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Subject: Active Desktop Recovery Error

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Name: jessehall1
Date: May 5, 2008 at 06:58:57 Pacific
Subject: Active Desktop Recovery Error
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: AMD Sempron
Model/Manufacturer: Packard Bell

Comment:

On my desktop it says active desktop recovery but it will not let me recover. When I go to change the wallpaper, the default Window selections (Zapotec, Water Color, etc) are greyed out and can't be picked. Could this be a virus even though I have had Norton 360 on the whole time?
Jesse

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Response Number 1

Name: brokencrow
Date: May 5, 2008 at 13:01:50 Pacific
Subject: Active Desktop Recovery Error

Reply: (edit)

Hard to say. Try an online scan:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Anti-virus is not a magic bullet. If
you're not running a secured web browser,
you're vulnerable to scripts, even in
Vista.
www.computerselfdefense.com

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Response Number 2

Name: kaserian
Date: May 9, 2008 at 03:53:43 Pacific
Subject: Active Desktop Recovery Error

Reply: (edit)

Try disabling active desktop in the registry the renable it
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
add a dword entry "NoActiveDesktop" no quotes and set to 1
reset PC
Once the active desktop error is gone go back in the registry and set back to 0
remember registry editing can be dangerous

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