Solved Black Desktop Background

[roenano]

Hi all,
Few days ago my desktop background became black and since then i wasn't able to see any wallpaper on my desktop, even the built-in ones.
I've already tried:
- Re-installing the graphic driver
- Installing an older version of the driver
- Re-starting, logging off, sleep, hibernate, switch user, etc
- Changing theme
- Right click on a picture "Set as desktop background"
- Personalizing the theme (selecting more than one picture, random, 10 secs, 30 secs, etc)
- Turning off Aero or setting to windows classic view

All other video functions are working perfectly.

I have a lenovo 3000 N100 Laptop that comes with a Geforce go 7300 graphic card and i'm using an activated copy of Windows 7 Ultimate RC 32-bit.

Any suggestion will be more than welcomed.

Thank you

 

[roenano]

OK, I was finally able to fix the problem.
It was actually pretty stupid and apparently I changed it without noticing.

Solution:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/67200-remove-background-images-where-available.html

Control Panel --> Ease of access --> Ease of access center --> Make the computer easy to see --> at the end of the page "Make things on the screen easier to see" and unmark the "Remove background images (where available)".

I hope it'll be helpful to somebody else in the future because this solution I haven't seen in any forum (i cheeked all of them).

 

[zigzag3143]

Glad you are working and thanks for posting the fix

 

[Tews]

Glad to see you got it all sorted out .... and welcome to SevenForums!!

 

[roenano]

Glad you are working and thanks for posting the fix

You're welcome. It'll be gross to ask for help and not post the solution when I found it.
BTW, I don't know how to change the thread to "fixed".

 

[thefabe]

Way to go and welcome to seven forums. Especialy with a solution to a problem,

 

[arvee]

OK, I was finally able to fix the problem.
It was actually pretty stupid and apparently I changed it without noticing.

Solution:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/67200-remove-background-images-where-available.html

Control Panel --> Ease of access --> Ease of access center --> Make the computer easy to see --> at the end of the page "Make things on the screen easier to see" and unmark the "Remove background images (where available)".

I hope it'll be helpful to somebody else in the future because this solution I haven't seen in any forum (i cheeked all of them).

Precisely my problem. I was able to fix it by following above. Thank you for sharing.

I now recall why I switched this to enabled when I tampered and played around the magnifier feature.

 

[Bill Marsh]

Also worked for me. Thanks for posting the fix.

 

[brennok]

Thanks for the fix. I installed a new 9800 GT and when I did I lost my background. The box wasn't checked but by checking it and unchecking it, it reset the background so it worked.

 

[hannedog]

Ha, I had this same problem after a video driver install. In the Ease of Access Center, however, that checkbox was already unchecked. In any case, I noticed "Alt + Left Shift + Print Screen" combo for switching to high contrast was on, so I decided to test it out (by pressing alt + left shift + print screen". After switching back doing the same, my wallpaper was back. I didn't even have to change a setting. It appears there is some sort of glitch with Windows 7.

 

[mfrast]

thanks

The alt+shift+print screen worked for me.

You have to hit the sequence twice.

Wanted to register just to thank you folks. This is at least my 7th problem you've fixed. Pun intended.

 

[hassni]

Please help

Hi All,

I have a Windows 7 home premium installed in my system. I am facing the problem of having a "black screen as a desktop" and with an additional tag at the bottom saying
"Windows 7
Build 7100
This copy of Windows is not genuine"
Please help me resolve this issue ... I have tried all the methods that you've suggested here, yet it doesn't work fine for me

 

[tahira9]

hey...
i tried this but still problem with black background!!!!

 

[KARTHIK KING]

hi sir ,
my name is karthik and i am using windoes 7 stater 32 bit and as every one i was also unable to change mt computers wallpaper so i used seven forums advice and downloaded oceanis software and then i was able to change the wallpaper but later i unknowly uninstalled it now all i have is a black colour back ground and i am unale to change i have tried a lot to change but i am not finding any victory so please help me sir as soon as possbile

 

[superjose]

Karthik. Welcome to sevenforums.

First of all, Windows 7 Starter does not support (by default) background changing.

So you'll need to do this for it to work:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html

Go to option 2

 

[nexan29]

thanks for this now i know what i should do for my problem

 

[ambmichelle79]

Hey! I don't know if you will ever actually get this, but YOU CHANGED MY LIFE! I have spent HOURS browsing blogs and whatever, buying software, thinking it was a driver problem or registry problem or something TOTALLY wrong with my computer and that a bigger crash was coming and all along it was that STUPID STUPID box checked! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR POSTING WHAT YOU FOUND OUT! I WILL BE GRATEFUL FOREVER!!!!!

 

[Aby501]

Still Black...

Hi Everybody!

i went through all the solutions mentioned here..
1. my "make the things on scree...." is already unchecked..
2.I tried that alt+shift+prnt screen too (twice!!) ... same black bg
3.my OS is genuine.
4.Tested the driver too.

But the solid colours are changing..
I am stuck up with black/ solid colour background.. any solutions, please?

 

[pensca]

Brilliant answers but like Aby501 my problem was not solved. Changing my desktop background has seemed to work though - got the idea from this post [Bug] Desktop turns black in Windows 8.1 | Winaero Hope it helps someone!

 

[KnittingHooker]

I have tried everything under the sun
even the really helpful suggestions here
after 3 months of this black background issue I finally found a youtube video I watched and followed step by step and FINALLY solved my black background issue.

Windows 7: Fixing Black Desktop Background - YouTube