Desktop Background Blocked

[Guest]

I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set background
page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to right
click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way out
of this? Thanks.

 

[WTC]

I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set background
page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to
right
click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way
out
of this? Thanks.

Edit the registry at the following locations.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
In the right-hand pane, delete "NoChangingWallPaper" or change the value
to 0.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
In the right-hand pane, delete "Wallpaper" and "WallpaperStyle".

Perform a full system scan for malware.

Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response, but I am not that tech savvy, how does one "Edit the
registry?" Thanks.

I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set background
page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to
right
click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way
out
of this? Thanks.

Edit the registry at the following locations.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
In the right-hand pane, delete "NoChangingWallPaper" or change the value
to 0.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
In the right-hand pane, delete "Wallpaper" and "WallpaperStyle".

Perform a full system scan for malware.

Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

 

[WTC]

Download the following file to Desktop then double-click the "bckgrnd.reg"
file to import into the registry. This should fix your background
restrictions in the Display properties.

http://www.lprf.ca/files/bckgrnd.reg

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Thanks for the response, but I am not that tech savvy, how does one "Edit
the
registry?" Thanks.

I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set
background
page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to
right
click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way
out
of this? Thanks.

Edit the registry at the following locations.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
In the right-hand pane, delete "NoChangingWallPaper" or change the value
to 0.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
In the right-hand pane, delete "Wallpaper" and "WallpaperStyle".

Perform a full system scan for malware.

Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Drahmiel" <[email protected]>

| I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set background
| page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to right
| click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way out
| of this? Thanks.


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

Additional Instructions:
http://harrisonrj.home.comcast.net/step_by_step_pc_cleaning_process.htm#Step_3_%96_Getting_Help


* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

[Guest]

You're welcome Drahmiel.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Please disregard the previous post. Your solution worked like a charm.
William Crawford, You RULE.

Thanks for the response, but I am not that tech savvy, how does one "Edit the
registry?" Thanks.

I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set background
page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to
right
click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way
out
of this? Thanks.

Edit the registry at the following locations.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
In the right-hand pane, delete "NoChangingWallPaper" or change the value
to 0.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
In the right-hand pane, delete "Wallpaper" and "WallpaperStyle".

Perform a full system scan for malware.

Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

 

[Guest]

Please disregard the previous post. Your solution worked like a charm.
William Crawford, You RULE.

Thanks for the response, but I am not that tech savvy, how does one "Edit the
registry?" Thanks.

I can no longer set my desktop background. When I go to the set background
page, my picture files and all the options are greyed out. If I try to
right
click on a picture to set it as background, I get no response. Any way
out
of this? Thanks.

Edit the registry at the following locations.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
In the right-hand pane, delete "NoChangingWallPaper" or change the value
to 0.

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
In the right-hand pane, delete "Wallpaper" and "WallpaperStyle".

Perform a full system scan for malware.

Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com