Wont Change Themes Or Desktop Background?
Oct 27, 2007
My daughter has a Dell XPS M1210 laptop running Windows XP Media Center Edition. She got fooled by PSGuard and thought she was downloading antispyware software after a warning came on her screen. She ended up with the TrojanDownloder.xs and the SmitFraud problem. With a lot of assistance from past posts I was able to I think delete most of the problems. But I still can't change her theme or desktop background. I got rid of the "you have spyware and need to download spyware removal software" backgroun by now the screen is blue or a solid color and nothing else.
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Jun 1, 2006
I know is this going to sound very "lame", but here goes. My wife like the desktop theme for the seascape, it has the ships wheel when working and for the mouse is a sea shell. Very nice. But, the background is a light tan colored and I hate it, I would like the plain white background. Is there a way to keep the sea theme and still get a white background?
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Aug 24, 2008
the Background button is gone and i can't change it it is flat blue Help
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Mar 19, 2006
I am having difficulty changing my desktop wallpaper. No matter what I do, I cannot put a different picture or wallpaper on the desktop. I have already tried using the right click on the desktop and going into the properties that way. It won't even let me select any of the options for the wallpaper. And I used to be able to go to my photo files and just pick one, right click on it and select the "set as desktop background" option. But now it won't let me change it at all.
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Jul 26, 2008
i am using windows XP professional and recently my computer's desktop has been having some problems, it was working fine this morning then i turned it on just now and my desktop is blue, i cannot change the background, i cannot unlock my taskbar or see icons in my start menu, i have no clue what could have caused this to happen
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Aug 10, 2005
I cannot change the desktop background by going to Settings>>Control panel>>Display>>Desktop due to subj. reason. Why is this option blocked & how to acivate it again ?
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Jan 27, 2010
I am unable to change my desktop background. I had a virus problem and it appears the virus had been removed but when I restart a message appears that I am still infected I scanned with ATT McAfee and it says I am not infected.
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Nov 15, 2007
I Cannot Change My Desktop Background. I Have A Blue Screen. When I Click In Properties, Then Click Desktop My Brouse Button And Stretch Buttons Are Gray. How Can I Fix This Problem
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Aug 1, 2005
I know this is simple but it's driving me nuts that I cannot fix it. The Help desk just updated my computer and now there are boxes surrounding the names of the desktop icons. I do not want these boxes. When I change the desktop color, it changes the color of these boxes. How do I fix this so there is no box and it is clear with just the names. I can't stand looking at this!
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Oct 3, 2005
Went in safe mode and ran my scans, it changed the look of my XP desktop back to classic and I can't change it back through Control Panel.
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Aug 14, 2006
I got a toshiba laptop with some malware problems. I fixed everything but the desktop properties. I cannot change my desktop background and the browse and position buttons do not work when in display properties. The selection of pictures/backgrounds has been grayed out. I have tried using customize desktop and restarting my pc, and have also tried the reg file from kellyskorner website and this has not worked. I hope that there is a simple solution for this frustrating problem.
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May 4, 2007
i cannot change the desktop background..every time i will open the properties-desktop the only thing i can change is the color,i cannot even click the browse because its gray(cannot be click) and i cannot scroll the the backgrounds.i try changing the desktop background in nvidia, there i can browse the pictures i want to become the wallpaper but eventhough i apply the settings the desktop is still the same it did not change.
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May 4, 2007
i cannot change the desktop background..every time i will open the properties-desktop the only thing i can change is the color,i cannot even click the browse because its gray(cannot be click) and i cannot scroll the the backgrounds.i try changing the desktop background in nvidia, there i can browse the pictures i want to become the wallpaper but eventhough i apply the settings the desktop is still the same it did not change.
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Dec 15, 2005
I think i might have a virus. i can't change my desktop background and every once and a while the programs:10387.exe, 1609.exe, 18975.exe, and 5095.exe show up on the process list when i hit control+alt+delete.
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Aug 2, 2006
we have 4 separate accounts each w/admin privileges it seems 2 have somehow become linked when the desktop background is changed on i it gets changed on another as well.
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Jan 14, 2009
i recently had a couple of trojans on my computer. they started to make my computer crash alot and they changed my background to a huge warning sign..it had said warning your computer is infested with many trojans malware and adware. i ran alot of scans and now i am very sure that its all cleaned up. But when i try to access my taskmanager i cannot. i have read another thread wich told me to type in taskmngr.exe or something like that the run thing but it just said task manager has been disabled by admin. how to reenable it and i am the admin. also when i try to change my background via right click>properties>desktop where i should be able to scroll through the backgrounds is all locked up and disabled.
