no desktop tab

Does anyone know why I do not have a Desktop tap in
display properties? There's Themes, Screen Saver,
Appearance and Settings, but no Desktop. I have no way
to change my background. I'm the only user with admin
privileges, but both my wife and son have the desktop tab.
Also, the only start menu option I have is classic.
There's no button to change back to the XP start menu.
Thanks.

[Ramesh [MVP]]

The following advice applies if your system is not in a domain:

For Start Menu issue:

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp=
lorer]
In the right-pane, set "NoSimpleStartMenu" to 0 [dword:00000000]

To restore the missing "Desktop" tab, apply this fix:

Restore All Display Tabs and Display Icon (Line 285)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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Does anyone know why I do not have a Desktop tap in=20
display properties? There's Themes, Screen Saver,=20
Appearance and Settings, but no Desktop. I have no way=20
to change my background. I'm the only user with admin=20
privileges, but both my wife and son have the desktop tab.
Also, the only start menu option I have is classic.=20
There's no button to change back to the XP start menu.=20
Thanks.