cannot change wallpaper - please help - thanks

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Hi Tony,

If your system is clean, run the edit on line 142 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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"Tony" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Desktop background [xp pro] is now white and flashes to a
> light grey. Right click/Properties on desktop and only get
> a general tab - no options to change anything. The address
> is file://C:\WINDOWS\Web\desktop.html. This is the
> name of a file that I deleted after my pc was infected by
> several files containing trojan viruses etc [e.g.
> mstasks2.exe, system.exe, wintime.exe etc...] and my
> desktop was taken over by this desktop.html and made up of
> circa 20 gifs that had been created in c:\windows\web
> directory.
>
> Try to change desktop background via control
> panel/Appearance and Themes - the Display
> Properties/Desktop tab is available and indeed shows my
> desired background picture, the name is highlighted but
> the apply function is greyed out. Selecting ok does not
> change the desktop background. Also my desired desktop
> background is monentarily visible during windows shutdown.
>
> Searching in the registry for desktop.html reveals the
> following:-
>
> In hive My
> Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\Desktop\Components\0 , the keys Source and
> SubscribedURL both contain the values
> c:\WINDOWS\Web\desktop.html .
>
> Question is - is it safe [or correct]to change these
> values to point to the location of desired desktop
> background bitmap ?
>
> Also are the values stored in any of the other keys in
> this hive siginificant - i.e. Deafult, Current State,
> Flags, Friendly Name, Orininal State Info, Position,
> Restored State Info ?
>
> Finally does anyone know what the registry hives Search
> Assistant\ACMru\5603 & Search Assistant\ACMru\5604 are -
> they look very dodgy to me and include keys such as 000
> thru to 024 with values of mstasks, desktop.html, dkdial,
> wintime, system.exe - all infected files that I have
> removed during the recent clean up.