Lost My Backgrounds And Screen Savers
Jan 15, 2010i have lost my screensavers and backgrounds and my colour scheme when i click on properties theres nothing there......
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Lost The Ability To Run My Screen Savers
Feb 16, 2006I have Windows XP on a Dell 8300. Recently. after running one of those programs that supposedly cleanup your registry, I lost the ability to run my screen savers. On the "Display" menu the spot where you are to decide the amount of time that is to pass before the screen saver comes up is greyed out. I am guessing that one or more of my dll's was removed or corrupted.
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Jan 26, 2008Something I have presumably done recently (but I don't know what) means I can no longer pick up a picture from anywhere, using "right click on desktop / properties" to use as a desktop background.It USED to work, and I could pick up a picture from anywhere. Now when I select a picture from somewhere, and click to use it as a background, nothing happens.I can still apply a picture as a desktop background from (say) Picasa.I was fiddling (carefully, I thought) with "Tweakui" but have been back through it, and can't see anywhere I may have interfered with this function. Maybe I'm just not smart enough.
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Jul 26, 2005I have lost the "Backgrounds" tab in the control panel display area. Now I'm stuck with a bright blue background and can't seem to get rid of it, even when I right click on a photo and pick "Save as Background". Can someone suggest a remedy?
View 12 Replies View RelatedThemes And Screen Savers
Aug 18, 2006Just switched from Windows 98 to Windows XP Pro and would like to know if it is possible to get some of the old savers and themes that I had with the 98? there were quite a few that I liked but I do not have them with this OS. I do have the Windows 98 disk and was wondering if they would be on it and if so how would I install them to this system?
View 9 Replies View RelatedDelete Unwanted Screen Savers Loaded
Aug 12, 2002If anyone else was wondering how to get rid of the annoying Screen Savers that Microsoft feels you have to have with XP they made it a little more difficult than normal.
1. First navigate to “C:windowssystem32dllcache”. Cut and paste or type in your address bar to get there because it is a hidden folder. Once there, delete the Screen Savers in that folder. Otherwise, you will find that they will come back no matter how many times you delete them from your system 32 folder.
2. Then you have to go to C: Windowssystem32 and delete the Screen Savers you want to get rid of . (Answer the file protection popups with cancel and yes.)
3. Voila- no more Screen Savers!
Pc Running Very Slow / Downloaded Smileys And Screen Savers
Mar 1, 2006Mates computer running very slow after he downloaded smileys and screensavers.Operating system is windows xp home.
View 3 Replies View RelatedDelete Unwanted Screen Savers Loaded - C:Windowssystem32
Nov 27, 2002how to get rid of the annoying Screen Savers that Microsoft feels you have to have with XP they made it a little more difficult than normal.
1. First delete the screen savers you want to get rid of in either C:Windowssystem32dllcache or depending on if or how you installed the Service Pack(s) also in C:WindowsServicePackFilesi386. (To see these folders you must have "Show hidden files and folders" checked and "Hide protected operating system files" unchecked in Folder Options > View .)
2. Delete the screen savers in C:Windowssystem32 (always assuming your XP is installed in C:Windows). If you have omitted step 1. Windows file protection will replace the files within seconds. Voila---no more Screen Savers!
Cannot Change Backgrounds In Desktop
Jan 19, 2008i cannot change backgrounds in my desktop.there is a box showing .different ones but i cant click on them or scroll down. i can change color backgrounds but not any other. i used to have the country road with leaves on trees both sides of the road with fence. then i got brave and started cleaning up computer deleting old files and things i didn't need and somehow . some little goblins deleted what i needed to run backgrounds. now i have a weird problem. when i start my computer. i sit and wait while it runs it's course.my background comes up first then it dissapears and it changes to my icon screen. i can't get to my background anymore. sometimes when my background screen does come up it stays and i have no icons i have to restart computer and go through process again.
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May 7, 2007My wallpaper has disappeared even though it appears under display properities-themes. Under the desktop tab my wallpaper is set correctly. When I try to change the theme from modified theme to windows classic the change is not accepted. My screensaver was the picture slideshow and is now windows xp moves across the screen as the screensaver. When I try to change it back the change is not accepted.
This all started because I am trying to back up my computer to an external hard drive and keep getting error message "windows delay write failed". I tried updating the hard disk driver but there wasn't any update. While searching for fixes for that problem, I came across Panda Software online virus checker. I used it and it deleted a few viruses. They were all old, some may have only been unopened email attachments and they were all from 2001 and 2002. Two days later, I was using logmein - remote access and while rebooting (not the first reboot) I got the blue screen. Here's the error message.
Driver_IRQL_not _less_or_equal
stop:0x000000D1 (0x502F1F70, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0XF398B203)
VSDATANT.SYS - address F398B203 base at F3966000, Datestamp 4313a6c6
So I looked up vsdatant.sys which is located in system32 directory, and I changed the name of the driver to vsdatant.old but then my zonealarm stopped working so I changed it back.
