[Metallica]

Copy the part in bold below into notepad and save it as permit2.reg

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoViewContextMenu"=-
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=-


Doubleclick the file and confirm you want to merge it with the registry.

Reboot and check under Properties of your desktop if the Browse button is usable again.

Regards,

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greaat, its still the same do you know if anything else that can be done?

[dani x dahling]

greaat, its still the same do you know if anything else that can be done?

[Metallica]

Is the Browse button disabled?
Or what are you trying to say?

Regards,

[dani x dahling]

when i go to properties - desktop, it doesn't let me select anything in the "background" box, and the browse and position buttons are disabled. The only things i can click on are color and customize desktop.

Edited by dani x dahling, 27 May 2005 - 02:04 PM.

[Metallica]

• Download the Registry Search Tool.
• Unzip the contents of RegSrch.zip to a convenient location.
• Double-click on RegSrch.vbs.
• If you have an anti-virus installed it might prompt you about a running script. Please ignore this warning and allow the script to run.
• In the "Enter search string (case insensitive) and click OK..." box paste this string:
  • NoChangingWallPaper
• Click "OK" to search the registry for that string.
• Wait for a few minutes while it completes the search.
• Click "OK" to open the results in WordPad.
• Copy and paste the entire results into your next post.

Regards,

[dani x dahling]

i did exactly what you said, but when i copied and pasted it into the textbox.. it said no results were found. this is so confusing

[Metallica]

RIGHT-CLICK HERE and Save As (in IE it's "Save Target As") to download this reg file to your desktop. Double-click desktoptab.reg on your desktop and click YES when asked if you want to merge with the registry. Wait for the merged successfully prompt.

Let me know,

[dani x dahling]

ok.. after i did that which worked, i tried the previous step you told me to do, and it worked this time.. so here is the word document.

REGEDIT4
; RegSrch.vbs © Bill James

; Registry search results for string "NoChangingWallPaper" 5/28/2005 3:52:12 PM

; NOTE: This file will be deleted when you close WordPad.
; You must manually save this file to a new location if you want to refer to it again later.
; (If you save the file with a .reg extension, you can use it to restore any Registry changes you make to these values.)


[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1655117909-932154207-3894852500-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000

[Metallica]

Good. That means it was blocked in another user-account.

Let's clean that account up as well.

Copy the part in bold below into notepad and save it as permitall.reg

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1655117909-932154207-3894852500-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=-

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1655117909-932154207-3894852500-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoViewContextMenu"=-
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=-

Doubleclick the file and confirm you want to merge it with the registry.

Reboot and check under Properties of your desktop if the Browse button is usable again.

Regards,

[dani x dahling]

ughh it didn't work this is getting frustrating.. do you think you will be able to help me fix this?

[Metallica]

I found another option.

Copy the part in bold below into notepad and save it as complout.reg
Save as type:All files

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=-
"NoAddingComponents"=-
"NoComponents"=-
"NoDeletingComponents"=-
"NoEditingComponents"=-
"NoCloseDragDropBands"=-
"NoMovingBands"=-
"NoHTMLWallPaper"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=-
"NoActiveDesktop"=-
"NoSaveSettings"=-
"ClassicShell"=-
"NoThemesTab"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=-

Doubleclick the file and confirm you want to merge it with the registry.

Regards,

[dani x dahling]

OMG! I LOVE YOU!!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH i think my computer is actually like perfect for once! greatest site eveeeeer hah


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[Metallica]

Since this issue appears to be resolved ... this Topic has been closed. Glad we could help.

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