A few days after installing Ink Desktop I turned on my Tablet and the
Desktop had turned orange. The specification of desktop color in Display
Properties | Appearance | Advanced was still the intended color, and
fiddling there did not help. It may be related to Ink Desktop because
closing that utility restored the previous desktop shade (there was no image
on the desktop).

The orange color has come back once fleetingly on re-boot, but it had not
occurred for many reboots before the problem came up.

Anyone else seen this? The pen color I have for Ink Desktop is blue; it is
conceivable others might see the same phenomenon in a different shade
depending on the color they chose.

Which templates are you using, Mickey, and are you in Portrait or Landscape
mode? Are you using High Resolution or the regular ones?
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"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>A few days after installing Ink Desktop I turned on my Tablet and the
>Desktop had turned orange. The specification of desktop color in Display
>Properties | Appearance | Advanced was still the intended color, and
>fiddling there did not help. It may be related to Ink Desktop because
>closing that utility restored the previous desktop shade (there was no
>image on the desktop).
>
> The orange color has come back once fleetingly on re-boot, but it had not
> occurred for many reboots before the problem came up.
>
> Anyone else seen this? The pen color I have for Ink Desktop is blue; it
> is conceivable others might see the same phenomenon in a different shade
> depending on the color they chose.
>

Landscape, 1024x768 high color. No templates - just Transparent and full
screen.

I just got the orange flash again - the desktop turned its proper color
after rebooting, then I got a second of orange late in the boot (when tray
icons were being added) then back to the proper color.

"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
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> Which templates are you using, Mickey, and are you in Portrait or
> Landscape mode? Are you using High Resolution or the regular ones?

I seem to remember something about this, but can't put my finger on it right
now, Mickey. Sorry. I'll post as soon as it comes to mind.
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"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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> Landscape, 1024x768 high color. No templates - just Transparent and full
> screen.
>
> I just got the orange flash again - the desktop turned its proper color
> after rebooting, then I got a second of orange late in the boot (when tray
> icons were being added) then back to the proper color.
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:Ou95JhwPFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Which templates are you using, Mickey, and are you in Portrait or
>> Landscape mode? Are you using High Resolution or the regular ones?
>
>

In article <OcW$duwPFHA.2724@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
not_monitored@example.com says...
> Landscape, 1024x768 high color. No templates - just Transparent and full
> screen.
>
> I just got the orange flash again - the desktop turned its proper color
> after rebooting, then I got a second of orange late in the boot (when tray
> icons were being added) then back to the proper color.
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:Ou95JhwPFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Which templates are you using, Mickey, and are you in Portrait or
> > Landscape mode? Are you using High Resolution or the regular ones?


I had a temporary orange section.
I installed inkdesktop and it was fine, but it didn't install the theme
properly as I had the old theme of the same name installed.
To reinstall the theme I had to remove the old theme, and after doing
that and restarting, I got the orange desktop on startup, and when
reinstalled the theme it went to light blue.
After a restart it was fine though and I haven't seen it again.

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Maybe we have stumbled across some law of nature and this is how Orange
Guava got its name.

"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
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>I seem to remember something about this, but can't put my finger on it
>right now, Mickey. Sorry. I'll post as soon as it comes to mind.

8-) I don't think so . . . 8-) Did you have the previous Energy Blue
Theme installed? Did you uninstall it before installing the Experience
Pack?
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"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe we have stumbled across some law of nature and this is how Orange
> Guava got its name.
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:eviyK2wPFHA.2384@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>I seem to remember something about this, but can't put my finger on it
>>right now, Mickey. Sorry. I'll post as soon as it comes to mind.
>
>

I never selected the Energy Blue Theme. I installed it, and then looked at
its options, I think in Display Properties | Appearance, and did not click
OK or Apply since the only choice of color scheme was blue. However, now I
can't find an Energy Blue theme on that dialog and only see it on Effects.

"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
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> Did you have the previous Energy Blue Theme installed? Did you uninstall
> it before installing the Experience Pack?

If the current version happened to get installed, there should be a listing
in Add or Remove Programs for "Microsoft Energy Blue Theme Pack." Each of
the Experience Pack items has a separate installation listing in Add or
Remove Programs.

If it had been on the system before, it is one of the programs listed in the
readme file to uninstall before installing the Experience Pack. Installing
the Crossword Puzzle, Energy Blue Theme, Snipping Tool or Ink Art over the
previous version will cause "issues."
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"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>I never selected the Energy Blue Theme. I installed it, and then looked at
>its options, I think in Display Properties | Appearance, and did not click
>OK or Apply since the only choice of color scheme was blue. However, now I
>can't find an Energy Blue theme on that dialog and only see it on Effects.
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:eSqYYM2PFHA.248@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Did you have the previous Energy Blue Theme installed? Did you uninstall
>> it before installing the Experience Pack?
>
>

I never installed the Energy Blue Theme before the Experience Pack.

"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
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> If it had been on the system before, it is one of the programs listed in
> the readme file to uninstall before installing the Experience Pack.
> Installing the Crossword Puzzle, Energy Blue Theme, Snipping Tool or Ink
> Art over the previous version will cause "issues."

