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| Thread ID: 60959 | 2005-08-19 23:05:00 | active desktop v inactive | effie c (6856) | Press F1 |
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| 382333 | 2005-08-19 23:05:00 | Hi, I have just returned from a friend's M E edition computer- among other things I had to install Spy bot and found 190 intrusions she knew nothing about.- this shows how naive she is- as she had Ad Aware and AVG but still got loaded with a trojan let alone a multitude of other nasties. Now I see she has to use "active desktop" to operate and after rebooting comes up with a white screen-i e minus her wallpaper. She maneouvres out and eventually gets what she wants BUT long ago I too had trouble with "active v inactive desktops" and for the life of me cannot remember what to do in getting rid if active and the resulting regular problems I had been having - Can anybody help ---preferably with basic Kiwi english so I can e mail it to her I have searched FAQ to no avail :badpc: effie c |
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| 382334 | 2005-08-19 23:17:00 | Having Adaware or AVG or any other spyware/virus protection, doesnt mean you wont get spyware or a trojan . They wont protect u if u dont use them, or if they're installed and u do nothing with them . Active desktop is the blue screen for the net isnt it?? The option is under properties on the desktop . Can't u just select a wallpaper if she wants one on the desktop?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 382335 | 2005-08-19 23:27:00 | Hi S G, No she can navigate to her wall paper- but why the need to each time? and as I said I have had trouble with active v inactive etc and I had to get right away from this so called active- but with my great age I cannot remember why or what to do now- I know active caused me problems As to the trojan we got rid of it one way or another- and I NEVER have that problem with my protection- using all the above programs- that is not the problem now, but was used to show how ignorant she/ me are about this white screen etc effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 382336 | 2005-08-19 23:40:00 | If she is using jpg's as wallpaper from the Display Properties > Background, then Active Desktop needs to be activated. If she changes to a bmp image then you can disable Active Desktop. Not sure if there is a workaround for this which allows jpg's as wallpaper without having Active Desktop on. | Jen (38) | ||
| 382337 | 2005-08-20 02:15:00 | Thank you Jen- I have e mailed that answer of yours to her. I also have just come off the phone to her from telling her what a completely unexpected visit by one of the now grown up "boys" who taught me- and I asked him about that plus the white screen- he said the white screen was because the 'pooter had not been shut down according to windows sequences required- so hopefully I have done my duty and got everybody away laughing Thanks anyway effie c |
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