Guest wickerman66645 Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Can't access desktop backgrounds brain click on the web link for malware do what it says it will fix the problem it works great now. "poppy" wrote: > I have a similar problem , my daughter makes up designs from pictures of her > friends and everytime she sets it as background it stays there until we go > off, when the pc is switched back on , we log on and the picture is gone, it > is a just a coloured screen , when we try and change it back to the picture > it wont , if i use the windows backgrounds , it wont change until i restart, > then it shows up , if i log on to my sons screen his background is ok, and > any other photos we use are fine , only seems to be her own made up pics that > dont stay on after logging off, the picture shows up as being the background > on the small picture when you are in display- desktop backgrounds-and wehn i > cahnge it it shows as changed , but just doesnt come on desktop unitil we > restart, her picture name also disappears from the list when it is changed, > no other picture goes off the list when changed > "Malke" wrote: > > > Brian wrote: > > > > > My desktop background picture disappeared. When I go the the desktop > > > properties it will not let me select a background. However if I > > > reboot or shutdown the PC the correct background will flash just > > > before shutdown. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to restore the correct background? > > > > If you know for sure the computer is virus/malware free: > > > > Go to the Display applet in Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab. > > Click on Customize Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see > > that there are checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably > > "Lock Desktop Items". Uncheck these. Click Apply and OK out when you've > > made your changes. > > > > If you can't enable desktop backgrounds after a virus, MVP Kelly Theriot > > has a fix. Look under Wallpaper-Desktop-Disable Changing here: > > > > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_w.htm > > > > If Display tabs are missing, run Kelly's registry edit on line 285, > > right-hand side "Restore all display tabs". > > > > If you are unsure whether your computer is clean, see: > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Smitfraud_Trojan > > > > Malke > > -- > > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > > Elephant Boy Computers > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > > "Don't Panic" > >
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