Re: No Desktop

To get back the Desktop tab:-
Restore Desktop and Screensaver Tabs [Tip 128]
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]




BoboTWG wrote:
Thank you for the reply. There is no Desaktop tab. The only tab is "General" tab. It is basically giving the properties of the desktop.html file. It has only a Certificates, OK, and Cancel buttons.

Going into Control Panel\Display does not help either. You only have "Screen Saver" and "Settings" tabs there and they don't change the desktop. Thanks again.

Aaron

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:aZydnaL1svn2wPjeRVn-tQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BoboTWG wrote:

Hello. I have the boss' kid's computer sitting at my house
while I (once again) try to clean it and get it working
right. I can't just blow it away because the kid lost his
Windows XP Pro disk.
I only have one last problem to take care of. It had a
message on the desktop that said that is computer was
infected and needed cleaning. This was actually the desktop
and not a pop up screen. You cannot change the desktop
settings because when you right click it and click on
Properties you just get a General Properties screen that
shows an address: file://C:\\WINDOWS\desktop.html.
Does anyone know how to change this back to the regular
desktop settings? Thank you in advance.

Aaron 

Check the following:
Right click on the Desktop and select Properties from the menu.
Click on the Desktop tab of Display Properties.
Click on the "Customize Desktop" button.
Click on the Web page.
Highlight any entry that looks suspicious and hit the Delete button.
Remove the check mark from the box next to "Lock Desktop items".

Good luck

Nepatsfan




.