Try to change the desktop background / Wallpaper

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium with service pack 2.  I'm changing my screen/for other background thing than the "all black" that is currently displayed.

I go to the control panel / personalize appearance and sounds / background screen and double click on the image I want as my desktop wallpaper.  It does not change.  I try pictures everywhere (windows desktop wallpaper / photos / sample images / etc) and get the same result.  It does not change.

I tried the "related children '... Background screen problems, wallpapers appearing is not in customize display of no help.  I am logged in as administrator.

Thanks in advance.

Hi CrazyPizzaJoe,

Run a scan for malware by installing the tool following "Malwarebytes" from the link: http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html

Make sure that you update the Malwarebytes tool before you run the analysis and then run a full scan and remove if infected files found on the computer.

After that, open a Notepad and copy the following text and save it as desktop.reg on your desktop

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges" = hex: 00, 00, 00, 00
"NoActiveDesktop" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoSaveSettings" = DWORD: 00000000
"ClassicShell" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoThemesTab" = DWORD: 00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"NoDispAppearancePage" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoColorChoice" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoSizeChoice" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoDispBackgroundPage" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoDispCPL" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoVisualStyleChoice" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoDispSettingsPage" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoVisualStyleChoice" = DWORD: 00000000
"NoSizeChoice" = DWORD: 00000000
'UnadviseClient ' = -.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper" = DWORD: 00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]
'ThemeActive' = '1 '.
"DllName" = hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00,------.
74,00,25,00 5 c 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 73, 00, 6f, 00, 75, 00, 72, 00, 63, 00, 65, 00, 73, 00, 5 c,
00,54,00,68,00,65,00, 6 D, 00, 65, 00, 73, 00, 5 C, 00, 6 C, 6F 75, 00, 00, 00, 61, 00, 5 C, 00,------.
6 c, 00, 75, 00, 6F, 61, 00, 00, 2nd, 00, 6 d, 00, 73, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 79, 00, 6 c 00 65, 00, 73,------.
00,00,00

After you save the file on the desktop as doubleclick desktop.reg top and click Yes when prompted and click Ok to confirm, and then restart the computer.

Then try to change the desktop wallpaper and check.

Please answer if this helps.

Kind regards
David

Tags: Windows

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