windows desktop problems

[bigpoppa81]

my windows xp seems to be broke, when i see a image i want as my desktop background i right click and it saves as my desktop. Then the image is only saved on my windows start up when i enter my password. On my desktop its just blank, when i go into my windows properties its all greyed out so i cant change my background, any ideas?

 

[ViolentJ]

I assume you were previously able to?

I found this solution for this same problem, hopefully it will work for you:

1. Run "Regedit".

2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\policies

3. If you see a folder (key) "ActiveDesktop" select it. If not, make a new key and label it "ActiveDesktop".

4. If you see "NoChangingWallPaper", double-click the DWORD value and set it to "0". Otherwise, you need to create a new DWORD value of "NoChangingWallPaper" and set it to "0".

5. Try changing your wallpaper. If this fix doesn't solve the problem, you may also need to make the above registry changes at location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies .

Alternatively see this post:

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/423957-cannot-change-desktop-wallpaper.html#post3207417

From what I am reading this can be a side effect of spyware so you best do a spyware scan while you're at it.