Nov 3, 2007

Not getting options to change wallpaper in Windows XP

Problem: You might come across the problem that in Windows XP you do not get the options to change the wallpaper in desktop display properties.

Cause:You come across this problem when the registry keys for this particular application is set to hide or lock the display settings in Windows.

Resolution:Follow these steps to resolve this issue:
(note:please take a backup of your registry before performing these actions)

1.) Type regedit in run command to get into registry
2.) Locate the following path in registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3.) highlight system from the path above and on right pane look for "NoDispAppearancePage" value and delete this entry and similarly if you find NoDispCPL,NoDispBackgroundPage,NoDispScrSavPage,NoDispSettingsPage and wallpaper if you find just delete all these entries.
4.) Similarly as in step 3 locate the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
5.) Repeat the step 3 and restart the computer to make these effects.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

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