since i got my comp up and running after several months stashed away in a cupboard i go to change my desktop background but the list with all the windows samples are greyed out i can only change the colour i have looked everywhere for an answer but i cant get a straight answer please colud somebody help resolve my problem

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Welcome to techhelpforum.

Go to Control Panel, Display. On the Themes tab, set the Theme to either Windows Classic, or Windows Classic (Modified).

Post back with your results and any further questions.

i have done that a million times and i still i have this problem

First download and extract the AllowChngWlppr.reg from the attached zip file.

Double click on AllowChngWlppr.reg and choose to let it MERGE into the registry.

Restart your machine.

If this fails, do the same with the fixreg.zip;

Download and extract the two reg files in the fixreg.zip package;

Double click on fixreg1 and choose to let it MERGE into the registry.
Double click on fixreg2 and choose to let it MERGE into the registry.

Restart your machine.


If this still doesn't work, this is an indication that there is probably malware or spyware on your machine.

Try the measures outlined here; Cleaning Out Malware
http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=5808
If this doesn't help, or (other) issues remain which cannot be resolved through these measures,,,,,,,

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