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Parrini

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December 20th, 2006 11:00

Background menu in Display Properties is locked

When I go to Display properties > Desktop, the Background menu, Browse button, and Position menu are locked (greyed out), so I can't select an image as wallpaper to replace my solid color background. If I do that from the image itself (rightclick > use as wallpaper), the image will appear only for a moment when the computer is started and then get "covered" by the solid color desktop with all the icons etc. When I shut down, the image reappears again only after the desktop is removed, just before everything turns off. Not a big deal in itself, but annoying, and maybe symptom of bigger problems to come? Thank you anyone for your advice.

dbramlet

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December 20th, 2006 20:00

I don't know why these are grayed out but can you select none as the wallpaper? I noticed many times you will see different pictures if you have selected a few different wallpaper options. Only way to get rid of the ones you don't want it to select none and reboot the computer to where none is selected. That might help getting the extra one showing. Now, take a picture you want for your wallpaper and instead of right clicking to make it your wallpaper just copy it to the windows folder and then try to find it in display properties under wallpaper. Also, make sure the ones you want to use are under the windows folder. Might be the grayed ones are not under windows. Another things, in control panel under add/remove programs and windows components there is an option somewhere there for adding wallpaper and that I believe it usually installed. You can click on each item and look at details until you fine it. Hope something here will help. I really believe though those pictures are grayed because they are not under the windows folder.

tallen347

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June 12th, 2008 03:00

I have the same problem.  I cannot even select "none" for my background.  I had a spyware/adware/virus problem, but it is fixed (i believe).  Like the previous questioner, the background I have selected appears briefly just prior to the desktop appearing, and just after it disappears on shutdown.  But when I go to the "change a desktop background" menu in the control panel, I can access position and color, but not the background menu itself; I cannot even scroll thru the choices or browse.  Any ideas?

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