dmor319 said:
I am running Windows XP home edition. Last week I lost my background . I
tried to go to the control panel display section and all I have under
Display Properties is just an active window and none of my other themes. Any
help appreciated.
It could be caused by spyware.. why some spyware does this, I don't know.
No Wallpaper
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Registry fix-Automated:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/wallpaperenable.reg
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If you have XP -Pro :
1.Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc
2.Under User configuration Click [Administrative
Templates\ControlPanel\Display\]
3. There will be value named "Prevent changing wallpaper". Set it to
"NotConfigured"
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Manually (XP -Any):
1.Open Regedit
2. Click
<HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop>
3. There will be a value named "NoChangingWallpaper". Set it to 0
4. Click
<HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop>
5. Repeat Step 3
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If the above fails :
Microsoft Method- <
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921049/>
As suggested by Ayush
