im running vista 64 home basic. and recently i havent been able to
change my background or change my desktop icons. i get this message.
"Your system administrator has disabled luanching of the Display
Settings Control Panel." i am the only admin on this pc and as far as i
know i did nothing to change this. unless i have a virus or something.
can anyone help me out? I just want to have my desptop back. and my
trash bin. :P


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yvain

scan your computer for viruses and spyware.


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mansrm81

Hi,

You want to run regedit from the start/search line, and check the contents
of this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies

for any values relating to the display controls and post back with them.

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im running vista 64 home basic. and recently i havent been able to
change my background or change my desktop icons. i get this message.
"Your system administrator has disabled luanching of the Display
Settings Control Panel." i am the only admin on this pc and as far as i
know i did nothing to change this. unless i have a virus or something.
can anyone help me out? I just want to have my desptop back. and my
trash bin. :P


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yvain

I'm having the same problem as mentioned here. I was enthused to find a
thread that I though would hold the answer then frustrated that it only
turned into a deadend. I'm not a programmer, just an average Joe so
please, if you reply, do so in layman's terms and I will greatly
appreciate any help anyone could give. thanks in advance.


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I honestly never figured it out. And I never found out what it was. DID
the virus scan and all that. Waste of time and money. In the end I found
myself installing windows xp for the 3rd and final time over vista.
Sorry I couldn't help you in anyway.


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yvain

yvain;836084 Wrote:
im running vista 64 home basic. and recently i havent been able to
change my background or change my desktop icons. i get this message.
"Your system administrator has disabled luanching of the Display
Settings Control Panel." i am the only admin on this pc and as far as i
know i did nothing to change this. unless i have a virus or something.
can anyone help me out? I just want to have my desptop back. and my
trash bin. :P

yvain;950759 Wrote:
I honestly never figured it out. And I never found out what it was. DID
the virus scan and all that. Waste of time and money. In the end I found
myself installing windows xp for the 3rd and final time over vista.
Sorry I couldn't help you in anyway.

Hello Yvain,

You might see if this may be able to help you restore this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/15...-changing.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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Shawn, you rock. Your contribution was the fix I needed. I can't thank
you enough. I may never be able to repay you for your assistance, but I
will at least try to by helping others anytime I can. Thanks again.


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You're welcome Sebastaen. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

Shawn

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Hello Yvain,

You might see if this may be able to help you restore this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/15...-changing.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Sebastaen;991001 Wrote:
Shawn, you rock. Your contribution was the fix I needed. I can't thank
you enough. I may never be able to repay you for your assistance, but I
will at least try to by helping others anytime I can. Thanks again.


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