FIXED: background shifted right & down on Windows XP

So I have a nice photo of flashlights (Raw Da & FancyFli) as my background on my laptop and somehow it gets shifted down and to the right on the screen.

Photo below just because I like it.

(I have since rotated it 2 degrees CCW...)

I'm having other problems so I reload everything (format HD, reload windows, etc, etc,). Problem solved. HOWEVER, when windows is going through it's automatic updates when it gets the SP3 update I have the same thing happen.

Did a search on google - limited info back (all I found was soln below - didn't do anything for me)... Ideas?

Hi, Vista does seem to have some gliches here. Try right click in the desktop and select "personalize" then open "Desktop Application" select any other background and apply . Then go back and this time select your background, make sure you put a check in full screen display at the bottom. I think it is to do with shell32, to stop happening again go to start run and type:- press enter (copy and paste)

regsvr32 shell32.dll

Re: background shifted right & down on Windows XP

My first guess would be that the image is of greater resolution than the display setting and that the "Position" (desktop tab of display properties) is set to something other than "stretch". I'd have to do some digging beyond that.

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Nope not that - I've gone to using a smaller file and doing "tile", but it's still shifted to the right. On the large file doing a stretch it used to fill it - now it doesn't... :sick2:

Appreciate the idea. I've joined a windows troubleshooting forum and hope to get some help there - but I don't know what those guys are like....lovecpf

Re: background shifted right & down on Windows XP

hmm.. send me the high res shot, and your screen res. I'll resize it to exactly fit your desktop? would that fix it?

what background color are you using?

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It's worth a try - but I don't think it will. Email coming up.

It's a 4 MB file so it's taking a while to load....

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reply to email coming up!

Re: background shifted right & down on Windows XP

Doesn't work - on center, stretch or tile - the bottom ~20% is missing as well as the right ~20%.

Actually I have it on dual monitors right now & the right 20% carries over to the external monitor.

When I look at it on the display properties (in either mode; center, stretch or tile) I see just the picture fitting nicely to the screen. But on the display(s) it doesn't fit.

It's as if it thinks my screen is that much larger for the background.....

Any other ideas anyone?

(incidentally no responses on the XP windows tech forum) lovecpf

Had a reply on windows tech forum - try resizing the resolution - tried didn't work, but will try later when it's just laptop screen (undocked).

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Tried undocked - it still appears that it thinks the background is larger than the 1680 x 1050 display....

Re: background shifted right & down on Windows XP

CSSHIH ROCKS!!

I needed to uncheck the
"right click on desktop"
Arrange icons by
Lock Web items on Desktop

I didn't even know that was there!!

Re: background shifted right & down on Windows XP

My stupid task bar suddenly moved to the right side of the screen a few weeks ago and I STILL can't figure out how to get it back at the bottom!!:hairpull:

HELP PLEASE!!!:shrug:




EDIT: NEVERMIND....I FIGURED IT OUT!!

GOOD TO HAVE MY SCREEN BACK TO NORMAL!
Thanks for the tips!!