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Jennifer Smith - 24 Jun 2007 15:28 GMT

Stupid me downloaded a spyware program that told me some reg files were
infected. I deleted some, which affected my desktop settings. Now instead
of the wedding pic I had for wallpaper, it's a blue background, but the pic
is there underneath, because it's there upon bootup. How can I restore the
options to change my wallpaper? I bring up the tab and all the original
options are not checkable. Please help!

Jarrod

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Claymore - 24 Jun 2007 18:38 GMT

> Stupid me downloaded a spyware program that told me some reg files were
> infected. I deleted some, which affected my desktop settings. Now instead
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Jarrod

Hello Jarod,

Try this:

Copy the text below between the dotted lines, but not the dotted lines
themselves. Open Notepad and paste it in. Save the result in a
suitable location as desktop.reg - making sure that the default .txt
extension doesn't appear in the file name.
Double-click on the saved .reg file to merge the contents.
Restart.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\System]
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000000
"Wallpaper"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=dword:00000001

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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SingaporeWebDesign - 25 Jun 2007 20:09 GMT

Hello,

Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (Line 142, column 2)

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> Stupid me downloaded a spyware program that told me some reg files were
> infected. I deleted some, which affected my desktop settings. Now
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Jarrod

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RajKohli - 27 Jun 2007 02:08 GMT

You can also try this:

http://www.mindyourbrain.1gig.biz/Troubleshooting/displayprop.htm

Then click on

Display Background List is Grey Out
or
Enable Display Background List

Hope this help, let us know!

> Stupid me downloaded a spyware program that told me some reg files were
> infected. I deleted some, which affected my desktop settings. Now instead
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Jarrod

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