Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.
This should repair/replace any missing or corrupt files.
If that does not work, try going to the wallpaper location manually Windows
> Web > Wallpaper the try applying the wallpaper.
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Andre
Blog:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"pooty" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have Windows Vista Basic and all of a sudden one day the desktop
> background would not let me put any wallpaper on it.
>
> It would only let me choose solid colors....I've searched high and low on
> the internet on how to fix this problem but keep running into dead ends.
>
> When I go on the internet and select an image as my background it works
> fine
> until I have to start my computer up again then it reverts back to a solid
> background color. When I go into my pictures on my computer it will not
> let
> me choose them as a background. It stays on the solid background color.
>
> I'm really fed up with not being able to select a wallpaper and not having
> it stay on my desktop. I've tried restoring to my last back up point and
> it
> still does not change...it only stays solid.
>
> Is there anything that I can download to fix this problem? What may have
> caused this problem?