Thanks for the update.
When you discover the fix please
share it with this newsgroup.
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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
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> John,
> Well, after a week of beating my head against the keyboard I still
> have not found a solution that works. I spent three nights with our
> friends from India at MS Support and while they were very supportive
> they could not figure out a fix. At their suggestion I uninstalled
> Vista SP1 and my anti-virus (F-Prot).
>
> I have gone to Organize, View, Folder Options and checked and
> unchecked "Always show icons, never thumbnails" about a hundred times
> (With and without restart).
>
> I have gone to Control Panel, Ease of Acess, Make it easier to focus
> on tasks, and checked and unchecked "Remove background Images" as
> well.
>
> I have posted HJT logs on What The Tech, run spyare, adware and
> anti-virus scans in normal and safe mode and "As Administrator". I
> think I had an "Adware-Alert" attack which I cleaned up with MBAM.
> All scans are clean now.
>
> I ran Regedit and checked in "Windows Current Version", "Policies",
> "System" in both Local Machine and Current User and found no reference
> to wallpaper or desktop background.
>
> This problem affects all users (created new user and Administrator).
>
> This issue seems to have migrated into a desktop background issue. I
> can see thumbnails in all my file folders now but I can't see
> thumbnails if I "Personalize ",
> "Desktop Background". I can see Solid Colors (and can change them) but
> if I choose Windows Wallpaper from the Drop Down I only see generic
> icons or place holders. They are highly pixelated icons. If I choose
> Pictures folder I get the same thing. If I click on browse I can see
> the thunbnail view but no matter what I click on I can't set it as
> background. (Except for the few bmp files I have in My Picures).
> I can never right click on a thumnail or any image and "Set as Desktop
> Background".
>
> I have Adobe Photoshop and Gimp installed but they were on here long
> before this problem started.
> BTW WindowsMedia Player seems to function normally.
>
> I still feel that there is some obscure basic setting that I am
> overlooking or the malware attack changed some fundamental Registry
> Setting that I am not aware of.
>
> There seems to be scores of similar issues posted around the net but I
> have failed to discover a definitive answer for this particular
> combination.
>
> Maybe I should start a new thread as "Can't change Desktop
> Background"?
>
> I apoligize about the lengthy rant.
>
> ruddervader