-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wallpaper
- From: EddieB <fasteddieb216@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:36:16 -0400
About the wallpaper issue I have a few ideas...
- I'll take a look later to see what registry tweaks I can find that affect
those options.
- Another possibility is some 3rd party WinXP skinning program like
Stardock's WindowBlinds. There are others but I can't think of their names
right now. I know there is one to give WinXP the Vista look also. Well,
anyway, those utilities might disable some of the wallpaper options so their
look/skin doesn't get messed up. Unfortunately I have seen some viruses
that don't let you change the wallpaper also. I would suggest running the
free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and some free online virus scanners just to
be sure.
Ed
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gman
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:22 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wallpaper
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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