xpfanatic Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 hi guys i have windows 7 ultimate and everything was working great but yesterday i discovered some sort of spyware and got rid of it tody but yesterday when i logged on the desktop was black solid colour and i was unable to change the theme the only part that change is the taskbar and the aero colour but no desk top back ground... :( when i go into themes i find alot of them with their pictures missing and black colour instead and when i try to choose diffrent background picture for the theme no picture show up only white square with the little tick on the corner but no picture is showing and i have that on explorer as well when i open a folder with pictues in it i only get white squares with the file name under it......if i change the view option to large or extra large icone neither the pictures nor the folders show only white squares whit the name under them has anyone got this problem? i seached everywhere but no luck .....hope someone van help as its driving me madd :angry: even when iam trying to save the screen shot in screen 4 it doesnt show the images i allready have thanks alot in advance these are folders by the way this when iam saving the screen shot Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Try this fix http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...1f-8068222ee533 "the Registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper] is missing and caused this problem. To work around this issue, please create a String Value [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper] on client and try to set wallpaper. " I had this issue on our default user.v2 profile on our domain and it drove me crazy for a bit :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591973378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted December 14, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 14, 2009 Let me guess, you have an NVIDIA video card. If so, download and install the latest drivers for your video card from here. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591973380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpfanatic Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 thanks for the quick reply guys.....drcheese i have the wallpaper key and still not working.....anaron i have ati radeon 3100 graphics and it has the latest update.... another thing is when i logon it was quict quick but now it takes longer to logon than before any other ideas? does the large and extra large icon view linked to this problem as well? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591973608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 hmm very bizarre. Out of interest, try making another user account on the system and try to do what your doing with that. If it works, then it's a problem with your user account. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591975832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Could be a HDD playing up... Try as DrCheese suggested and create another account, if it works, dodgy account/hdd. Run a chkdsk just to be safe. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591975840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camlann Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 What about using System Restore? :) HowtoGeek-Guide Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591975962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpfanatic Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 its very strange problem.......i will create another admin account and will keep you guys updated....havent tried system restore....this problem seems to slow the pc down so it i didnt find a fix i think i will format..... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591977964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpfanatic Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) just made another account and when i switched to the new account it took long time prepare the desktop and when finaly loged on the same problem nothing changed at all.....any new ideas? it look like is going to be format ...just before i do that is there any ideas to try to solve the problem? Edited December 15, 2009 by XpFanatic Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591978006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOOOOOOO Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Call Microsoft Support. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591978020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpfanatic Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 it looks like is the bug and useless microsoft dont think they will be any help as i know people has called microsoft about this problem and they there is no fix yet Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591978068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 If malware is causing it get Trojan remover. Update it then click on scan, then select all options under the utils menu. Thats if youre using 32 bit. It doesnt work with 64 bit (well it installs, but all of its options dont work) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591980206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camlann Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 its very strange problem.......i will create another admin account and will keep you guys updated....havent tried system restore....this problem seems to slow the pc down so it i didnt find a fix i think i will format..... before formatting try use System Restore! SR will take 10 - 15mins... give it a try! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591981252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpfanatic Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 well i had some spyware got malewarebite and clean it up.....should mention i changed my account name so not sureif that has something to do with it.....didnt try system restore......formatted as it was ****ing me off.....has any one else got the same problem .... maybe the same things or maybe different cause.....iam on toshiba laptop with 3gig memory and windows 7 32bit we can use this thread to see what causes this problem and its fixes and if its a microsoft bug or user action related Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591984686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 try those troubleshooters included with 7 and see if they can fix the issue,also check the event log. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591990284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shc-boomer Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Very weird indeed, the easiest thing to do would be using Windows 7 support or contact MS via phone or email. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/855306-windows-7-black-desktop/#findComment-591990314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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