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June 7th 08, 09:55 PM
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My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a
while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? 
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June 7th 08, 11:14 PM
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Troygi wrote:
My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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June 8th 08, 05:45 PM
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed.
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June 8th 08, 06:58 PM
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Troygi wrote:
My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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June 9th 08, 03:08 AM
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings, but they do not work.
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June 11th 08, 04:00 PM
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Are you on a domain or working in a workgroup?
Could be a user rights issue here. You may not have sufficient privileges to change the desktop features. Have you tried a system restore? Have you ran anti-virus\spyware\malware - sometimes if you have an infestation they can cause issues with your control panel functions - might be worth it if you sweep your system for any virus's. "Troygi" wrote: "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings, but they do not work.
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June 24th 08, 04:14 PM
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"Nanny" wrote: Are you on a domain or working in a workgroup? Could be a user rights issue here. You may not have sufficient privileges to change the desktop features. Have you tried a system restore? Have you ran anti-virus\spyware\malware - sometimes if you have an infestation they can cause issues with your control panel functions - might be worth it if you sweep your system for any virus's. "Troygi" wrote: "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings, but they do not work. hey i got alomst the same problem but i cant go in display properties or even click on it cant acess anything in control panel i click or right click then go properties it does nothing i cant even go on my properties on my background thats how bad it is i think everything is locked. i need to bring it back to default cause its in very low and it looks like am useing a computer with the graphiques of a computer from 1993 lol...can u help please its been like this for a long time thanks
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June 25th 08, 09:13 AM
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"RealSeb" wrote in message ... "Nanny" wrote: Are you on a domain or working in a workgroup? Could be a user rights issue here. You may not have sufficient privileges to change the desktop features. Have you tried a system restore? Have you ran anti-virus\spyware\malware - sometimes if you have an infestation they can cause issues with your control panel functions - might be worth it if you sweep your system for any virus's. "Troygi" wrote: "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings, but they do not work. hey i got alomst the same problem but i cant go in display properties or even click on it cant acess anything in control panel i click or right click then go properties it does nothing i cant even go on my properties on my background thats how bad it is i think everything is locked. i need to bring it back to default cause its in very low and it looks like am useing a computer with the graphiques of a computer from 1993 lol...can u help please its been like this for a long time thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_%28punctuation%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_letters
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August 18th 08, 05:20 PM
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I would like a resolution to the problem and NOT a response in usage of
english and punctuations. -- Philip LS "Olórin" wrote: "RealSeb" wrote in message ... "Nanny" wrote: Are you on a domain or working in a workgroup? Could be a user rights issue here. You may not have sufficient privileges to change the desktop features. Have you tried a system restore? Have you ran anti-virus\spyware\malware - sometimes if you have an infestation they can cause issues with your control panel functions - might be worth it if you sweep your system for any virus's. "Troygi" wrote: "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings, but they do not work. hey i got alomst the same problem but i cant go in display properties or even click on it cant acess anything in control panel i click or right click then go properties it does nothing i cant even go on my properties on my background thats how bad it is i think everything is locked. i need to bring it back to default cause its in very low and it looks like am useing a computer with the graphiques of a computer from 1993 lol...can u help please its been like this for a long time thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_%28punctuation%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_letters
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August 19th 08, 09:24 AM
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"Philip" wrote in message
news  I would like a resolution to the problem and NOT a response in usage of english and punctuations. -- Philip LS "Olórin" wrote: "RealSeb" wrote in message ... "Nanny" wrote: Are you on a domain or working in a workgroup? Could be a user rights issue here. You may not have sufficient privileges to change the desktop features. Have you tried a system restore? Have you ran anti-virus\spyware\malware - sometimes if you have an infestation they can cause issues with your control panel functions - might be worth it if you sweep your system for any virus's. "Troygi" wrote: "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Troygi wrote: My background, Desktop and Screen Savers are stuck. It's been this way for a while, not sure when or why it might have started. Any suggestions on how to unlock these and put them all back to a default? Shenan Stanley wrote: Can you be more descriptive by what you mean by 'stuck'? Troygi wrote: I am unable to change my Display properties. I try, but nothing happens...Desktop, Backgrong, ScreenSaver, nothing can be changed. Descriptive - as in "What do you *see*?" - Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings but they do not work? Are you able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings and they do work but reset upon reboot? - Are you unable to change the settings because the place where you would is locked in such a way you cannot actually change anything? (Grayed out...) - Are you unable to make said changes because you cannot even get to the place where you would normally do this because the options are missing? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I am able to actually get into display properties and make changes to said settings, but they do not work. hey i got alomst the same problem but i cant go in display properties or even click on it cant acess anything in control panel i click or right click then go properties it does nothing i cant even go on my properties on my background thats how bad it is i think everything is locked. i need to bring it back to default cause its in very low and it looks like am useing a computer with the graphiques of a computer from 1993 lol...can u help please its been like this for a long time thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_%28punctuation%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_letters ....he replied eight weeks after the last post in the thread.... I was responding to the post that started "hey i got alomst the same problem but i cant go in..." by "RealSeb" - is that you? It doesn't sound like it is, but *if* it is: - don't piggyback, but start a new thread for a new problem (and yours is by no means "alomst the same" as the OP's). - reading up on how to make a good (and at least semi-literate) post will help us to help you. Many people who could help won't bother wading through unpunctuated and uncapitalised over-long sentences with poor spelling. We're not after perfection, but at least make an effort before posting. See the link in Shenan's signature.
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