Changing desktop background

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Chrissie,

Are you using third-party themes / enhancers, or any utility (provided with
your graphics card) running ? See if switching to Windows XP Theme helps.

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"Chrissie" <Chrissie.1qm6dm@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> I've got a picture which I wanted to use as my desktop background
> downloaded from my digital camera. When I go into Control
> Panel/Display/Desktop and change my background, it shows the picture
> as my background, although when I apply & OK the background hasn't
> changed and I've just got a screen that alternates from white to grey!!
> If I'm logging off from my user, the picture I've chosen comes up
> briefly before logging me off.
>
>
> --
> Chrissie