Blank black Desktop

wolfworx8

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Jan 7, 2014
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Running Vista SP 2.

Yesterday I discovered a problem with my desktop background. It was black and did not allow wallpaper or any background for that matter.

I've run Norton AV and other anti-spyware programs and get a clean report. I've tried rebooting -- no change, remains black.

The rest of the desktop is OK (shortcut icons, etc.).

I tried a restore to a previous setting, but that fails, so that is a second issue.

Is there a registry key that has changed to cause the problem? Any ideas?