Check your settings here: Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System. In the right pane if you have anything listed under Wallpaper or WallpaperStyle, either change it or delete it.
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"Andrew" <and...@cnf.com.au> wrote in message news:ac2f01c2906a$43434390$8df82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA02...
> If I go into display properties dialog (Desktop tab) the
> list of backgrounds is greyed out and I can't change the
> background. This ocuured after I set the background by
> assigning an image to wallpaper in a image viewing
> program (which one - I can't recall). Any ideas on who
> to fix this?