my desktop background color wont stay changed.

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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My desktop will not shut down properly after using sleep mode.
location: 7forums.com - date: July 28, 2012
recently, i've noticed that whenever i sleep my computer, attempting to shut it down later does not work. the process just hangs at the Windows 7 screen with the Shutting down...message. i've let it run for 30 minutes one time and nothing happened, still Shutting down... every time this has happened, i end up manually powering off. the computer shows no ill effects on start up (other than the 'your computer shut down improperly' message). i can't find any unusual events in event viewer, either. it shuts down fine when not having used sleep mode. to sum it up: when i power on my computer normally and DO NOT use sleep mode at all between a shut down, everything is fine. when i power on my computer normally and DO use sleep mo
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Pics for desktop background are too big. How do I change size to fit?
location: microsoft.com - date: December 9, 2009
Pics for desktop background are too big. How do I change size to fit?
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Windows 7 desktop background customization, can it be as awesome as Ma
location: 7forums.com - date: November 3, 2012
** check out my other post at 99nites.blogspot.com I have to be cheeky to say this that when my colleagues look at my laptop screen, quite often they will surprise and captivated. Then such question will be ask, "what's OS is this?" "How you do it?" Let me share my screen below: It's just a normal windows 7! First you download some amazing windows theme from the Microsoft sites. Then you right click your wallpaper, choose "Personalize" and select your favorite windows theme. Right click again, and select "View" - "Show Desktop Icon" and remove all the ugly shortcuts from the wallpapers. For new era IT user, you really don't need those shortcuts. And for someone with som
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Windows degrades Desktop Background images
location: 8forums.com - date: March 30, 2012
Screenshot 1 is an image I use on my desktop. It has not been resized or touched up in any way. I loaded into Photoshop, cropped, then saved as .jpg. Screenshot 2 is taken using the Snipping Tool on the desktop and you can see artifacts in it. This is exactly how it looks on my Windows 8 1680x1050 desktop, so further compression as you may think is not to blame. The point is, Windows degrades images when it puts it on the desktop. That shouldn't be imho.
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