No tab in control panel to open "background" or "screen saver"

[Gymkhana Sensei]

Recently I got the "blue screen of death" and since then, I lost my
background tab and my screen saver tab and cannot change either one. I
purchased the windows live one care package and that didn't help to fix this
problem. How do I find out if they have been erased? Or are they just
hidden? Is there a way to reload them? Or would I have to take my comp to a
technician and have them reload windows.

thanks

 

[nass]

Recently I got the "blue screen of death" and since then, I lost my
background tab and my screen saver tab and cannot change either one. I
purchased the windows live one care package and that didn't help to fix this
problem. How do I find out if they have been erased? Or are they just
hidden? Is there a way to reload them? Or would I have to take my comp to a
technician and have them reload windows.

thanks

Did you tried System Restore in Safe Mode to an earlier date?

Can we have the exact wording/verbatim of the error please!
Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

HTH,
nass

 

[Elmo]

Recently I got the "blue screen of death" and since then, I lost my
background tab and my screen saver tab and cannot change either one. I
purchased the Windows Live One Care package and that didn't help to fix this
problem. How do I find out if they have been erased? Or are they just
hidden? Is there a way to reload them? Or would I have to take my comp to a
technician and have them reload Windows?

thanks

Maybe one of these:

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

Line 51. ScreenSaver Disable/Enable or Tab Missing
Line 128. (r-h column) Restore Desktop and Screensaver Tabs
Line 142. (r-h column) Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes - Disable
Line 227. (r-h column) Restore/Enable Screensaver Tab Settings/Display

 

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