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Black Desktop

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Graham Naylor, Jun 18, 2009.

  1. Graham Naylor

    Graham Naylor Guest

    Hi,

    My wife has a Compaq portable bought from a reputable dealer with a genuine
    copy of Vista installed, this has been working fine for over a year but
    this morning when she switched on the desktop was Black (Icons still
    normally coloured), "Personalize Setting" won't allow the desktop colour or
    image to be changed.

    No software or hardware has been changed recently.

    Any ideas on what could be wrong.

    Thanks in advance for any help

    Graham
     
    Graham Naylor, Jun 18, 2009
    #1
  3. R. C. White

    R. C. White Guest

    Hi, Graham.

    Does she use a DreamScene background? I haven't used Vista much in the 8
    months since Win7 builds started arriving, but I did use DreamScene. It was
    quite fragile and often got knocked out, resulting in a black background for
    all my icons. The cure was to right-click the Desktop, choose Personalize,
    and choose a DreamScene again. At least, that's the way I remember it. ;^]

    RC
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    San Marcos, TX
    rc@grandecom.net
    Microsoft Windows MVP
    Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

    "Graham Naylor" <spam@spam2.co> wrote in message
    news:NoCdnT3GR_gR46fXnZ2dnUVZ8mWdnZ2d@bt.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi,
    >
    > My wife has a Compaq portable bought from a reputable dealer with a
    > genuine
    > copy of Vista installed, this has been working fine for over a year but
    > this morning when she switched on the desktop was Black (Icons still
    > normally coloured), "Personalize Setting" won't allow the desktop colour
    > or
    > image to be changed.
    >
    > No software or hardware has been changed recently.
    >
    > Any ideas on what could be wrong.
    >
    > Thanks in advance for any help
    >
    > Graham <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    R. C. White, Jun 18, 2009
    #2
  4. dean-dean

    dean-dean Guest

    In Control Panel\Ease of Access Center\Make the computer easier to see, is
    there a checkmark in "Remove background images"? If so, uncheck it (Apply,
    Save).

    "Graham Naylor" <spam@spam2.co> wrote in message
    news:NoCdnT3GR_gR46fXnZ2dnUVZ8mWdnZ2d@bt.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi,
    >
    > My wife has a Compaq portable bought from a reputable dealer with a
    > genuine
    > copy of Vista installed, this has been working fine for over a year but
    > this morning when she switched on the desktop was Black (Icons still
    > normally coloured), "Personalize Setting" won't allow the desktop colour
    > or
    > image to be changed.
    >
    > No software or hardware has been changed recently.
    >
    > Any ideas on what could be wrong.
    >
    > Thanks in advance for any help
    >
    > Graham <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    dean-dean, Jun 18, 2009
    #3

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