Re: desktop appearance and themes

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:53:14 -0800

Mark Teuscher wrote:

> I have lost the ablity to change my desktop themes or appearance.. I
> have
> recently had spyware problems that have been cleared up, but cannot
> see the
> desktop themes or backgrounds. I can see and use all the icons on my
> desktop. It seems like there is a screen flashing behind the icons
> preventing me from seeing the real desktop theme. Please help.

Go to the Display applet in Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab.
Click on Customize Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see
that there are checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably
"Lock Desktop Items". Uncheck these.

Malke 

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