I am having a similar problem, however, it is on a new, clean install of XP
SP2 and I cannot find any malware. It worked fine for a couple of days, but
then all of a sudden, developed the following problem.

I can set the wallpaper to a photo in "my pictures" and it stays until I
reboot. Then it displays as if there is no wallpaper chosen, however in the
desktop display properties, the original photo is shown as the selection.

I have tried the fixes suggested in this thread without any success, since
the indicated boxes were not checked.

I'd be thankful for any further help.
--
Rich B


"Kelly" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This has to do with having Security listed under Web. More info:
>
> To correct, go to:
>
> Display Properties/Desktop/Customize Desktop/Web and uncheck Security.
>
> As per the mention of not being able to right click the Desktop, this is
> related. What happens is that desktop.exe, puts a web page on top of the
> normal desktop.
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>
> "GP151001" <GP151001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9630379D-EB4A-4C4C-828A-2211E9753D81@microsoft.com...
> > After clearing some spyware using MS Antispyware utility, I noticed that
> > my
> > BACKGROUND .jpg gets covered up by a solid white layer. The .jpg shows up
> > in
> > DISPLAY BACKGROUND window, and displays ok, but shortly thereafter, it
> > gets
> > layered over with solid white. I have tried using a .bmp of the picture,
> > and
> > even a couple of REGEDIT commands as recommeded in another posting for a
> > "white screen" problem like mine.
> >
> > ALSO, I no longer have the RIGHT-CLICK ability on my open areas of the
> > desktop. Nothing happens when right-cliking.
> >
> > There are several similar postings, but nothing addresses this
> > specifically.
> > Thanks!
>
>
>

"Rich B" wrote

>I am having a similar problem, however, it is on a new, clean install of XP
> SP2 and I cannot find any malware. It worked fine for a couple of days,
> but
> then all of a sudden, developed the following problem.
>
> I can set the wallpaper to a photo in "my pictures" and it stays until I
> reboot. Then it displays as if there is no wallpaper chosen, however in
> the
> desktop display properties, the original photo is shown as the selection.
>
> I have tried the fixes suggested in this thread without any success, since
> the indicated boxes were not checked.

> "Kelly" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This has to do with having Security listed under Web. More info:
>>
>> To correct, go to:
>>
>> Display Properties/Desktop/Customize Desktop/Web and uncheck Security.
>>
>> As per the mention of not being able to right click the Desktop, this is
>> related. What happens is that desktop.exe, puts a web page on top of
>> the
>> normal desktop.
>>
>> --
>> All the Best,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Try running these two edits on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 142: Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes
Line 54: Save Settings on Exit

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

In the future it's not a good idea to post a new question as a response to
someone else's thread. Create a new thread and if needed copy the contents
of other threads to your new thread.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Rock,

Thanks for your response & in the future I will post as you indicated.

I tried all of the suggested fixes to no avail and then a thought occurred
to me. My drive is partitioned into C: & D: drives with "My Documents"
residing on D: and OS on C: Perhaps, Windows was not finding the wallpaper
file I wanted to use on D: drive, so I copied the file to
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper and now it works fine.

Don't know if that's how its supposed to work, but I'm willing to work with
it that way.

Thanks again,
--
Rich B


"Rock" wrote:

> "Rich B" wrote
>
> >I am having a similar problem, however, it is on a new, clean install of XP
> > SP2 and I cannot find any malware. It worked fine for a couple of days,
> > but
> > then all of a sudden, developed the following problem.
> >
> > I can set the wallpaper to a photo in "my pictures" and it stays until I
> > reboot. Then it displays as if there is no wallpaper chosen, however in
> > the
> > desktop display properties, the original photo is shown as the selection.
> >
> > I have tried the fixes suggested in this thread without any success, since
> > the indicated boxes were not checked.
>
>
> Try running these two edits on Kelly's site:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> Line 142: Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes
> Line 54: Save Settings on Exit
>
> See the top of the page for info on running the edit.
>
> In the future it's not a good idea to post a new question as a response to
> someone else's thread. Create a new thread and if needed copy the contents
> of other threads to your new thread.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>
>

