Vista - Background Will not Set

I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions

Your description of the problem is not very good at all. Are you saying that
you have no opportunity to get to personalize? Try again and be "specific"
in stating your problem if you desire specific assistance.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"tknee" <tknee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BDE8B9A5-C971-4D24-9153-AA0FCEC52FF2@microsoft.com...
>I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
> personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions

What I'm saying is that I cannot set anything but colors as my background
wallpaper. Everytime I try to set a pic as a background it does nothing, but
the colors will change if you select one of them.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Your description of the problem is not very good at all. Are you saying that
> you have no opportunity to get to personalize? Try again and be "specific"
> in stating your problem if you desire specific assistance.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "tknee" <tknee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BDE8B9A5-C971-4D24-9153-AA0FCEC52FF2@microsoft.com...
> >I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
> > personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions
>
>

Right click on desktop, choose Personalize, then choose Desktop Background,
then go to Picture Location and choose Windows Wallpapers. That will show
you your wallpaper options from the C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper folder. Just
click on your choice and you'll have your picture.

Hope this helps.

David



"tknee" wrote:

> What I'm saying is that I cannot set anything but colors as my background
> wallpaper. Everytime I try to set a pic as a background it does nothing, but
> the colors will change if you select one of them.
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
> > Your description of the problem is not very good at all. Are you saying that
> > you have no opportunity to get to personalize? Try again and be "specific"
> > in stating your problem if you desire specific assistance.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard Urban
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> >
> >
> >
> > "tknee" <tknee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:BDE8B9A5-C971-4D24-9153-AA0FCEC52FF2@microsoft.com...
> > >I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
> > > personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions
> >
> >

I tried that and nothing happen. Is there something that is stopping it from
doing it?

"David Hankinson" wrote:

> Right click on desktop, choose Personalize, then choose Desktop Background,
> then go to Picture Location and choose Windows Wallpapers. That will show
> you your wallpaper options from the C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper folder. Just
> click on your choice and you'll have your picture.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David
>
>
>
> "tknee" wrote:
>
> > What I'm saying is that I cannot set anything but colors as my background
> > wallpaper. Everytime I try to set a pic as a background it does nothing, but
> > the colors will change if you select one of them.
> >
> > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> >
> > > Your description of the problem is not very good at all. Are you saying that
> > > you have no opportunity to get to personalize? Try again and be "specific"
> > > in stating your problem if you desire specific assistance.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Richard Urban
> > > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "tknee" <tknee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:BDE8B9A5-C971-4D24-9153-AA0FCEC52FF2@microsoft.com...
> > > >I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
> > > > personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions
> > >
> > >

i am having the same problem. it depends on what program i use to open the
picture. i can some of the time get a picture to set as wallpaper but if i
reboot it goes back to a solid color.

"tknee" wrote:

> I tried that and nothing happen. Is there something that is stopping it from
> doing it?
>
> "David Hankinson" wrote:
>
> > Right click on desktop, choose Personalize, then choose Desktop Background,
> > then go to Picture Location and choose Windows Wallpapers. That will show
> > you your wallpaper options from the C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper folder. Just
> > click on your choice and you'll have your picture.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> > "tknee" wrote:
> >
> > > What I'm saying is that I cannot set anything but colors as my background
> > > wallpaper. Everytime I try to set a pic as a background it does nothing, but
> > > the colors will change if you select one of them.
> > >
> > > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Your description of the problem is not very good at all. Are you saying that
> > > > you have no opportunity to get to personalize? Try again and be "specific"
> > > > in stating your problem if you desire specific assistance.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Richard Urban
> > > > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > > > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "tknee" <tknee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:BDE8B9A5-C971-4D24-9153-AA0FCEC52FF2@microsoft.com...
> > > > >I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
> > > > > personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions
> > > >
> > > >

I have just got a new computer with vista installed and have tried to
personalize my desktop although I am following all the correct instructions
and the desktop changes when I start up my computer the next day it is back
to a black screen.
When I had Windows 98 and the same thing happened I remember setting the
desktop as a web page but I can't see anything like that to do in Vista.


"tutall" wrote:

> i am having the same problem. it depends on what program i use to open the
> picture. i can some of the time get a picture to set as wallpaper but if i
> reboot it goes back to a solid color.
>
> "tknee" wrote:
>
> > I tried that and nothing happen. Is there something that is stopping it from
> > doing it?
> >
> > "David Hankinson" wrote:
> >
> > > Right click on desktop, choose Personalize, then choose Desktop Background,
> > > then go to Picture Location and choose Windows Wallpapers. That will show
> > > you your wallpaper options from the C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper folder. Just
> > > click on your choice and you'll have your picture.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "tknee" wrote:
> > >
> > > > What I'm saying is that I cannot set anything but colors as my background
> > > > wallpaper. Everytime I try to set a pic as a background it does nothing, but
> > > > the colors will change if you select one of them.
> > > >
> > > > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Your description of the problem is not very good at all. Are you saying that
> > > > > you have no opportunity to get to personalize? Try again and be "specific"
> > > > > in stating your problem if you desire specific assistance.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Richard Urban
> > > > > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > > > > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "tknee" <tknee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:BDE8B9A5-C971-4D24-9153-AA0FCEC52FF2@microsoft.com...
> > > > > >I can only set colors, I have tried right clicking on the desktop to
> > > > > > personalize but it still will not do it. Any suggestions
> > > > >
> > > > >