"desktop background feature disabled"   

My desktop is black, and when I go into the Control Panel to change it,
I get a message that says it is disabled and to check with the
administrator (ME!).  When my daughter logs into her user account, all
is well for her, so it's just in my user account.

I've done an exhaustive Google search, and downloaded & ran the
following:
1. My Trend Micro Anti-virus
2. CCleaner
3. Spybot
4. Super Antivirus

All found suspicious malware/trojans/adware, etc., and did manage to
get rid of a RunDLL error I was getting upon start-up, but nothing has
fixed this disabled desktop background problem I'm having.

I found a tutorial in this Vista forum that I believe could be my
answer, and I started the process, but got a little nervous after my
first download when I received a warning message....I just want to be
sure I'm not going to screw up my computer! :shock:

Could someone direct me -- and reassure my fears?

Thanks


-- 
rdpega

date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:35:44 -0500   author:   rdpega

Re: "desktop background feature disabled"   

Hi,

What tutorial are you referring to?

-- 
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"rdpega"  wrote in message 
news:08289bc8d658ab12e6137dc343f95e44@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> My desktop is black, and when I go into the Control Panel to change it,
> I get a message that says it is disabled and to check with the
> administrator (ME!).  When my daughter logs into her user account, all
> is well for her, so it's just in my user account.
>
> I've done an exhaustive Google search, and downloaded & ran the
> following:
> 1. My Trend Micro Anti-virus
> 2. CCleaner
> 3. Spybot
> 4. Super Antivirus
>
> All found suspicious malware/trojans/adware, etc., and did manage to
> get rid of a RunDLL error I was getting upon start-up, but nothing has
> fixed this disabled desktop background problem I'm having.
>
> I found a tutorial in this Vista forum that I believe could be my
> answer, and I started the process, but got a little nervous after my
> first download when I received a warning message....I just want to be
> sure I'm not going to screw up my computer! :shock:
>
> Could someone direct me -- and reassure my fears?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> -- 
> rdpega

date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:55:29 -0400   author:   Rick Rogers