topic Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture in PCs & Accessories

Cant Change My Desktop Picture

deblee02 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:40:26 GMT

Hi All
I cant change the picture on my desk top anymore, the scroll bars wont scroll and I cant click on any pictures to select one

Has anyone else encountered this problem and does anyone know how to correct it?

Cheers! :smileyhypnotized:

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

Thalamus. — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:38:04 GMT

Hi deblee02,

welcome to Club Vaio..

Have you run a anti spyware and Antivirus scan..?

Do you have XP or Vista?

If xp you could try this regedit from kellys-korner see Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes line no.142 on the right.

You can backup your registry first..

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

deblee02 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:53:26 GMT

Hi Iam using XP and have run spyware doctor and norton virus scan and everything is coming up clean so I will try what you suggest, thank you!

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

Thalamus. — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:14:31 GMT

You could also try using something like Adaware or Spybot S&D , both of which are free, to check for malware..

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

deblee02 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:43:14 GMT

thanks for that, I just tried Spybot but it also came up clean

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

Thalamus. — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:04:26 GMT

Are you able to change the desktop picture now..?

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

deblee02 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:52:47 GMT

No, no change. Except I went onto sony wallpapers and 'set to background' on one of the pix and the graphics are coming up badly, so am actually worse off as cant change it...argh!!!!!!!!!

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

Thalamus. — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:25:22 GMT

Try right-clicking another picture that is stored on your computer then clicking Set as Desktop Background..

Does this allow you to change your desktop background..

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

deblee02 — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:56:06 GMT

Tried that and nope, it dont work either !

Thanks for trying though, its much appreciated

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

Thalamus. — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:36:47 GMT

Have you installed any programs since you last changed your desktop picture, if so, can you remember what they were..?

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

deblee02 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:46:10 GMT

I am not sure, is there a way of checking what I have installed?

Re: Cant Change My Desktop Picture

jumpsuit — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:25:45 GMT

You can go to program files and view the latest installed.

Have you tried a system restore point to when you may remember it working?