I have no picture on my desktop. all I can do is change the colour of it. When it boots up, I can see my picture but then a plain screen pops up and that is it. I still have my icons but no picture. If I right click and go to prperties, then go to desktop, my background looks like it is disabled. the only thing i can do there is change colour. It is more of an annoyance than anything but please help.

Did this work at one point and then it stopped? What user type are you? Admin, Power User? Are you on a Domain? What happens if you login with another account? Life's more painless for the brainless.

This page has alot of XP fixes http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_... Some require the download of a VBS file. So, read at the top of that page-- "How to use a VBS file" Try line 142 at the right hand side.

SmitfraudFix http://siri.geekstogo.com/Smitfraud... direct download http://siri.geekstogo.com/Smitfraud... I might be wrong but some adware/spyware disables the option to change your wallpaper on Display Properties. If this program does not do the job try others like ... SUPERAntiSpyware http://downloads2.superantispyware.... spywareterminator http://dnl.spywareterminator.com/Dn... IS BEST TO DO THE CLEANING IN SAFE MODE

Jennifer, Yeah everything worked fine until i got some kind of adware and now it wont let me do anything with the wallpaper. i am not sure what kind of removal system i need

Thank you all for your help. I followed Arts advice and downloaded a Google pack and it fixed it. I now have my wallpaper back. thank you all for your help