Looking back through the many entries here, I see some posts indicating infection that is not SmitFraud (SpySheriff etc.), and often a big reason you cannot change the active desktop component is that there are still active parts of the infection itself remaining. I do not recommend going into regedit and deleting the necessary desktop key, as this will leave you without the ability to set an active desktop.
I would recommend each of you consider posting a new request of your own, either in this forum, or due to some set forum time constraints on responses that limit the amount of work those assisting can provide, choose one of these forums listed on the site of HijackThis' creator Merijn. Although it is a good thing to be able to fix our own issues, those who create scumware like SmitFraud put every barrier they can in the path of successfully completing that.
I am having the same problem with my laptop except when I got to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System I only have Wallpaper REG_SZ show up, is that the one I should erase?
I had the same problem, I went to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System and didnt see the wallpaper registry key, all i saw was REG_SZ. I looked around and deleted HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop/
NoChanging wall paper. Also another file that was at the bottom, restarted and everything was fine.
Im a noob at this stuff. I was wondering if the NoDeleingComponents and all the other no reg keys are suposse to be in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop Or is the activedesktop is suppose to be there.
For the iritating color in an icon's name i solved it by doing the following: In the windows Display Properties > Appearance tab i choose advanced then choose icons.. and resized them from 32 to 31.. aplied, changed it back to size 32 and gone, hope this works well for you guys :)
im having the same problem but i dont want to deleat something i might need cuz i dont realy know that much about computers so if someone can please help me it wout be great....
liam1 said... loen said... Someone metioned getting rid of spysherrif's spell using a program called redit, I'm having this problem also and I was wondering where I could download this redit program.
he means REGEDIT a windows program which can be run by typing "regedit" in Start>Run box. spysheriff is spyware itself and creates its own key in the registry disabling any access to the wallpaper, etc. the only way to fix the problem is deleting the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.
What do you do when you get down to the last item "System" and there's nothing more there? I'm trying to get this same problem solved for a friend of mine, and I've been following these help solutions and can't find anything similar to what others have.
I solved it by googling the problem. After three days of trying things, I got it fixed by just disabling the active desktop:
Is Active Desktop Turned Off?
The inability to change your desktop wallpaper or background, can many times be traced to Active Desktop. Follow the steps below to remove any web objects from displaying on your background.
1) Click on Start, Control Panel 2) Double-click on Display 3) Click on the Desktop tab 4) Click on the Customize Desktop button 5) Click on the Web tab 6) Uncheck any items listed under Web pages 7) Click Ok and then click Ok one more time to close the window.
Your Active Desktop wallpaper should be removed, now try to change your background wallpaper. If you still can't change your wallpaper background, proceed to the next section.
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I was wondering if the NoDeleingComponents and all the other no reg keys are suposse to be in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
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