Guest dmor319 Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 I am running Windows XP home edition. Last week I lost my background . I tried to go to the control panel display section and all I have is under Display Properties is just an active window and none of my other themes. ANy help appreciated.
Guest Rich Barry Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: Themes Try a System Restore to a point before this started happening. Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore. Just follow the instructions. "dmor319" <dmor319@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BB4C949C-1175-48EE-BAA0-7A80E674B7E9@microsoft.com... >I am running Windows XP home edition. Last week I lost my background . I > tried to go to the control panel display section and all I have is under > Display Properties is just an active window and none of my other themes. > ANy > help appreciated.
Guest Elmo Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: Themes dmor319 wrote: > I am running Windows XP home edition. Last week I lost my background . I > tried to go to the control panel display section and all I have under > Display Properties is just an active window and none of my other themes. Any > help appreciated. It could be caused by spyware.. why some spyware does this, I don't know. No Wallpaper -----Method--1-:--------------------------- Registry fix-Automated: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/wallpaperenable.reg ------------------------------------------------ -----Method--2-:--------------------------- If you have XP -Pro : 1.Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc 2.Under User configuration Click [Administrative Templates\ControlPanel\Display\] 3. There will be value named "Prevent changing wallpaper". Set it to "NotConfigured" ------------------------------------------------ -----Method--3-:--------------------------- Manually (XP -Any): 1.Open Regedit 2. Click <HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop> 3. There will be a value named "NoChangingWallpaper". Set it to 0 4. Click <HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop> 5. Repeat Step 3 ------------------------------------------------ If the above fails : Microsoft Method- <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921049/> As suggested by Ayush -- Joe =o)
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