"Rich B" wrote

> Rock,
>
> Thanks for your response & in the future I will post as you indicated.
>
> I tried all of the suggested fixes to no avail and then a thought occurred
> to me. My drive is partitioned into C: & D: drives with "My Documents"
> residing on D: and OS on C: Perhaps, Windows was not finding the
> wallpaper
> file I wanted to use on D: drive, so I copied the file to
> C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper and now it works fine.
>
> Don't know if that's how its supposed to work, but I'm willing to work
> with
> it that way.
>
> Thanks again,
> --
> Rich B
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Rich B" wrote
>>
>> >I am having a similar problem, however, it is on a new, clean install of
>> >XP
>> > SP2 and I cannot find any malware. It worked fine for a couple of
>> > days,
>> > but
>> > then all of a sudden, developed the following problem.
>> >
>> > I can set the wallpaper to a photo in "my pictures" and it stays until
>> > I
>> > reboot. Then it displays as if there is no wallpaper chosen, however
>> > in
>> > the
>> > desktop display properties, the original photo is shown as the
>> > selection.
>> >
>> > I have tried the fixes suggested in this thread without any success,
>> > since
>> > the indicated boxes were not checked.

>> Try running these two edits on Kelly's site:
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>> Line 142: Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes
>> Line 54: Save Settings on Exit
>>
>> See the top of the page for info on running the edit.
>>
>> In the future it's not a good idea to post a new question as a response
>> to
>> someone else's thread. Create a new thread and if needed copy the
>> contents
>> of other threads to your new thread.

How did you move My Documents to the other drive? There are several ways,
but one way to move these special folders is to use TweakUI, one of the MS
powertoys. Depending on how you moved the folder, it should have found the
wallpaper there. Glad you got a resolution and thanks for posting back
with it.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"Rock" wrote:

> "Rich B" wrote
>
> > Rock,
> >
> > Thanks for your response & in the future I will post as you indicated.
> >
> > I tried all of the suggested fixes to no avail and then a thought occurred
> > to me. My drive is partitioned into C: & D: drives with "My Documents"
> > residing on D: and OS on C: Perhaps, Windows was not finding the
> > wallpaper
> > file I wanted to use on D: drive, so I copied the file to
> > C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper and now it works fine.
> >
> > Don't know if that's how its supposed to work, but I'm willing to work
> > with
> > it that way.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > --
> > Rich B
> >
> >
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
> >> "Rich B" wrote
> >>
> >> >I am having a similar problem, however, it is on a new, clean install of
> >> >XP
> >> > SP2 and I cannot find any malware. It worked fine for a couple of
> >> > days,
> >> > but
> >> > then all of a sudden, developed the following problem.
> >> >
> >> > I can set the wallpaper to a photo in "my pictures" and it stays until
> >> > I
> >> > reboot. Then it displays as if there is no wallpaper chosen, however
> >> > in
> >> > the
> >> > desktop display properties, the original photo is shown as the
> >> > selection.
> >> >
> >> > I have tried the fixes suggested in this thread without any success,
> >> > since
> >> > the indicated boxes were not checked.
>
> >> Try running these two edits on Kelly's site:
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> >> Line 142: Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes
> >> Line 54: Save Settings on Exit
> >>
> >> See the top of the page for info on running the edit.
> >>
> >> In the future it's not a good idea to post a new question as a response
> >> to
> >> someone else's thread. Create a new thread and if needed copy the
> >> contents
> >> of other threads to your new thread.
>
> How did you move My Documents to the other drive? There are several ways,
> but one way to move these special folders is to use TweakUI, one of the MS
> powertoys. Depending on how you moved the folder, it should have found the
> wallpaper there. Glad you got a resolution and thanks for posting back
> with it.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>
I am having the same problem the first guy had. I have tried everything said
to try in this forum but to no avail. All I did before this problem started
was ran a virus scan. After the restart my background was covered with a
solid blue page. I for whatever reason cannot click in the background section
of the desktop tab in the display properties menu. When I click on the
customize desktop button in this tab there is no security button or display
as web page option. Please help me try to figure out what I have to do to fix
this problem. Could it be possible that during the virus scan some file got
deleted because of it being infected? I've told you everything that I did up
to & after the problem. I'm lost now what can I do?