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 Back groung Properties in xp
Desktop settings, Windows XP
I am not able to change my dektop bavkground image..it is disabled..is there anybody know the solution plz type here..it is not the .htm image also it was working fine till a day before .

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ASKED: May 7, 2008  12:03 PM
UPDATED: May 8, 2008  10:30 AM
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Do you have administrative rights to this computer? It is possible that someone in your organization's IT group applied a Group Policy to disable this activity. Can you copy another image onto the current desktop image and see if it is viewable? *********************** is there a group policy in place set to prevent this? Local or domain group policy can prevent users from changing the background. Display settings are user/control panel/display settings ***********************
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No the person using the system is ends user doesnot posses admin priveledge but i wonder how this is happaning coz i am the admin of the orgnization and didnot made any modification either for the user nor any group policies..and it was working fine till a day before….and i can change the background image by copying another image and setting it as a backgroung image….but the matter of concern is there any bugs or viuses diabling the particular feature…??? i am having a updated and dedicated antivirus running all the time…

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If you are unaware of a local or group policy in your organization, it is possible a user applied a local regedit. Check these keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
“NoActiveDesktopChanges”=hex:00,00,00,01
“NoActiveDesktop”=dword:00000001
“NoSaveSettings”=dword:00000000
“ClassicShell”=dword:00000001
“NoThemesTab”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
“NoDispAppearancePage”=dword:00000001
“NoColorChoice”=dword:00000001
“NoSizeChoice”=dword:00000001
“NoDispBackgroundPage”=dword:00000001
“NoDispScrSavPage”=dword:00000001
“NoDispCPL”=dword:00000001
“NoVisualStyleChoice”=dword:00000001
“NoDispSettingsPage”=dword:00000001
“NoDispScrSavPage”=dword:00000001
“NoVisualStyleChoice”=dword:00000001
“NoSizeChoice”=dword:00000001
“SetVisualStyle”=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
“NoChangingWallPaper”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
“NoDispCPL”=dword:00000001

CarlS
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