Old background image apears on startup. don't know how to remove.

[mlke]

Hi,

There is a computer at work that has a picture apear as the background on startup although this picture is not set as the wallpaper. I can't get rid of this by changing the wallpaper.

I've seen this before on Windows 2000 but never figured out how to fix it.

Please help.

 

[Einstein47]

Is "Active Desktop" enabled? If so then the walpaper you see at boot is the real walpaper and what you see after is controlled by Active Desktop. I would suggest turning that off and see if the "boot walpaper" comes back.

Einstein47
(Sometimes you're the windshield... sometimes you're the bug - Unknown)

 

[bcastner]

Right-click an empty area of your Desktop.
Properties.
Desktop tab.
Select as background "None"
Click 'Apply' twice (yes twice)
Click OK

 

[bcastner]

And if using the registry editor is something you are comfortable with: thread616-853314