[Mr.Taquito]

i just booted my pc up this morning to find the black background.

isnt that supposed to happen to pirated copies of vista?
i have a perfectly legaly purchased vista ultimate.
i wont be able to check this until later tonight so post all of your suggestions to get rid of it.

 

[DuckieHo]

Is your Desktop folder on a different drive than your OS? If so, the drive with the Desktop directory is not being read by OS.

 

[Mr.Taquito]

nope, its all on the same hdd.
i can do "set as desktop background"
but i cant get to any of the vista backgrounds. and i think it will go back to black in an hour...

 

[tenzo19]

You should be able to re-enter your product key I believe...

 

[ZTR1760]

i had that happen to me after I reformatted, i just reformatted again and it was fine

 

[Mr.Taquito]

alright i just went thru the auto update and updated and it fixed it...

 

[rpm666]

That happens to me when I overclock my GPUs too high and Vista DreamScene crashes

 

[trueg50]

Try pressing "windows key" + d. when my desktop has issues appearing, or what ever I press that and it re-brings up the desktop.

If you have a pirated copy and are "found" it will tell you that you have a pirated copy, and the next time you restart you will be locked out and have to either buy a copy from MS, or enter a valid key.

 

[Damage82]

it happened to me when I had to reset my mobo, the wrong dates triggered it.