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Win7 desktop turns black after installing Ubuntu?
Before I say anything, I should note I have already asked the people on the Ubuntu Forums, they recommended me to go here as they didn't know how to fix it, and because the problem was on Win7 and not Ubuntu.
I'm not sure if this is the right spot on the forums, but it seemed the closest to me, as the desktop backround is just a graphical object.
Now to the actual problem: Before any of this happened, my backround ran fine. I installed Ubuntu via the Windows installer, and I restarted my computer. Standard boot, I had Win7 and Ubuntu for choices, chose Ubuntu, and found steam didn't install right on Ubuntu. So I asked a friend who already had Ubuntu, and he told me to reinstall via disc, because he had a lot of problems with the Windows Installer. So I ran the uninstall.exe on Ubuntu's folder in C:/Ubuntu/, then installed via disc. Got steam, it finished fine, was able to chat. I had to go back to Win7 to finish a few things that I could only access on Win7. When I turned on my computer, the boot list for Win7 and Ubuntu was a bit different. Odd color, and at the top it said "GRUB". When I loaded up Win7, the backround wasn't working. I waited for a few minutes thinking it was a load up only glitch, but it stayed, even after a restart. So I went to the Ubuntu Forums to ask them.
HardDrive: 538GB For Win7, approx 400GB for Ubuntu. (911GB For windows before Ubuntu Installation.)
Video Card: Radeon HD5450.
OS's: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, Ubuntu 12.10.