Background problem funds after that automatic Windows update download.

This morning my laptop, running Windows XP, was at the login screen, as if he had revived by himself--he had a message that windows had downloaed and installed an update of important security and need a re-start, which happened automatically. When the office came, instead of the blue background wallpaper Windows I use, the backgropund of the Office was white. All icons were there, but he was white instead of blue. I tried right click to get the display settings > desktop > and all the choices for office appear with a white background instead of the whatever they are supposed to be. Any help is appreciated.

Hi Marc G J
 
Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!
 
(1) do you mean to say that even after changing the display settings, you get a white background or the ability to change the display settings is grayed out?
(2) who is the update you have installed?
 
The first step, I suggest you is to try to go to safe mode and see if you can make the changes in safe mode.
 
This can be caused due to malware or virus infection. I suggest you
 
Run a full system virus scan and malware scan to check any virus or malware cause this behavior.
 
Do a full scan of the system with the Windows malicious software removal tool and search for malicious software present on your PC.
 
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove malicious software spread specific computers that are running Windows 7, Windows Vista,
   
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific malicious software and present on computers that are running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
 
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/890830
 
Also read the article of Vincenzo Di Russo on how to get rid of malware.
 
This can also be a problem with a corrupted user profile.
 
You can access the link below and create an new user account and see if the problem is resolved.
 
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279783

If none of these solves the problem, you can do a System Restore to return Windows XP to a previous state when your computer was functioning correctlyand then hide the particular update manually.

Access the link below for how to do a system restore.

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084

Hope this information was useful.
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