard and mouse


3) On the touch pad, please hit the ... (more).... it will then prompt you for a password. Enter !G92mjPm


4) It will then take you to a logon screen. Select Admin/Administrator logon and type in the same password as above


5) The screen will then take you to a windows UI. Navigate to 

  • C:\Users\Skype\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeRoomSystem_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState

           (make sure to have 'Hidden items' selected under the viewing options of file explorer)


6) Place the new img file (banner/background) into this directory


7) Open the SkypeSettings.xml in notepad to edit. 


8) Look for  <CustomThemeImageUrl>FMHC-21-013-COR HQ Teams Room Background_ART.jpg</CustomThemeImageUrl>


9) Edit the highlighted section to the new name of the file. 


10) Restart the machine for this to take effect.


-Please Note, The image file will need to be exactly 3840x1080 and can be in the following formats: jpg, jpeg, png and bmp.-

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