tosh

I had this posted up in the computer section for a while but got no response so thought I would try here on the upper floors to see if anyone can help?

Can any one help me get rid of this annoying F*****g active desktop, I was messing around the other day and found this moving piston picture in a web site it was about the size of the avatar thingies that people put under there user name, I right clicked on the picture then clicked "set as desktop item" then a box appeared with the words Internet Explorer "do you want to add an active Desktop item to your Desktop" and I clicked "Yes"

As you can see from the pic bellow it overlays the original desktop picture and when I log off it disappears to reveal the original desktop for a few seconds until the computer shuts down, I have tried right clicking and delete but I don't get that option, all I get is

Arrange icons by >
Refresh
NVIDIA control panel
New >
Properties

I have searched for it elsewhere on the computer but can't seem to find it anywhere.

Any Help would be greatly appreciated "It's doing my head in"

BM08

you tried right clicking on the desktop, select properties and then click the desktop tab at the top, then select the pic you want as a desktop image and then see if the half and half picture dissapears?

tosh

Have tried that mate it it doesn't make any difference if I change the desk top picture it just ends up underneath

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

change the desktop pic to no pic, save and reboot pc.

then when booted up - it should display a blue bkgrnd, then change the pic to wath you want, save and reboot.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

right click on the actual bit that's moving

does that help?

or click on the desktop and change the desktop settings?

craigybaby

what about restoring the computer to a previous date??

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

If all else fails try a restore. Start > All Programs > Accessories > System tools > System Restore.


This will put the computer back to a date before it cocked up!

tosh

OK I have done it I was just about to do what R4N S S suggested I right clicked on the picture, clicked properties then saw the customise desktop tab, in there there was a Web tab clicked that and noticed that there was a ticked box for a http address from which i copied the stupid moving picture from, I think it was set to display this picture as a web page on my desktop.

Cheers guys for your help and my apologies for wasting your time, you wouldn't believe how many times I have tried to get rid of the stupid thing.