-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wallpaper
- From: "bookworm54 tds.net" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:33:57 -0400
Thanks G,
I think I'll dump the McAfee. One strange thing, when it's shutting down, I
see the wallpaper I chose like it's under the desktop, if you know what i
mean :)
What would be the best way to uninstall the McAfee? I have put Revo on it.
Jo Ann
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> AVG might be the better bet, regardless of free space. McAfee is one of
> the
> very few companies that didn't bother rewriting their 2009 version apps to
> remove excess bloat. As a result, it's slow, clumsy and full of old bugs.
>
> The wallpaper issue is a strange one that has me wondering if perhaps the
> OS
> was 'slimmed down' by a utility such as nLite. If that's true, you may not
> have any options for re-enabling the function because it would be the
> result
> of something important being removed (including all references to it within
> the registry and .inf files). In that case, you're best bet would be to
> wipe the drive and install your own non-nLite'd OS.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bookworm54 tds.net" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 11:43 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Wallpaper
>
>
> >I bought a used computer with XP Home ed. on it yesterday. I want to put
> a
> > picture on the desktop as wallpaper. When I right click desktop,
> > properties,
> > then desktop. it's like the browse and stretch is grayed out and even
> > though it shows some pictures I can't get them to show. I know it's
> > probably
> > some simple setting I've forgotten. When I open a picture I can click set
> > as
> > wallpaper,
> > but it doesn't change, I just have the blue desktop. Also, it has Mcafee
> > anti-virus on it. With only 512 mb RAM I wonder it it would be better to
> > remove it and put free AVG on it?
> > Jo Ann
>
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