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Active Desktop Recovery Error

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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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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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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

POS. tmp files in C drive...

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