my background options

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danielcassells

when i try to change my background to a picture i cant the menu for the
pictures and designs my background is still there its just frozen i
cant scroll up & down or select any pics all i can do is change the
desktop backrounds color, can anyone help me with this...
 
when i try to change my background to a picture i cant the menu for
the pictures and designs my background is still there its just frozen
i cant scroll up & down or select any pics all i can do is change the
desktop backrounds color, can anyone help me with this...
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Is you computer completely virus/malware-free? Be sure:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If the computer is clean, 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.

If you can't enable desktop backgrounds after a virus, MVP Kelly Theriot
has a fix. Look under Wallpaper-Desktop-Disable Changing here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_w.htm

If Display tabs are missing, run Kelly's registry edit on line 285,
right-hand side "Restore all display tabs".

Malke
 
Hi,

If that doesn't work, two things to check:

Open up the Registry editor by going to Start => Run and typing in
"regedit" {without the quotes}

Navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Policies
System

Look for a String in the right-hand pane called Wallpaper. If it's
there, probably pointing to the path to an image file, note down this
path so you can delete the file later. Now right-click on Wallpaper and
Delete it.

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Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select 'Properties'.
Click the 'Desktop' tab and click the 'Customize Desktop' tab.
Click the 'Web' tab and delete everything except "My current Home page"

Uncheck (clear) 'My current Home page'.
Click OK and retry a Desktop background.

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