Guest sawyer4444 Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Hello, I was at a friends home today helping her with a virus problem. One of the things the virus did was replace the wallpaper with one that has a fake program message box. I right clicked on the desktop to get the Display Properties dialog box so that I could pick a new wallpaper file but the Wallpaper tab and the Screen Saver tab were missing. This prevented me from choosing a new wallpaper file. How do I get those tabs back so that I can change the wallpaper and screen saver settings? - Thanks, Tom
Guest Nepatsfan Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Getting Wallpaper tab back in the Display Properties panel. "sawyer4444" <sawyer4444@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:600CB112-ABD7-4F52-8C41-0F4A530FD431@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I was at a friends home today helping her with a virus problem. One of the > things the virus did was replace the wallpaper with one that has a fake > program message box. > > I right clicked on the desktop to get the Display Properties dialog box so > that I could pick a new wallpaper file but the Wallpaper tab and the Screen > Saver tab were missing. This prevented me from choosing a new wallpaper file. > > How do I get those tabs back so that I can change the wallpaper and screen > saver settings? > > - > Thanks, > > Tom See if one of the registry fixes from this web site helps. Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP Line 128, right hand column, Restore Desktop and Screensaver Tabs Line 285, right hand column, Restore All Display Tabs http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm You might also want to download the registry fix on line 142, right hand column, Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes. Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest Elmo Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Getting Wallpaper tab back in the Display Properties panel. sawyer4444 wrote: > Hello, > > I was at a friends home today helping her with a virus problem. One of the > things the virus did was replace the wallpaper with one that has a fake > program message box. > > I right-clicked on the Desktop to get the Display Properties dialog box so > that I could pick a new wallpaper file but the Wallpaper tab and the Screen > Saver tab were missing. This prevented me from choosing a new wallpaper file. > > How do I get those tabs back so that I can change the wallpaper and screen > saver settings? > > - > Thanks, > > Tom http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 51. ScreenSaver Disable/Enable or Tab Missing Line 128. (r-h column) Restore Desktop and Screensaver Tabs Line 227. (r-h column) Restore/Enable Screensaver Tab Settings/Display -- Joe =o)
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