Vista - Vista Desktop Background Issue

Munchmunchtasty · 11-14-2008

Since trying and failing to get a downloaded theme to work I have been having a problem where my backgrounds do not fill the full size of the screen regardless of whether I use stretch or center when setting them.

It is as if Vista is incorrectly determining where the center of the image is and I am left with a blank section at the bottom of the screen. I have tried restoring the windows aero files from back ups I made as well as using a system restore but to no avail.

Any ideas?

**Brink** · 11-14-2008

Hello Munch,

You might see if a Repair (upgrade) install can fix the problem for you. To be safe, you should backup anything you do not want to lose though.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Quote: Originally Posted by Munchmunchtasty

Since trying and failing to get a downloaded theme to work I have been having a problem where my backgrounds do not fill the full size of the screen regardless of whether I use stretch or center when setting them.

It is as if Vista is incorrectly determining where the center of the image is and I am left with a blank section at the bottom of the screen. I have tried restoring the windows aero files from back ups I made as well as using a system restore but to no avail.

Any ideas?

Munchmunchtasty · 11-16-2008

That fixed it! Thank you very much for you help Brink.

**Brink** · 11-16-2008

You're welcome Munch. I'm happy to hear it is fixed now.

Shawn

11-14-2008	#1 (permalink)
Munchmunchtasty Vista Home Premium x64 2 posts	Vista Desktop Background Issue Since trying and failing to get a downloaded theme to work I have been having a problem where my backgrounds do not fill the full size of the screen regardless of whether I use stretch or center when setting them. It is as if Vista is incorrectly determining where the center of the image is and I am left with a blank section at the bottom of the screen. I have tried restoring the windows aero files from back ups I made as well as using a system restore but to no avail. Any ideas?
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11-14-2008	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Re: Vista Desktop Background Issue Hello Munch, You might see if a Repair (upgrade) install can fix the problem for you. To be safe, you should backup anything you do not want to lose though. Hope this helps, Shawn Quote: Originally Posted by Munchmunchtasty Since trying and failing to get a downloaded theme to work I have been having a problem where my backgrounds do not fill the full size of the screen regardless of whether I use stretch or center when setting them. It is as if Vista is incorrectly determining where the center of the image is and I am left with a blank section at the bottom of the screen. I have tried restoring the windows aero files from back ups I made as well as using a system restore but to no avail. Any ideas?
My System Specs

11-16-2008	#3 (permalink)
Munchmunchtasty Vista Home Premium x64 2 posts	Re: Vista Desktop Background Issue That fixed it! Thank you very much for you help Brink. Last edited by Munchmunchtasty; 11-16-2008 at 09:52 AM..
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11-16-2008	#4 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Re: Vista Desktop Background Issue You're welcome Munch. I'm happy to hear it is fixed now. Shawn
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