Try System Restore in Safe Mode.
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"Catti" <Catti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EE702C3B-4DCF-4492-9659-11280858472B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Display settings were the first thing I checked, they're at 32-bit. I even
> tried deleting the Pictures folder where I was storing the pics I was
> using
> for wallpaper (under my user account) and recreating it, then copying the
> pics back into the folder. Now I can't even view them as thumbnails in
> Windows Explorer, I just get clear box icons. I can still view picture
> thumbnails in other folders in Win Explorer. I still get the messed-up
> icons
> when I try to access the Windows desktop pics as well.
>
> I tried a System Restore - "Unspecified error" and it failed. Even when I
> tried to undo, Unspecified error again. The only other thing I can think
> of
> is nuke and pave, reinstall the OS, but since it's taken me nearly a month
> to
> tweak this crappy OS so I can use it for my work.
>
> I'm going home to my mac OSX now. It hasn't crashed or bugged once since I
> installed it in 2005. And that's the OS that M$ tried (and failed
> miserably)
> to copy with Vista. While I'm on there I'll be signing that petition
> online
> asking MS to keep supporting XP. My company sure won't be adopting Vista
> any
> time soon, thanks to the results of my testing so far.
>
> Thanks anyway...
>
> "Jane C" wrote:
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>> Hello Catti,
>>
>> Check that you have the colour depth set to 32 bit via Personalization,
>> Display Settings.[/color]
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