Guest cary Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 I want to set a certain .bmp files as the wallpaper. I right click on the desktop, choose background and find the correct .bmp image I want to load. Once I pick the .bmp image and say ok, I still see the blue background screen. The image was there on the preview. How come it never changes it. Thanks, Cary.
Guest Malke Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: wallpaper cary wrote: > I want to set a certain .bmp files as the wallpaper. > > I right click on the desktop, choose background and find the correct .bmp > image I want to load. Once I pick the .bmp image and say ok, I still see the > blue background screen. The image was there on the preview. > > How come it never changes it. > > Thanks, > Cary. 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, Apply/OK out. It would also be smart to do some computer maintenance/housekeeping if you haven't done this: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Rey Santos Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: wallpaper Solution for computer that can't change desktop wallpaper / background http://www.helpmerick.com/node/987 -- Rey "Malke" wrote: > cary wrote: > > I want to set a certain .bmp files as the wallpaper. > > > > I right click on the desktop, choose background and find the correct .bmp > > image I want to load. Once I pick the .bmp image and say ok, I still see the > > blue background screen. The image was there on the preview. > > > > How come it never changes it. > > > > Thanks, > > Cary. > > 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, Apply/OK out. It would also be > smart to do some computer maintenance/housekeeping if you haven't done this: > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >
Guest cary Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: wallpaper Under control panel, display properties and the desktop tab, I went to customize. Under customize, ther is a general tab only with desktop icons with check boxes and a clean desktop. For the check boxes, under desktop icons there is My documents, My computer, My Network Places and Internet Explorer. I do not see my current home page. Thanks, Cary. "Malke" wrote: > cary wrote: > > I want to set a certain .bmp files as the wallpaper. > > > > I right click on the desktop, choose background and find the correct .bmp > > image I want to load. Once I pick the .bmp image and say ok, I still see the > > blue background screen. The image was there on the preview. > > > > How come it never changes it. > > > > Thanks, > > Cary. > > 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, Apply/OK out. It would also be > smart to do some computer maintenance/housekeeping if you haven't done this: > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >
Guest nass Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: wallpaper "Malke" wrote: > cary wrote: > > I want to set a certain .bmp files as the wallpaper. > > > > I right click on the desktop, choose background and find the correct .bmp > > image I want to load. Once I pick the .bmp image and say ok, I still see the > > blue background screen. The image was there on the preview. > > > > How come it never changes it. > > > > Thanks, > > Cary. > > 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, Apply/OK out. It would also be > smart to do some computer maintenance/housekeeping if you haven't done this: > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User = Right click Desktop select Properties and on the Display properties click on Desktop Tab then click Customize Desktop. On the Desktop Items click on Web Tab and be sure all boxes unchecked there. Then click on Appearance Tab then Effects button. On the Effects window be sure the settings been set to suite your requirements. Also on the Registry: Open a run command and type in: regedit.exe click [OK] [-]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop= In the right Pane/Window locate and Double click the value named "NoChangingWallpaper" Set it to (0) [-]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop= In the right Pane/Window locate and Double click the value named "NoChangingWallpaper" > Set it to 0 Options to change wallpaper may be missing or unavailable on a Windows XP-based computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921049/ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/wallpaperenable.reg Make sure the machine is free from malware.scumware and Viruses. HTH. nass ----- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
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