How do I get my display working properly? Any ideas on the "write failed" error message?
Lost Welcome Screen ...
Sep 14, 2006I have a new Toshiba notebook running windows XP Home SP2. I set it up with two account users. I eliminated the welcome screen so that the primary user will be logged on automatically on power on. This turned out to be not a good idea because the primary user must be logged on before the secondary user can log on and I can't get the welcome screen back. I have it checked in both user accounts as well as fast user switching. I don't remember how I eliminated it in the first place so I can't remember how to get it back. Any suggestions?
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Dec 23, 2004Now at the XP Welcome Screen, none of the users show up; I had 4 before I reinstalled XP. If I cnt-alt-del, I get a login screen with one of the users already in the user box. I never set a password for that user, but the login asks for one. A blank just gets an incorrect password response.
View 4 Replies View RelatedLost Welome Screen
Aug 31, 2007I'm a beginner and have lost my welcome screen at start up on XP Pro. I am getting a box to signe in with.
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May 8, 2008my shutdown screen has completely disappeared. Had a virus, but reinstalled Xp pro and it worked fine for awhile, and then this. Any ideas?
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May 3, 2007i do not have the usual windows sign in the bottom corner, nor do i have the time etc and what programs are running.
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Jun 5, 2008I recently got the 'blue screen' on my IBM NetVista. various tech people and was told that 1.) my hard drive was gone; 2.) a bad virus had taken over the 'puter; and various other things. Being stubborn Scots-Irish, I decided to see what I could do before I gave up.
Started computer again, tapping the F8 key while it was booting up......ran all the system diagnostic tests and passed them, so I knew it wasn't the hard drive. Finally got it to boot back up, but of course, had lost all my data; ran all my recover info and got everything back except my 'Record Now' feature, which allows me to make data discs, copy existing discs, It should have been on one of the original discs that came with the computer, but I can't find it.
Problem is, I want to save all my documents, games, addresses and such as back-up. How can I do that without my Record Now feature?
Is there a way to find that specific program on my Recovery discs and install lit to make my back-up copies? I haven't tried to copy to the floppy discs because it takes so many of them.
Lost Dual Boot Screen
Oct 7, 2010After many times removing viruses from my computer, I am dual booting both windows xp and windows 7. I primarily right now use windows xp, I lost the ability to get into windows xp, when at the dual boot screen I click on windows xp but I just get a black screen with no cursor, I cannot get into safe mode either. My google chrome stopped working and could not connetc to any websites. Windows 7 was working perfectly. I have scanned from within windows xp and from windows 7 to find as many viruses and trojans as possible. a trojan remover told me my ftdisk.sys was infected with win32/patched.dx. I moved it into the virus vault knowing it was an important system file as I did not think I had a choice. I then extracted the original ftdisk.sys from the xp cd and replaced it, I know that service packs can modify original files and I hoped the original file was the same as the infected one. That did not have an effect. I used recovery console to run fixmbr and no effect. I then ran fixboot.exe and chkdsk /r and next thing I know I do not get a boot screen at all.
Please help me as I cannot get into either windows now. Would fixboot.exe or chkdsk remove my boot screen?
Lost My Dual Boot Screen
Oct 8, 2010Many problems with viruses and then windows xp and windows 7 both went down, just a black screen after posting, no cursor, not even safe mode available. I repaired windows xp using the xp recovery console. Reinstalled while keeping all my files and folders intact. Now my only problem is that the dual boot menu for windows xp and windows 7 has disappeard. I can only choose to log into windows xp.
Could you help me identify an easy way to bring back the option to log into windows 7. From windows xp I can clearly see my other hard drive, which has windows 7 on it, and access it so it has not been lost or formatted which would be strange if it was.
Lost Video At Splash Screen
Aug 29, 2005my PC that the screen goes black at the XP Home splash screen. When I boot into the safe mode I get to the login screen then the screen goes black.
I have removed and replaced the video card and also tried using the VGA mode. Same problem. Any thoughts?
Lost Welcome Screen And Fast Switch Users
Jan 19, 2008We are running windows xp media edition 2004. client services for netware has disabled the welcome screen and fast user switch screen. to restore these features we must uninstall client services for netware.
we cant find netware or client services for netware in the add / remove programs.
we searched the files for netware and found to programs listed one in c:j386 and another one in c:windowssystem32
How can we unistall the program?
Video Driver Lost/Screen Blank
Sep 5, 2008Video driver not working, blank screen after Windows logo.
OS Windows XP-1 upgraded to XP-2.
Lost my video driver, on my older HP 951 computer.
It came with XP-1, I upgraded a long time ago.
I tried to recover with both the XP-1 & XP-2 disks, won't work.
I have net access, obviously on a newer computer.
