I drove my self crazy trying to remedy this dilema for two days. I finally downloaded a program from Stardock called Windows Blinds. That solved my problem.
Cannot change desktop background in Windows 7 Home Premium
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I noticed that someone else had this problem. Does anyone know how to fix it?
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Anonymous
2012-12-11T13:26:48+00:00 Ty the IT Guy is totally right. On most laptops and computers the manufacturer puts some godawful picture as the default background and sometimes the manufacturer doesn't want you to change that. Just delete said godawful picture.
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Anonymous
2012-12-09T06:43:41+00:00 Thanks!
This did it for me. The image was stuck for one reason or another. Eliminating got the whole desktop sldeshow going again.
Otto S.
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Anonymous
2012-12-06T06:53:15+00:00 Thanks a lot for this solution. :)
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Anonymous
2012-09-20T05:57:54+00:00 thank you for the help...it works with me.
greets