I'm having trouble with changing my desktop background

[Ash11]

I'm new here so i'm not sure where I should be putting this topic to so if i have it wrong please let me know where I should put it to.

Anyways I'm having trouble with changing my desktop background. My laptop is a Toshiba and I use windows 7. I've tried changing it but it won't work and when i was trying to fix it last sunday my desktop screen went black (my icons are still there but the backgroundis black) and i cannot change it whatsoever. Help please and thank you.

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums Ash11. Please fill out your system specs so we know what we are working with.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

A Guy

 

[Ash11]

When i went to download the systeminfo.exe it said that it is not commonly used on my computer and could be harmful to my computer.

 

[whs]

What exactly did you try to set a desktop picture. For starters, right click on any picture you have on file and then "Set as Desktop Background". Check back and tell us whether that worked.

 

[Ash11]

I have done that and nothing it doesn't change, my desktop stays black

 

[Barman58]

   Note

Please note a lot of Toshiba and other OEM laptops ship with win7 Starter edition which does not include the facility to change the wallpaper

 

[Ash11]

I have changed my wallpaper before no problem,

 

[whs]

So something got mucked up in the meantime. You could run a sfc /scannow command or even a startup/repair.

 

[A Guy]

You can safely d/l and use that System Info program, it is written by a member here. If you'd rather, d/l something like Speccy by Piiform, the makers of CCleaner. Just the System Info makes it easier to update your system specs. The reason is, as Barman58 noted, if it was Windows 7 Starter, then that would be the reason. Let us know if SFC scan works. If not, I can suggest a workaround that will likely work, but won't correct the original problem. A Guy

 

[Ash11]

I did the sfc/scanner and each method i did said nothings wrong. It is very odd though cause I've changed my desktop picture before but i now can't.

 

[Layback Bear]

System Specs please. Help us help you.

 

[Ash11]

Just an update, my screen saver doesn't work now. It was working all along but now it does not. wth is going on with my computer.

 

[Ash11]

Hey guys just thought i let you know that i found a temp soulution to my problem. I can change my backgrounf image but the pic does not show up when i click personalize and where the pic should be when you you click on desk top background, right now it says slide show and not the pic i have as a background at the moment.

 

[A Guy]

As I still see no system specs, I'll just offer my work around. D/L the free Irfanview and install it (it's a great program to have anyway, I set it as my default image viewer). Open the image you want as wallpaper in Irfanview. On top menu> Options> Set as wallpaper> Center. That should work fine, and you can use that method to set your wallpaper. A Guy