Is there a way I can download a driver and install it on my 951, OR recover the driver, that must be there?
It boots up, but after showing the Windows "Logo Screen", it's black. I just have some old info. and files on it, I really would like to keep.
Lost Icons At Bottom Left Of Screen
Aug 30, 2005I had a few icons at the bottom left of screen (next to the start button)for my email and a couple of other programmes. For some reason they have disappeared, how do i get them back, I tried dragging and dropping but they just pop back to the desktop.
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Jul 28, 2006I was cleaning up my Dell 150D 1.33 mghz Desk top computer with windows XP Home edition. As I logged back on I click on User icon and the screen turns blue and never progresses any further. When I use ALT-CTRL=DELETE, it shows task manager running and continues to cycle in Kbs used. Can I restart and use set up F-1 to correct.
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Aug 22, 2006i wanted a password put on computer running windows 2000 professional. I put one on when I removed it by unticking the appropriate box, but it won't go away. There was also a strange name(profile) in the list of people using the computer and so I removed this also.
then i lost all desktop settings and his internet connections as well. Even though the password is unticked it still keeps coming up when i start the computer and insists on a password.
How do I:
Remove the password or logon screen completely
Find his lost desktop settings?
Blue Screen, Constant Restarts, Lost Photos?
Jul 19, 2010two days ago i used my computer, i turned it off and took it back home from office. the next morning i tried to turn it on it flashed the blue screen and restarted. Now I am no computer expert so I don't know why this has happened all i can tell you is that it worked the night before i didn't download a thing and then it stopped.
can anyone could help me?My computer is an IBM laptop. It has windows XP installed and its very helpful but soo annoying. I have all my photos on it..anyone who answers and remember; i am not very computer smart so easy words!
Lost Hard Drive Space And A Blue Screen
Oct 7, 20051.I have a dell digital jukebox mp3 player that allows for storage of data or music. I tried to copy a 600mb file from the mp3 player onto my hard drive. I had a little over 600 mb of space left on my hard drive (a total storage capacity of 6GB). It said i had run out of space. So i deleted some files, move some things around and i had 1.1 GB of space free for this transfer. i tried again and this time again the message i got was not enough space on drive c:/. So i cancelled out and checked to see what i had on my hard drive, 500mb free!!!?? So i have lost hard drive space and not gain a file...So i investigated and found that i have 1.81 GB of data on c: documents settingsuser. but once i get into user, i have 6 folders none of which display nearly that much data. They are, favorites, start menu, cookies, desktop, my documents, and a file named ntuser. the ntuser file is 1mb, and my desktop has 700 or so mb on it. So my question is how can i get back this lost hd space,
2.Blue screen. Im on xp pro sp1, i use adaware, registry mechanic, and im generally tidy with my windows; note, reinstalling windows did not solve this. I never used to have this issue, but lately when i go to open or close certain programs i jump to blue screen. it references trixdp.dll i think it was, and then "begin physical dump of memory" i must reboot at this point. I use VLC media player, and exiting this program mandates a blue screen. Just now i exited mozilla browser and this was the first time i got blue screen from this program.
Monitor Lost Connection To System And Got Dark Screen?
Jul 11, 2010Weird things are happening in winxp x64 After it's been on a couple of hours if I put a dvd in the either of my dvd burners, the computer looses it's connection to my monitor and my monitor goes dark. And sometimes, I will get a blue screen when using the dvd players or sometimes when trying to run programs. HELP. Have to use system restore to get it to work right again.
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Aug 3, 2008When I right-click, and get the Display Properties, I only have three tabs: Themes, Appearances and Settings. I no longer have Screen Saver and DeskTop tabs
I'm not sure when they disappeared, but most likely when I had a virus. I've gotten rid of the virus, but the Screen Saver is gone.
I'm running Windows XP, of course. How can I get my tabs back?
Lost Photos - Data Lost Writing On Cd
Jun 26, 2005I have burned some photos onto a CD -R and have gone back into the cd drive but they are missing!! where have they gone. The photos were definitely burned on. I thought that once on a cd nothing could be lost.
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Apr 20, 2008when I switched on my computer when I got to the xp wellcome page inviting me to sign in i clicked sign the screen went priefly go's to my home page with no icons and no taskbar nothing, then go's back to the wellcome page again, every time i click sign in it happens again,help me!
View 6 Replies View RelatedBlack Screen After Boot Screen, No Welcome Screen, No Logon Screen
Oct 28, 2008its my previously-formatted HP Pavilion dv5201tx! The problem is as the title above. I can go into safe mode. I've used system restore twice. And in Documents and Settings folder I noticed it has:
Administrator
Administrator.computer description name
Administrator.computer description name.000
username1
username2
Is it creating more user folders? At some point Administrator.computer description name.000 wasn't there. Corrupted registry hive? I'm not sure! Restarted many times, used Last known good configuration, and it's still black after the boot screen. Please help!