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Aug 18, 2009
I recently got over a virus and got rid of it but afterwards it doesnt allow me to change my desktop background. My original picture shows up for a second on startup then goes black. It also shows up just before log off too.
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Jan 24, 2006
I'm being driven insane by this. An office laptop running XP Home was riddled with malware - spyfighter, pcadprotector, CSW.HomeSearch etc. I've managed to remove them all after a full day of hassle but I'm still left with a frustrating issue in that I cannot adjust the desktop background. The properties box is greyed out for backgrounds. We have a simple peer to peer network (workgroup in fact) and no internal security or policies. What can I do before I throw the thing out of the window?
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May 28, 2010
When I right click on the desktop and select properties and click the desktop tab, I can't change the background picture (BTW, I just want a solid color background). I can click the color flydown and apply a new color, but that doesn't affect the current desktop. On reboot, the rebooting, the new background color appears until late in the boot process when the background whites out.
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Jun 29, 2007
Yesterday I wanted to change desktop background,but I was unable to use arrows (up or down ) and cannot click on any displayed selection I ran AVG and found 4 viruses (trojan Renos) and many spywares all are in a vault,but background still not working.I downloaded Hijackthis and created log file.Could someone please tell me how I can uploaded to Cnet and hopefuly get help in identify the problem? Thank you.
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Apr 5, 2005
Trying to help a friend of mine. He had added a shortcut to his desktop, says was active shortcut, ever since then has not been able to change desktop, its white (none) . I went to the sreen to change it and selected the one he wanted . I then closed the system and rebooted, when it first comes up,the background is correct, but when loads icons it reverts to a white background.
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Oct 8, 2005
I want to use a windows xp theme that I downloaded from the internet with out haveing to use a program like "window blinds". So I downloaded this compressed file (a zip) that has a bunch of files in it. How do I apply these files to change windows look and feel? I would like to use the windows theme tap located under the desktop propertys.
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Jun 29, 2005
Windows XP allows you to customise the appearance of Windows XP and has I think 4 different appearances you can choose from in the display properties under windows XP style with Windows XP plus installed. Is there any website that lets you download files to change the appearance of Windows XP without installing an extra program such as Window Blinds? I ask because I'm not artistic enough to create my own.
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Mar 20, 2005
I know that in Win ME there is a program for Desktop Themes that you can pick and choose what you want to change or keep default and so forth, is there anything like for XP? Im still trying to adjust to Xp and I love it now. I seen this image on a website that this guy took of his desktop, and the toolbar had a new look to it and it was gray and it just looked pretty sweet.
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Apr 16, 2006
i have quite a few old photos in the options box for my desktop background (display) Is there some way of deleting them? win XP
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Mar 7, 2006
What are good sites with good variaties of desktop skins?
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Aug 30, 2006
where i can find some good desktop themes for windows xp? Im picky seeing how there are only 3 colors (green,silver, and blue) that windows lets you choose. I've tried googling but i could only find ones where you had to pay.. So does anybody know any good FREE ones?
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Jul 9, 2005
i'm slightly puzzled to why my XP pro themes are missing. The Themes service is running but the option to select XP themes is missing in the appearence tab via desktop properties. I have no third party software running on boot and as i said before im puzzled.
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Dec 13, 2007
I actually wanted to pimp my windows XP desktop screen and I went ahead and browsed some website and downloaded some themes, I installed all the themes in my computer and found that there was a virus attack, installing all the themes and I need to format my hard drive. Sometimes I think of keeping the same old screen but its really boring and after seeing all the dock setting and the latest flashing icons XP seem to be a bit sad
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Jan 6, 2007
When I go to change my computers Theme or Visual Style, I get an error that says "Run dll as an app" needs to close, and then nothing happens. Any clue which XP file is missing from my PC? Is there a software dowload that can tell me what XP files I may be missing?
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Oct 18, 2004
I'm using XP Home Edition, with all updates installed. For some reason, I can't change the background wallpaper on my screen. I right-click on the desktop, select Properties, then select the Desktop tab. There is only one wallpaper listed in the Background list, as well as the (None) option, which works. Unfortunately, I can only switch between (None) and my current wallpaper. Browse works, in that I can search my computer for other images. But when I select any of those images nothing happens. The current wallpaper remains in the preview screen, and the wallpaper I selected through browsing doesn't show up in the Background list. (I can Center, Stretch and Tile my current wallpaper.)
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