desktop settings....

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Sounds like you have your control panel set to classic view. On the left
hand side as you look at the control panel you should have the option to
switch to category view click this.

A quick way to change your wallpaper is to minimise all of your open
programs, right click your desktop and click properties. You can change your
wallpaper from the desktop tab.



"fordman9279" wrote:

> i want to modify my desktop wall paper but my appearance and themes icon
> seems to be missing from the control panel......any ideas??

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its not set to windows classic, and when you right click on the desktop,
properties, the only settings you get are for the screen saver and
moniter......i've tried everything i can think of. as far as the control
panel goes....everything is normal....just no appearance and themes icon

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> Right click on the desktop.
> Properties
>
> Are the applets listed or do you see the categories?
> --
> Ron Sommer
>
> "fordman9279" <fordman9279@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5E3A965-A48B-428F-B6DC-66774D7331D1@microsoft.com...
> >i want to modify my desktop wall paper but my appearance and themes icon
> > seems to be missing from the control panel......any ideas??
>
>
>

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thats the problem....i know those tabs should be there.....but there
not.....the only tabs there are for the screensaver and monitor settings

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> In news:0C1B82C6-76A9-49B9-B276-5ED48B5BF2D7@microsoft.com,
> fordman9279 <fordman9279@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
> > its not set to windows classic, and when you right click on the
> > desktop, properties, the only settings you get are for the
> > screen
> > saver and moniter......
>
>
> The Display Properties should have several tabs: Themes, Desktop,
> Screen Saver, Appearance, and Settings. To change the wallpaper,
> click on the Desktop tab.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
> i've tried everything i can think of. as far
> > as the control panel goes....everything is normal....just no
> > appearance and themes icon
> >
> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >
> >> Right click on the desktop.
> >> Properties
> >>
> >> Are the applets listed or do you see the categories?
> >> --
> >> Ron Sommer
> >>
> >> "fordman9279" <fordman9279@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:E5E3A965-A48B-428F-B6DC-66774D7331D1@microsoft.com...
> >>> i want to modify my desktop wall paper but my appearance and
> >>> themes
> >>> icon seems to be missing from the control panel......any
> >>> ideas??
>
>
>

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i just read something that mentioned all the symtpoms my computer is having.
turns out its caused by a trojan horse virus.....its a personal computer

"Steve Rollins" wrote:

> Is this a personal computer or a work computer?
>
> Try browsing to
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\­Policies\System
> and see if the following keys are present and the value is set to 0:
>
> NoDispBackgroundPage
> NoDispBackgroundPage
> NoDispCPL
> NoDispScrSavPage
> NoDispSettingsPage
>
>
>
>
> "fordman9279" wrote:
>
> > thats the problem....i know those tabs should be there.....but there
> > not.....the only tabs there are for the screensaver and monitor settings
> >
> > "Ken Blake" wrote:
> >
> > > In news:0C1B82C6-76A9-49B9-B276-5ED48B5BF2D7@microsoft.com,
> > > fordman9279 <fordman9279@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > >
> > > > its not set to windows classic, and when you right click on the
> > > > desktop, properties, the only settings you get are for the
> > > > screen
> > > > saver and moniter......
> > >
> > >
> > > The Display Properties should have several tabs: Themes, Desktop,
> > > Screen Saver, Appearance, and Settings. To change the wallpaper,
> > > click on the Desktop tab.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> > > Please reply to the newsgroup
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > i've tried everything i can think of. as far
> > > > as the control panel goes....everything is normal....just no
> > > > appearance and themes icon
> > > >
> > > > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Right click on the desktop.
> > > >> Properties
> > > >>
> > > >> Are the applets listed or do you see the categories?
> > > >> --
> > > >> Ron Sommer
> > > >>
> > > >> "fordman9279" <fordman9279@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > > >> message
> > > >> news:E5E3A965-A48B-428F-B6DC-66774D7331D1@microsoft.com...
> > > >>> i want to modify my desktop wall paper but my appearance and
> > > >>> themes
> > > >>> icon seems to be missing from the control panel......any
> > > >>> ideas??
> > >
> > >
> > >