Re: lost my wallpaper...cannot access from properties

I have been trying to fix the same problem on my mother's computer. I wonder
if one of these fixes worked for rob? I'm going to try them at my mom's later
today.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> I forgot to mention another registry fix that you can try from
> that web site, line 142 right hand side, Allow
> Wallpaper/Background changes:
>
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Beyond that, I'm stumped. Whenever I've seen the type of
> behavior you've described it's been caused by an item added
> through that "Customize Desktop" option I mentioned earlier.
> The fact that you can change the background color from the
> Desktop tab sort of goes against that theory.
>
> The best I can give you is some things to check to see if you
> can narrow down the possibilities of what's causing this
> problem.
>
> 1. The first thing I would try would be to see if the same
> thing happens when you log on with another user account. If
> yours is the only account on that computer, create a new
> account that you can delete after you've run this test. Log in
> with the new account and see if you get the same results when
> you try to use an image file as wallpaper. Reboot your computer
> to see if the picture stays displayed.
>
> 2. Log back on with your account. Open up some image files that
> you have stored on your machine, right click on the picture and
> select "Set as Desktop Background" from the menu. If it works,
> reboot and see if the picture is still displayed.
>
> 3. Disconnect from the Internet. You don't want to be connected
> when you try the following procedure because you're going to
> have to shut down your antivirus protection.
>
> OK, now go to Start ->Run and enter msconfig in the Open box.
> Click OK. Click on the Startup tab. Remove the check mark from
> each item listed. Close the System Configuration Utility and
> reboot. Note: You'll see a notice about the computer running in
> Diagnostic mode. Put a check in the box and click OK each time
> you see the warning. If the picture you want to use as your
> wallpaper remains displayed, run msconfig again except this
> time put a check mark in the box next to the first item listed
> on the Startup page. Reboot and see if the picture's still
> displayed. Keep adding back items until you find the program
> that's causing the problem.
>
> 4. Check any security related programs (antivirus, antispyware,
> etc.) that you have running on your computer to see if there is
> a setting that may be blocking certain file extensions from
> being run on your computer.
>
> Finally, if you haven't done so already, you might want to post
> this question to an XP newsgroup that sees more traffic than
> this one. Here's two that might be worth trying:
>
> news:microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>
> news:microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
>
> If you decide to post to both groups, do yourself a favor and
> crosspost, don't multipost. If you're not familiar with the
> concept, take a look here for an explanation:
>
> Why and how to crosspost
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
> rob wrote:
> > Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately, they didn't solve the
> > problem. The control panel area was perfect. Nothing weird
> > showed up. I downloaded the reg. fixes and nothing happened
> > after that. It seems weird that I can change the background
> > colour on
> > the wallpaper but I can no longer get a pictures on the
> > screen. any other ideas?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:j6qdnXquTubXLBHeRVn-rw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> rob wrote:
> >>> Hey all,
> >>>
> >>> I encountered a problem recently. When my computer boots
> >>> up I can see the wallpaper come up on the screen but I
> >>> have no icons. Then when the icons appear my wallpaper
> >>> disappears. I am running xp home edition service pak 2. I
> >>> have run a virus scan, cleaned out any spy-ware and
> >>> defragged my hard drive. Does anyone heve any suggestions
> >>> or a link to a site that might be able to lend a hand?
> >>> thanks Rob
> >>
> >> You might want to try the following:
> >> Go to Control Panel and double click Display
> >> Click on the Desktop tab
> >> Click on the "CustomizeDesktop" button
> >> Click on the Web tab
> >> If there are any items listed other than "My Current Home
> >> Page", click on it and hit the Delete button.
> >> If there's a check mark next to "My Current Home Page",
> >> remove it. Remove the check mark from the box next to "Lock
> >> desktop items" You may have to log off and log back on for
> >> changes to take
> >> effect If you're unable to access the wallpaper settings in
> >> the
> >> Display applet, go to this web site and download and apply
> >> the registry fix listed on the right hand side of line 128,
> >> Restore Desktop and ScreenSaver tabs:
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> >>
> >> If that doesn't fix the problem, try the registry fix from
> >> the right hand side of line 285, Restore All Display Tabs.
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
> >> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
>
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