silly problem ( desktop background)


  1. event id
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    silly problem ( desktop background)


    So i got a nice 2560 x 1440 (WQHD) display am i thinking " lets change that boring solid color background for this nice tropical wallpaper" and guess what? i cant do it. something so simple, " set as desktop background" nothing happens- tried different "themes" ( had to enable the service because i had it disabled) no luck, tried with the windows picture viewer, no luck, click on Desktop -> Personalize no luck. never had a problem with xp, but w7? everything has to be complicated. great. if i log off i cans see the wallpaper for a split second, but the rest of the time? black screen. i did chop of f a lot of unnecessary services @ useless garbage, is there any service im missing thats necessary for something so simple?






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  3. richc46
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    Welcome
    I would try to see if it works in a new user account.
    Wish you luck
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  4. whs
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    Simple question: Did you "save changes" - button on the bottom right in your second picture.

    BTW; with the amount of services you disabled, one never knows what's going to happen.
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  6. event id
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    tried both. same result. no background. im my old wxp installation i have even LESS services enabled, no problems with the desktop... ah, btw, this XP on idle only sucks 86MB of system memory, w7? 800mb. ( default is 2gb!) i wonder by does w7 sucks so much.
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  7. whs
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    event id said:
    tried both. same result. no background. im my old wxp installation i have even LESS services enabled, no problems with the desktop... ah, btw, this XP on idle only sucks 86MB of system memory, w7? 800mb. ( default is 2gb!) i wonder by does w7 sucks so much.
    Nothing wrong with using XP instead. Saves RAM and you don't have to learn anything new.
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  8. event id
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    indeed. so far, the only thing i learned from w7 is that it sucks XD
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