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Old 12-02-2008   #2 (permalink)
Malke


 
 

Re: desktop back ground goes black

Michael Taylor wrote:
Quote:

> Since the weekend the desktop background has gone black. If I browse to
> find a new background none are previewed. If I switch to the Windows Vista
> them, first, then I can change the background. When I shut down and
> restart, the background is back to black again and the theme shows as
> 'Modified theme'. There were 3 windows updates installed on 27th Nov -
> KB957321, KB959108 and KB95913 - perhaps one of these is causing the
> problem? Would be interesting to know if any one else is also experiencing
> this. I'm using Vista Ultimate x64.
> Thanks
> Mike
No problems here. You can always go to Programs & Features and uninstall the
updates and then reinstall them one at a time to see if you can reproduce
the issue.

Otherwise, here are a few notes about this sort of problem:

If you can't change Desktop background - Start>Control Panel>Ease of
Access>Ease of Access Center. Under "Make things on the screen easier to
see", deselect the option "Remove background images (where available).
Select "Save".

If that doesn't help, download wallpaper_enable.reg from the following link
- http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/wallpaper_enable.reg

Save the file to Desktop. Right-click on the file and then choose "Merge"

Malke
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