[Help] Unavailable Desktop

I'm not sure what's going on, but for some reason when I boot up my pc, I see my usual background wallpaper image, then it loads everything on my desktop and it switches to a blank colour no matter how many times I try to re-apply my wallpaper, there are no web items on my desktop. However, when I go to Properties > Desktop > There is a web page document as the last applied "wallpaper" and the background select is unclickable/greyed out.

Whats going on? How do I get rid of this? It's turning me crazy!

#339334

Disable ActiveDesktop...and tell me if that works:

Start Menu-->Run-->gpedit.msc-->User Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Desktop-->Active Desktop-->Select "Disable Active Desktop" and choose Enabled.

Hope that helps, and it's easily reversible if it doesn't .

-NC

#339569

I followed your instructions, and it just stayed black (the background) - What next?

#339710

I had this because of spyware, called spysheriff. SpyBotSearch&Destroy could help you.

#339728

I got randomly attacked by "spysheriff" a few nights ago, and my computer has been going slow/laggy since. I thought I removed it with Microsoft Spyware Remover, obviously not, I'll try spybot. Thanks.

#339812

i've also found that ewido does a good job killing spyware that others can't.

#339825

NC: I got my 'browse' button back on the display properties after toggling some of the active dtop settings. thank you very much.

spy sheriff got me, too, tonight. loads of fun. hijackthis seemed to have been of the most assistance (in combination with kaspersky and adaware and ewido [thank you schmengie]) with recovering my desktop. good luck to the rest of you.

#339893

Alright;

I ran "ewido" and SpybotS&D. Spybot picked up sherrif and deleted it as far as I know, and ewido got rid of some other problems that spybot didn't pick up. I re-started and I finally have a wallpaper. My default beach OSX scene - However, I cannot change my background, and when I attempt to the beach scene stays. The background tab in properties is still greyed out, and when I re-apply, or change my desktop theme the background switches to black until I re-start and see the wallpaper again.

Oh - whenever I get a "Restart Active Desktop" thing after not shutting down properly, when I go to click the button to restore my desktop it gives me an error for an unfindable file "desktop.htt"

Anyone else got any ideas?

#340281

lol, I just noticed that I can't apply another wallpaper this way either, but never noticed it since I use IrfanView to set my wallpapers.

#340332

Try moving some of the pictures in the My Pictures folder. Having too many in there has caused me problems before.

Just a wild guess, sorry I can't be of more help .

[Edit: And tell me if anything exists here:

C:Documents and SettingsAwhasApplication DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDesktop.htt

It will be hidden normally, and as a protected system file, so you'll have to check Show Hidden Files and Folders and uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files to see it. If it exists, open it in Notepad (don't make any changes), and possibly paste it here. It looks like it's automatically generated, but you might be able to change it yourself. Don't do it yet, though.]

-NC

P.S: 'Course, you could always make a webpage and set the desired picture as the background image for that page. A last ditch workaround...

#340954

classid="clsid:72267F6A-A6F9-11D0-BC94-00C04FB67863"

id=ActiveDesktopMover

STYLE="position:absolute; container:positioned; LEFT: 0;TOP: 0; WIDTH: 0; HEIGHT: 0;zIndex: 5"

>

classid="clsid:72267F6A-A6F9-11D0-BC94-00C04FB67863"

id=ActiveDesktopMoverW

STYLE="position:absolute; container:positioned; LEFT: 0;TOP: 0; WIDTH: 0; HEIGHT: 0;zIndex 19"

>

#341179

Interesting...our codes are exactly alike except in this one spot:

It goes below the

<DIV  style="position:absolute; LEFT: 0; TOP: 0; WIDTH: 1400; HEIGHT: 1050;">

<IMG src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/NC/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Wallpaper1.bmp" cache style="position: absolute; left:0; top:0; width: 100%; height: 100%;">

	</DIV>

So it seems that there's no wallpaper specified at all. I'm not sure how safe it is to add in code, though :slant:.

-NC

#341278