Of Active Desktop, you are right back where you started. Opposed to a JPG), then the next time you switch to one using the features That if you use a non Active Desktop wallpaper (usually means a bitmap, as Now, set your current wallpaper to whatever you want. To right click on the desktop, select properties, then select desktop. How to get rid of the 'old' one? One of the quickest ways I can remember is So, what you are seeing is your non Active Desktop wallpaper before Activeĭesktop loads, and then again after Active Desktop unloads. Later (and closes a bit earlier) in the process than the original desktop. Active Desktop, however, actually loads a bit When you have a wallpaper set, but not Active Desktop, you only have the one Any help with this problem would be appreciated. I also don't completely understand your discussion of 'Active Desktop'.

My chosen theme has nothing but jpeg images, so that is not the problem. They are not any of the themes under the 'Aero' choice of themes provided by Windows. This is driving me crazy, as I don't know where these backgrounds/themes are coming from. When my system came up, my background first showed the one I want, but with the next change, it went back to the unwanted theme and when I went into the Desktop Personalize menu, there it was again as unsaved.

I did follow your advice to save the unwanted theme, delete it, then reboot. When I click on this to go to my choices for backgrounds, I still don't see the choice of 'None'. At the bottom left of the list of themes is a tab called 'Desktop Background'. When I go there, it shows all the themes available to me. When I right click on the desktop, I don't have a 'Properties' choice, only a 'Personalize' choice. First, I don't know how to set the background to 'None'. I tried to follow your instructions below, but I am still having problems with my desktop background.

My desktop background keeps changing