Hey Mickey,

I have experienced this problem as well. I was running the trial OneNote
program to see if it would be useful, and if I left ink destop on (not turn
it off and on before and after reboots), sidenote seemed to affect it. I
uninstalled OneNote Trial, and the trouble went away.

I also found, if i turned off ink desktop before shutdown, my Tablet would
reboot fine. Then launch ink desktop with no problem. But, i didn't use
OneNote, and did use Ink Desktop, so one had to go.

I may try OneNote again, who knows what next update will bring, but that did
seem to be my problem. What made me notice was the sidenote tray icon would
not show up until the orange desktop cleared up. That was the only
correlation of programs.

Michael

"Mickey Segal" wrote:

> A few days after installing Ink Desktop I turned on my Tablet and the
> Desktop had turned orange. The specification of desktop color in Display
> Properties | Appearance | Advanced was still the intended color, and
> fiddling there did not help. It may be related to Ink Desktop because
> closing that utility restored the previous desktop shade (there was no image
> on the desktop).
>
> The orange color has come back once fleetingly on re-boot, but it had not
> occurred for many reboots before the problem came up.
>
> Anyone else seen this? The pen color I have for Ink Desktop is blue; it is
> conceivable others might see the same phenomenon in a different shade
> depending on the color they chose.
>
>
>

I uninstalled the old Crossword Puzzle, Snipping Tool and Art Rage and then
uninstalled all components of the Experience Pack and reinstalled the
Experience Pack (except for the Energy Blue theme) and I haven't seen the
orange desktop yet despite several re-boots and having Ink Desktop active.

In installing the Experience Pack I did not notice anything about a readme
file warning me that I needed to uninstall anything before installing. If a
warning is there it is not very obvious.

"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
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> If it had been on the system before, it is one of the programs listed in
> the readme file to uninstall before installing the Experience Pack.
> Installing the Crossword Puzzle, Energy Blue Theme, Snipping Tool or Ink
> Art over the previous version will cause "issues."

The warning isn't "obvious," but instead is contained in the readme.htm file
in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Experience Pack. Obviously, we all located
each and every readme file to see what it says before we install anything.
8-) It could have been made more much more apparent.
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"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>I uninstalled the old Crossword Puzzle, Snipping Tool and Art Rage and then
>uninstalled all components of the Experience Pack and reinstalled the
>Experience Pack (except for the Energy Blue theme) and I haven't seen the
>orange desktop yet despite several re-boots and having Ink Desktop active.
>
> In installing the Experience Pack I did not notice anything about a readme
> file warning me that I needed to uninstall anything before installing. If
> a warning is there it is not very obvious.
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:eLM4cR3PFHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> If it had been on the system before, it is one of the programs listed in
>> the readme file to uninstall before installing the Experience Pack.
>> Installing the Crossword Puzzle, Energy Blue Theme, Snipping Tool or Ink
>> Art over the previous version will cause "issues."
>
>

About that orange screen...

The orange screen appears when Ink Desktop is trying to refresh its display.
You'll most often see it right when you boot and occasionally when you
rotate the screen or change your screen resolution. It usually goes away
quickly once Ink Desktop has finished loading, but sometimes you need to
help it along. Hitting F5 (if the desktop has focus) or opening and closing
the docked Input Panel will often do the trick. See the readme for more
information (readme can be opened from Explore the Experience Pack > Home >
Read more about the pack > View the Readme File).

The orange color doesn't have anything to do with your current desktop
settings. And, as far as I know, there's no way to change it to a different
color.

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"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>I uninstalled the old Crossword Puzzle, Snipping Tool and Art Rage and then
>uninstalled all components of the Experience Pack and reinstalled the
>Experience Pack (except for the Energy Blue theme) and I haven't seen the
>orange desktop yet despite several re-boots and having Ink Desktop active.
>
> In installing the Experience Pack I did not notice anything about a readme
> file warning me that I needed to uninstall anything before installing. If
> a warning is there it is not very obvious.
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:eLM4cR3PFHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> If it had been on the system before, it is one of the programs listed in
>> the readme file to uninstall before installing the Experience Pack.
>> Installing the Crossword Puzzle, Energy Blue Theme, Snipping Tool or Ink
>> Art over the previous version will cause "issues."
>
>

The orange screen is back again. On my current re-boot it was up for 17
seconds, ending when the Ink Desktop icon appeared. Does the duration of
the orange depend on the sequencing of startup items? Sometimes the orange
doesn't appear at all - is there some way to sequence startup items to avoid
seeing the orange? It looks pretty tacky when you are booting up the
computer to show something to someone and the screen turns some electric
color.

Few people will find the help files describing the known issues with the
orange desktop.

"Victoria Kruse [MS]" <vhamil@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The orange screen appears when Ink Desktop is trying to refresh its
> display. You'll most often see it right when you boot and occasionally
> when you rotate the screen or change your screen resolution. It usually
> goes away quickly once Ink Desktop has finished loading, but sometimes you
> need to help it along. Hitting F5 (if the desktop has focus) or opening
> and closing the docked Input Panel will often do the trick. See the readme
> for more information (readme can be opened from Explore the Experience
> Pack > Home > Read more about the pack > View the Readme File).