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can't change background
Name: homer Date: October 22, 2007 at 10:45:10 Pacific OS: Vista Prem CPU/Ram: coreduo 2.0 1gb
Comment:
Hi I recently picked up a bug that kept bringing up a spysweeper tial....I got rid of it and now my machine is clean but I can't change the desktop background. It is a solid color, and I can change the color but I can't set any of my pictures as the background and none of the Windows backgrounds work either. When I go to set a picture as the background, I right click, the click 'set as background' and nothing happens. I also tried from the 'personalize' window and still nothing happens....when I choose my own picture or one of the Windows background. Was wondering if anybody knew what might be going on here? Thanks!!
Name: homer Date: October 22, 2007 at 11:32:53 Pacific
Reply:
Hi I managed to get my problem fixed....thought I would post it in case anybody runs into this ...
Click Start Click Run Type: regedit Navigate to the following registry entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
"Wallpaper"=SZ:C:\WINDOWS\desktop.html (yours might be slightly different) Click one time on the entry Push Delete on the keyboard Click Yes Close the Registry editor
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