my desktop background color wont stay changed.

Problem with Desktop Background Picture Position
location: 7forums.com - date: October 29, 2011
I have discovered a frustrating problem when i attempt to customise my desktop background. While i have had no problems selecting the desired images or an problems with the slideshow itself i an unable to alter the picture position, meaning that the picture position is permanently on stretch which distorted the pictures. I select Centre from the drop down bar and then save the changes but it makes no difference, the pictures remain stretched and when i re-open the Desktop Background menu the Picture Position has reverted to Stretch. Any assistance would be appreciated
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I cannot change my desktop photo or theme windows 8 pro.
location: microsoft.com - date: October 27, 2012
I installed windows 8 pro yesterday.  When I try to change the picture or theme for the desktop it changes back to the stock photo by itself.  I can't seem to find a way to change the stock flower picture.  I right click on the desktop and then choose personalize.  I cannot make any changes from this screen.  Help please.
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How do I get windows 8 out of my expensive new Dell computer and exchanged for the old windows 7 ? This should be covered under warranty .
location: microsoft.com - date: April 19, 2013
 Microsoft needs to pull Windows 8 off the market until it is a reliable helpful technology toolI only switched to Windows 8 because when my very old reliable computers using XP and windows 7 died I could not find anything but computers with windows 8 pre-installed.. In the weeks I have owned this computer I have required hours of geek squad  technology experts remoting in nearly daily  trying to explain what they do not really seem to understand either and cannot undue damage, recover important data or even try to assure me that things will improve. I feel sorry for the customer service people having to agree with irate consumers that Windows 8 is a big mistake, wasting time,energy, productivity and increasing the st
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Can't change Desktop Background on Windows 8 Pro.
location: microsoft.com - date: December 13, 2012
Hi, Every time I try to change my desktop background it change's straight back to the windows default one with 2 white flowers. I tried to use a picture off the internet and it says ok but doesn't change. Any help with this would be great.   Thank you!     Lucy xx
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Desktop background slideshow stops working after a while
location: 7forums.com - date: February 20, 2012
I have this weird bug when using the desktop background slideshow, after some time (I've no idea how long) it just stops on one of them and sticks with it as if I specified that background was the one I wanted instead of the slideshow. The only way I've managed to stop it happening is if I keep the Personalization window open after clicking Save Changes. Seems like a weird bug, not sure if anyone else has had the same issue or has found a solution for it. Any help would be great.
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Desktop changes won't stay saved
location: 7forums.com - date: February 6, 2011
OK, my turn here. I’m trying to make some basic changes to the screen personalization but they won’t stick. I'm in administrator mode, by the way. Every time I log back in, they revert. In particular, I’m trying to change the way a slideshow is displayed. I go to Desktop Background and change Position to Fit. I Save Changes and all seems to be well. I also save the desktop theme under My Themes. But when I log back in it goes back to Stretch. Am I missing some kind of permissions thing? Or do I just not understand how desktop themes get saved? It seems harder than it should be to do this. Andacar
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My Minecraft crashes and I get a java error message .log on my desktop
location: 7forums.com - date: September 30, 2012
I host and play on a Tekkit Minecraft Server for me and about 8 of my friends. After being on for random amounts of time (anywhere between a few seconds and many hours),the game (not the server) just crashes and it puts an error message .log on my desktop (one of many attached) I've reinstalled Java 6 and 7, the game, and all my video card drivers. Obviously, it didn't work. Can anyone tell me how to fix it or at least tell me what it means or whats causing it? Its not too much of a problem right now, but nonetheless I want to do anything I can to fix it. Thanks
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How do I make my Skype for Windows 8 show notifications of incoming calls when I'm on my desktop?
location: microsoft.com - date: April 1, 2013
I get signed in on the Skype for Windows 8 and then go back to my desktop.  But whenever my husband, who is deployed, tries to call me I don't know that he is until he messages me on facebook.  Then I toggle over to Skype and it shows that I've had 4 missed calls from him even though I'm signed into my account.  How do I set it up to receive notifications from Skype when I am using a different app? Thanks for the help!
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Change ugly gray background color
location: winsecrets.com - date: July 9, 2011
I upgraded from Office 2007 to 2010. Outlook now has an ulgy gray background color for the navigation pane & Outlook borders. I'm guessing this is because I customized Win 7 several months ago when I upgraded from Vista so that my Windows task bar and window borders now look like the Vista color scheme. This is much easier to see for an old, baby-boomer like me than the Aero scheme. Is there a way to modify Outlook borders and the background color of the navigation pane to a more pleasing color than the ugly gray that I have now?
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Windows 7 Starter Change desktop background
location: 7forums.com - date: December 14, 2009
Hi Folks, I picked up an Acer netbook for my sister, it's got Windows 7 Starter on it overall runs great there is just one problem that is there is no easy way to change the desktop background. I find that ridiculous to try and force people into buying Home Premium to change desktop background especially when they have no other use for HP's features. I've read that the background file is hashed into a system file somewhere so you cannot just to a simple file replacement as a work around. Are there any work arounds that I haven't heard of? Thanks, Dan
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