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Re: desktop background remains dark

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: desktop background remains dark
Date	2025-03-11 20:17 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 3/11/2025 5:09 PM, sticks wrote:
> On 3/11/2025 11:34 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
>>> For some reason, when I wake my 11 box from sleep, for the last couple
>>> of days the screen background remains all black.  It is set to shuffle
>>> through about 4 different pictures, and has always worked just fine, and
>>> did work properly when I'd wake the system.  Programs I open look and
>>> work as they should.  Taskbar and icons all appear normal.  Desktop
>>> icons also show.  Only thing missing is the proper background images.
>>>
>>> First time I had it happen, I right clicked on the desktop and clicked
>>> refresh and it came right up as it should.  Last couple times, I just
>>> wait and do what I intended to work on, and within about 30-60 seconds
>>> it finally gets the screen right.
>>>
>>> I don't know if this might have anything to do with it but I did get a
>>> new monitor a few weeks back, but Windows 11 loaded whatever drivers it
>>> needed and it does work just fine otherwise.
>>> Anybody seen this or have a clue why it might be doing this?
>>
>>    FWIW, I don't have your specific problem, but a similar one.
>>
>>    Mine is not with the Background (of the Desktop) and not with its
>> Slideshow setting, but with the Lock screen and its Windows spotlight
>> setting.
>>
>>    Sometimes, when I wake the system (laptop), the Lock screen is all
>> black (except for the time and date), instead of showing a Windows
>> spotlight picture. The next time, the problem is mostly gone, but
>> sometimes repeats for a couple of times.
>>
>>    So my 'problem' is similar to yours, just in a slightly different
>> environment.
>>
>>    AFAICT, it started some time ago. Last update cycle? Or the one
>> before?
> 
> I agree, it sounds like something similar and might have the same reason for occurring.  Mine began several weeks after the last update, and before today's updates, so I would wonder why it worked for 3 weeks and then decided to start doing this.  I will keep checking for causes and solutions, but it isn't the end of the world for me since it basically gets it right in about 30 seconds.  I'm just more interested in what is going on.
> 

Check the Reliability Monitor for crashes/failures ?

Check the EventVwr.msc (only if forced to) ?

   Paul

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desktop background remains dark sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-03-10 21:54 -0500
  Re: desktop background remains dark "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-03-10 23:18 -0400
  Re: desktop background remains dark Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-11 16:34 +0000
    Re: desktop background remains dark sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-03-11 16:09 -0500
      Re: desktop background remains dark Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-11 20:17 -0400
        Re: desktop background remains dark sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-03-11 19:50 -0500
          Re: desktop background remains dark Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-11 21:07 -0400
            Re: desktop background remains dark sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-03-11 21:17 -0500
              Re: desktop background remains dark sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-03-12 20:17 -0500
              Re: desktop background remains dark Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-22 14:13 +0000
                Re: desktop background remains dark sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-03-22 10:20 -0500
                Re: desktop background remains dark Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-22 18:31 +0000

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