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XP freezing if I right click on desktop

gerrymadden1 · 2012-05-28 21:22:23

I'm trying to change the background on the desktop of an EEE PC which has XP as the O/S. However, when I right click on the desktop, the system freezes & requires a hard shut down - holding down the power button. Sometimes it gives an error message about Windows Explorer not being able to perform this task??? The machine…

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28-05-2012 10:22pm

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gerrymadden1

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I'm trying to change the background on the desktop of an EEE PC which has XP as the O/S.

However, when I right click on the desktop, the system freezes & requires a hard shut down - holding down the power button.

Sometimes it gives an error message about Windows Explorer not being able to perform this task???

The machine is nearly new & has had minimum use.

Any thoughts??? Thanks.

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#2 29-05-2012 1:33pm
uch

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Try disabling Active desktop

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#3 29-05-2012 2:16pm
gerrymadden1

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uch wrote: »

Try disabling Active desktop

Thanks but it didn't work...

I'm stumped!!

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#4 29-05-2012 3:34pm
uch

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Did it start all of a sudden or has it always been like this?

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#5 29-05-2012 3:38pm
johndoe99

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have a read here:

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=204763

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