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    Installed XP, but unable to show wallpaper??

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by tuyulaneh, May 25, 2007.

  1. tuyulaneh

    tuyulaneh Notebook Consultant

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    I just finished installing all the drivers for the laptop in windows xp pro. However why i cant show the wallpaper? It just remaied the color of the background and no wallpaper support? Weird..
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    What file format is your wallpaper? .BMP should display without problem but I recall that old XP needed something else enabled in order to display .JPG.

    John

    PS: Does this mean you have sorted out the installation / driver problems raised in your other thread?
     
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    tuyulaneh Notebook Consultant

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    Im using .bmp yet itill does not show..Even default wallpapers does not show. I installed xp2 and it works fine :) Thanks for the help
     
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    I'm puzzled.

    RIght click on desktop, select properties, select the Desktop Tab then select the background you want. The windows standard ones should be listed or you can browse for your own.

    Make sure that you are not using a small bitmap set to centre - you might have a small image in the middle of your screen.

    BTW, could you please finish the other thread with how you solved the problem. Useful for anyone else who hits the same problem in the future.

    John
     
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  5. tuyulaneh

    tuyulaneh Notebook Consultant

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    Nope...does not work..The wallpaper does not show up. Seems like a lot of problems in my notebook. I cant seem to install adaware etc and it mentioned cant find the documents and settings. So many problems..
     
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  6. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Thats strange.

    You made sure that you have admin privileges?

    (So.. ) In Display Settings, under Desktop tab, none of those pictures works?

    It could be a user account config issue (happens occasionally).

    Make a new user account and see if that new account can have wallpapers.
     
    Gophn, May 25, 2007
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    copterfixer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Now this may sound like a smart alick answer but my solution to any and all of my windows woes is always to reinstall. If during reinstall something dont go right. Simply reinstall again
    my record for reinstalls in a single day is 6 so far on one machine :D
     
    copterfixer, May 25, 2007
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