Need help picking a new desktop wallpaper

So, I need some help with my desktop background. It's locked and I can't change it for some reason..
Maybe someone could explain in the comments how to unlock it, thanks.👎

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...nt-change.html

George Sanders37 said:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...nt-change.html

Can you just explain it here? I can't follow those guides, I always end up messing something up, even with Vista. Anyway, my option to change the desktop background just vanished. Any idea how to fix it? Maybe explain in a comment.

Is it just a black background for you?
If so, Microsoft probably realized you're running some knockoff version.
Which OS are you even using?
A little more info from your end would actually be helpful.

Noah Miller6 said:Is your background just solid black?
If so, Microsoft probably realized you're running a knockoff.
And which version are you even using?
Maybe give us a bit more info so I can actually help.

Windows 7 Ultimate. It isn't just a black background... someone changed it and now I can't change it back. It's locked, I guess. When I try to use the change desktop background option through search, it tells me it can't do it, or that the option doesn't exist, or something like that.

Is that thing sitting in the bottom right corner of your desktop actually supposed to be there? If it isn't part of your normal setup, you're probably looking at some kind of virus or malware—but since you aren't quite sure what it is, I can't really give you a definitive answer just yet.

Casey Miller10 said:I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate. My background isn't black—someone changed it, and now I can't change it back myself. It seems locked. When I try searching for the "change desktop background" option, it tells me it can't do it, or that the option doesn't even exist, something like that.

Is it possible someone messed with your settings and disabled the ability to change the wallpaper for your specific user account? Because that's definitely something you can do in the settings.
Also, is the account you're logging into an administrator account, or is there another admin account on the machine?
Maybe try the steps in the link below first—and honestly, that first link I sent you should still work, even if it mentions it's for Vista.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/cannot...ground-windows

Larry Ortiz5 said:Is that thing in the bottom right corner of your desktop bothering you? If it is, it’s probably some malware or something. Hard to say for sure without knowing exactly what's happening, I guess.

Not proven, and I doubt it's a virus. Maybe someone just locked the wallpaper settings... now it's stuck on this one image from a movie.

George Sanders37 said:Maybe someone messed with the settings and disabled the ability to change the desktop background for the current user account in Windows? It’s definitely possible to do that.
Is the account you're logging into an administrator account, or is there another admin account on the machine?
Try following the steps in the second link first. Even though it mentions Vista, the first one I sent should still work fine.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/cannot...ground-windows

Yeah, someone probably changed something. There's just the one administrator, no other accounts or anything like that.

At that point, someone probably went messing around with the registry or tweaking some local group policies—it’s the kind of stuff you can find in those links I shared.

So, what happens if you just right-click on any random image? Do you actually see the "set as desktop background" option there?

George Sanders37 said:Then they probably messed with the registry or some local group policies, which are in those links I sent over.

Probably. But none of them actually worked for me... I guess I'll try again.

nimbleskipper5 said:What happens if you just right-click any image? Does the option to set it as your desktop background show up?

I mean, I try, but nothing happens. Just clicks and... nothing. No change at all, I guess.

George Sanders37 said:So, whoever did this probably messed around with the registry or some local group policies. I think those links I sent cover it.

Yeah, thanks. Got it working. 😁

I'm happy to help—maybe I should explain where things actually went wrong, just so future generations can learn from it 😁