Re: re:My Desktop has gone blank & it blinks from white to off-whit

From: Nepatsfan (nepatsfan_at_SBXXXIX.com)
Date: 04/28/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:49:00 -0400

You might want to try the following:

Go to Start -> Run and enter regedit in the Open box.
Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Look for Classic Shell listed in the right hand pane.
Right click on it and select Modify.
Set the Value data to 0.
Click OK.
Close the Registry Editor.
Go back to Display Properties and see if the Desktop tab has been
restored.

You can also visit this web site to download a fix for this
problem:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

On line 128, click on the entry on the right.
Run this file to automatically make the corrections to your
Registry.
If needed, left hand side of line 282, download the fix for the
Appearance tab.

Keep in mind that the problem you are trying to fix was probably
caused by some type of spyware/malware. If you haven't removed
this pest from your computer, odds are the problem will just keep
coming back. Have you scanned your PC with an antispyware program
such as AdAware or Spybot S &D? How about a virus scan? 

-- 
Nepatsfan
"kmclean" <katie_marie_81@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in 
message news:05mdnXtFFpWBkuzfRVn_vA@giganews.com...
> Well, I am having the same problem as Lillie, but when I go to
> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display, there is no Desktop tab
> to be found, only Screen Saver and Settings tabs. I'd be 
> grateful for
> any suggestions :)
>

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