wallpaper keeps disappearing in XP

My wallpaper continues to disappear after reboot. He's going to stick around for several times, then disappear. The background color is not affected, and neither are the icons and the taskbar. It's just the image that keeps disappearing.

What is happening with my own photos and the value default ones (all the bmp). I tried to move one of my own pictures (bmp) into the wallpaper folder (C:/Windows) and selecting it from there, but the same thing happens.

The computer is not on a network, and no other user accounts are defined on it.

The only difference is that I have a new monitor. But despite this, the wallpaper will stay for a few days through several resets, then someday it just... disappeared. When I open the display properties, the image is shown as being assigned and even appears in the Preview Panel. By clicking on it, then again restores it immediately on the desktop.

I use Win XP, SP3. Thank you.

I'm sorry to say I think you are a form of Malware running on your system, defeating the wallpaper.

I would go to MalwareBytes.org to try their dose.

Something is written in the registry.

You might also look for something with Autoruns

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Mark L. Ferguson MS - MVP

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