I'd like to display a labeled wallpaper on my WinXP Classic desktop, so I can tell if I'm logged in as Administrator or User...But I can't find an option to display *any* wallpaper/screen display with Windows Classic...

How's it done???

(thanks in advance!)

so youre using windows xp with the windows classic theme... and cant figure out how to set a wallpaper? ow, my head hurts

dude,

try right clicking on the desktop, go to properties, then hit the little desktop tab at the top....

why you tell him our secrets!? youre a bad ninja!!1

So sorry Massa

you bring great dishona' to this clan young kenshin. you are like a wilted lotus blossom in my immaculate garden of eternal noob.

noooo that would be frogbait not me

he is a slug in my garden, destroying my immaculate treasures... you just fuck up my system, grasshopper.

How exactly is that done?
Right clicking, is that the counterpart of wrong clicking?

it keeps harmony and balance, the yin to the yang.

Fretster


The reason is because they did'nt make a judgement about where someone should be in their computer knowledge.

Your computer knowledge might be vast but your judgement about someones knowledge of computers seems to be lacking in this thread.

Some people have to start somewhere

...Heh, heh...Funny guys...

I have no "Desktop Tab" in my Display Properties window...Just Themes, Screen Saver, Appearance, and Settings...

And none of them has anything about Wallpaper...

...But youse guys is funny!...

hey look, my avatar. you know what? you would think that someone that has enough know-how to sort out the themes in windows xp would be able to change the damn wallpaper, or at least tried setting a wallpaper in administrator and one in whatever other account they have. then they would see that no special "trick" or program is required to do what he wants. so restrain yourself, young grasshopper.

[quote=DJP,Apr 29 2003, 22:34] [QUOTE=Butterfly,Apr 30 2003, 00:19] How exactly is that done?
Right clicking, is that the counterpart of wrong clicking?
[/quote]
...Yep!...

Just like cross-posting is the opposite of happy-posting!...

youre using xp right? you should have a desktop tab, if you dont. open whatever picture you want to make a backround in windows picture viewer then right click on it, set as backround.

[quote=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 22:44] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 15:42] youre using xp right? you should have a desktop tab, if you dont. open whatever picture you want to make a backround in windows picture viewer then right click on it, set as backround. [/quote]
I tried that...No option in right-click menu to "Set as background"...

I'm stumped...

[quote=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 15:48] [QUOTE=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 22:44] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 15:42] youre using xp right? you should have a desktop tab, if you dont. open whatever picture you want to make a backround in windows picture viewer then right click on it, set as backround. [/QUOTE]
I tried that...No option in right-click menu to "Set as background"...

I'm stumped... [/quote]
should be "set as desktop backround"
try opening it in paint, then click file> set as desktop backround.

[quote=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 22:50] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 15:48]should be "set as desktop backround"
try opening it in paint, then click file> set as desktop backround. [/quote]
OK; I think I got it...

My wallpaper wasn't in the My Documents/My Pictures folder...

Moving it there, MSPaint now displays the "Set As..." command, and the Desktop Background I want...

Thank You! I 'preciate it!

Your the same age as my son.

wow good thing youre not taller, cause that joke woulda hit you right between the eyes on its way over your head. and its you're, not your.

[quote=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 16:01] [QUOTE=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 22:50] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 15:48]should be "set as desktop backround"
try opening it in paint, then click file> set as desktop backround. [/QUOTE]
OK; I think I got it...

My wallpaper wasn't in the My Documents/My Pictures folder...

Moving it there, MSPaint now displays the "Set As..." command, and the Desktop Background I want...

Thank You! I 'preciate it! [/quote]
no problem.

if you are in XP and your desktop properties doesnt have a tab that says desktop something is seriously wrong

this is true as well.

Would that tab be only in Administrators???

I use PSP and never even thought of using MSPaint to set the deskyop background, but I was logged in as a User, not an Administrator...I've changed both accounts backgrounds now, but I'm dual-booting and right this second I'm in Win98...

...Which is why I wanted to be able to tell where I was...Especially since my 2nd HDD now has Win2003 Server...

wait, what os are you talking about using this on? the desktop tab should ALWAYS be in the display properties... i dont actually know how you would go about removing it on accident :S

[quote=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 23:38] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 16:30]
wait, what os are you talking about using this on? the desktop tab should ALWAYS be in the display properties... i dont actually know how you would go about removing it on accident :S [/quote]
This is on WinXP Pro...I found the Desktop backgrounds in Win2003 & Win2000...

Does this require Active desktop???

If I can figure out how to attach a screenshot, I'll post a pic of the Display properties window...And my User account is an Administrator's...

[quote=FrogBait4,Apr 30 2003, 00:01] [QUOTE=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 23:38] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 16:30]
wait, what os are you talking about using this on? the desktop tab should ALWAYS be in the display properties... i dont actually know how you would go about removing it on accident :S [/QUOTE]
This is on WinXP Pro...I found the Desktop backgrounds in Win2003 & Win2000...

Does this require Active desktop???

If I can figure out how to attach a screenshot, I'll post a pic of the Display properties window...And my User account is an Administrator's... [/quote]
Here's an SS of my Display Properties window...

http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/ss_XP.jpg

Any comments are welcomed...

[quote=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 17:13] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 30 2003, 00:01] [QUOTE=fretster,Apr 29 2003, 23:38] [QUOTE=FrogBait4,Apr 29 2003, 16:30]
wait, what os are you talking about using this on? the desktop tab should ALWAYS be in the display properties... i dont actually know how you would go about removing it on accident :S [/QUOTE]
This is on WinXP Pro...I found the Desktop backgrounds in Win2003 & Win2000...

Does this require Active desktop???

If I can figure out how to attach a screenshot, I'll post a pic of the Display properties window...And my User account is an Administrator's... [/QUOTE]
Here's an SS of my Display Properties window...

http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/ss_XP.jpg

Any comments are welcomed... [/quote]
woah, thats fucked up dude. no you dont need active desktop enabled. is this the administrator account that you took the screenie from?

It's a User account, with Administrator privileges...lesse, that account has TweakUI as well...Everything is set for Windows classic...

Would there be some option in TweakUI that would have removed that tab from Display??? Maybe I unchecked something unknowingly???...

Lemme take a peek at the Administrator account...maybe that has the tab...

...BTW: Thanks for taking the time for me!...

well any account should have the option for desktop in the display properties, im guessing you did something unknowingly with tweakUI, which i dont use... so someone else will have to help you with that.

...Sunnuvabitch!!!...

Here's the Admin ss of Display Properties...

http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/ss_XP2.jpg

...Compared to the user account...

http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/ss_XP.jpg

...I lost a tab somehow...

I'll have to compare and try to figure out WTF happened...

Thanks for all the help!!!

...I like funny guyz!!!...

Nothing is seriously wrong, except that he is using a version of xp that isn't final.

...For $139, it better be final!!!...

OK, it *is* TweakUI...On the IE tab, there's a box labeled "Shell Enhancements"...I had unchecked it, for some reason or other...Re-checking it restored the tab to Display Properties...

Well, I'm happy that's cleared up!...

...Say, this thread got more than 32 replies and 181 views...more than any other today...

Don't you people have anything else to do???

The Yankees are getting clobbered by Seattle; Atlanta is beating Houston...

...And Commander Lindsey is going to prison for killing Lt Singer...

Seriously, I appreciate the help...It would have taken me two weeks to figure it out by meself...

...A 13 year old would have figured it out in a couple minutes...

...Trouble is, there's never a 13 year old around when you need one...