Here is my progress.  I tried tips that people sent me via the list and
privately.  I certainly learned a lot about my computer and how many
redundancies there are when something gets into the system.  I could not
find the picture anywhere.  I shut down and rebooted.  The offending picture
did not come up.  I thought I was safe.

Then, I saw Tom's solution, and what the heck...gave it a try.  There is the
picture!  I right clicked and hit delete.  It did not delete.  I closed down
search and reopened it and looked again.  It was gone.

I hope it's gone for good.  As I told Elliott, I will just put on my glasses
if I want to see something rather than cut corners.  Whew.  You guys are
great.

Brenda Dencer (much wiser now)


From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 01:34:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] deleting unwanted desktop graphic

 Look in \Document and Settings\*you*\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer where *you* is your windows 2000 username. This is where
right-click menu 'set as wallpaper' graphics are stored by default.
Tom Turak

-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda Dencer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:27 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCSOFT] deleting unwanted desktop graphic


Hi, Folks. I downloaded a photo from a website and set it as background so
I could see it better. I decided I didn't want the photo as background, so
changed the wallpaper back to my usual, boring stuff. Now, when I boot up,
this photo comes up briefly on the desktop, then disappears. My desktop is
back as I set it with the plain MS wallpaper.

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