Windows 10 won't change background

[Dboy352]

I double checked my copy of Windows 10 is fully activated, but it won't let me change the background from the stock windows image. If I select a different background (even one preloaded with Windows) it changes it to a solid color automatically. I've tried checking the group permissions as suggested online (that required downloaded something I didn't trust), made sure show background image is enabled etc. and it still won't change it. Any ideas?

 

Here is a short clip of what it is doing

 

[Constantin]

12 minutes ago, Dboy352 said:

Windows 10 is fully activated

Are you sure, cause this is the main reason .......

[Spakes]

Try updating your system. Probably an OS bug. If that doesn't work, you can change background image via "Set up this picture as desktop background" or via regedit.exe like here.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop/

And check this just to be sure...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restrict-users-changing-desktop-background-windows-10

[Spakes]

5 minutes ago, Constantin said:

Are you sure, cause this is the main reason .......

Personalization thingy wouldn't even allow to do stuff if OS isn't activated.

[Windows7ge]

What happens if you right-click on an image and select "Set as desktop background"?

[Dboy352]

20 minutes ago, Constantin said:

Are you sure, cause this is the main reason .......

Windows is fully activated as can been seen in video below.

 

11 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

What happens if you right-click on an image and select "Set as desktop background"?

See video below, it just goes back to black.

 

 

 

[Dboy352]

17 minutes ago, Spakes said:

Try updating your system. Probably an OS bug. If that doesn't work, you can change background image via "Set up this picture as desktop background" or via regedit.exe like here.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop/

And check this just to be sure...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restrict-users-changing-desktop-background-windows-10

No gpedit.msc could be found when using the run command

 

 

[Dboy352]

19 minutes ago, Spakes said:

Try updating your system. Probably an OS bug. If that doesn't work, you can change background image via "Set up this picture as desktop background" or via regedit.exe like here.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop/

And check this just to be sure...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restrict-users-changing-desktop-background-windows-10

Also I double checked windows update and it's fully up to date. The last update was yesterday and it was for Windows Defender. It has been doing this for quite awhile, and some programs or games will crash the desktop and turn it all black but still show icons. If I highlight the background though it will show the background image

[Spakes]

5 minutes ago, Dboy352 said:

No gpedit.msc could be found when using the run command

https://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-group-policy-editor-gpedit-msc-in-windows-7-home-premium-home-basic-and-starter-editions/

[Dboy352]

43 minutes ago, Spakes said:

Try updating your system. Probably an OS bug. If that doesn't work, you can change background image via "Set up this picture as desktop background" or via regedit.exe like here.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop/

And check this just to be sure...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restrict-users-changing-desktop-background-windows-10

I downloaded and disabled the setting for blocking background image change in gpedit.msc and it didn't work after restart as can be seen below.

 

 

 

44 minutes ago, Spakes said:

Try updating your system. Probably an OS bug. If that doesn't work, you can change background image via "Set up this picture as desktop background" or via regedit.exe like here.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop/

And check this just to be sure...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restrict-users-changing-desktop-background-windows-10

I also changed the background image in registry editor as seen in video below and restarted and it still didn't work. Also showed the file path was correct and it displays the picture I set in registry editor.

 

[Dboy352]

5 hours ago, Constantin said:

Are you sure, cause this is the main reason .......

 

4 hours ago, Spakes said:

https://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-group-policy-editor-gpedit-msc-in-windows-7-home-premium-home-basic-and-starter-editions/

 

So I ended up stumbling across a fix I believe. in the search bar type in msconfig and that will bring up a small box and at the top it will say "General, Boot, Services, Startup and Tools"

 

Under general select "Diagnostic Startup", then go to the Services tab and deselect all. Click Apply and then reboot.

 

After reboot you should be able to change your background to anything you want (At least I was able to)

 

I then went back to the search bar and typed msconfig to bring up the same box as before.

I then selected Normal Startup under the General tab and then went to the services tab and selected all the same boxes I had enabled before and rebooted again. After reboot I was able to change background again with all my same normal services and programs running without any issues.

 

Not sure how this helped but it did. 

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to Windows