My computer does not register my desktop settings.

Whenever my computer restarts, stop or goes into sleep mode setting I have on my desktop disappear. This product even when I hit apply the settings. How can I solve this?

It is possible that your user profile has become corrupted in the past.  When this happens, Windows connect by using a temporary profile whose settings will disappear between sessions.  To test this, create another user on your computer and open it as a new user and see if the same problems occur for this user.  If they are not, then treat your original login as a corrupted profile and go through the steps to recover your corrupt profile:

"How to recover damaged Windows XP user profile"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555473 >

HTH,
JW

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