Anytime Windows Installer is run, I restart the system, and at times when I
exit explorer and IE7, the display settings on my computer are lost and
revert to a blue background and no screen saver. I also lose the settings I
have for event sounds. This has been happening for the last month and I have
no idea what was processing when it started since I am not the only user. I
am using Windows XP SP3 and current with updates.

In news:243D3608-E56F-4C50-9D52-(E-Mail Removed),
Forrest typed on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:40:02 -0700:
> Anytime Windows Installer is run, I restart the system, and at times
> when I exit explorer and IE7, the display settings on my computer are
> lost and revert to a blue background and no screen saver. I also
> lose the settings I have for event sounds. This has been happening
> for the last month and I have no idea what was processing when it
> started since I am not the only user. I am using Windows XP SP3 and
> current with updates.

It sounds a lot like user profile corruption to me. I would create a new
user account and see if the problems disappears.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2