boone@athena.cs.uga.edu (Roggie Boone) (05/27/91)
I have a "new user" kind of question. I have been using Windows 3.0 for about a week, and every time I start windows it comes up with a different background .BMP image. Now, according to the manuals I have read, all I need to do to specify which .BMP I want to use for my background is to put a line in the WIN.INI file that says: wallpaper=chess.BMP (for instance). Well, I have done that, but it does not seem to work. Windows still picks a .BMP at random. I have noticed that when I quit windows and look at the WIN.INI file, the line wallpaper=X has been changed somehow by Windows itself. Is there some setting somewhere that tells Windows to pick a .BMP at random and then write that name to the WIN.INI on exit? Thanks in advance, Roggie Boone boone@athena.cs.uga.edu
cook@mothra.rose.hp.com (Allan Cook) (05/30/91)
The only reason I can think of is that someone installed an autoexecutable application that does that for you (look in the win.ini file under 'run='). I have seen a number of programs for windows that will do just that, altho I have never used one. Also, when you are changing the wall paper, try using the 'control panel' program. Within this utility there is a 'desktop' icon that when you select it will bring up a dialog box that will, among other things, allow you to change the wallpaper. This is a little bit easier than having to change the initialization files manually. Allan
coffman@plains.NoDak.edu (Clark Coffman) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May27.125205.12076@athena.cs.uga.edu> boone@athena.cs.uga.edu (Roggie Boone) writes: [I have a "new user" kind of question. I have been using Windows 3.0 for [about a week, and every time I start windows it comes up with a different [background .BMP image. Now, according to the manuals I have read, all I [need to do to specify which .BMP I want to use for my background is to [put a line in the WIN.INI file that says: wallpaper=chess.BMP (for instance). [ more..... My first guess is that you are running screen peace and have the random wallpaper area checked. This will cause random wallpaper to be displayed each time you restart windows, and it changes your win.ini setting to do this. Otherwise, look for some other utility that you run that may do this, there are a few. Usually they're screen blankers. I seriously doubt that it's Windows doing this. But then again I've seen Windows do a few very odd things! ;> Good Luck! ___________________________________________________________________ | Hey, who else would you expect to be responsible for what I say? | <===================================================================>__ | (Bitnet) -- NU116215@NDSUVM1 -- coffman@plains |..| | (Internet) -- NU116215@VM1.NODAK.EDU -- coffman@plains.nodak.edu |==> | (UUCP) -- uunet!plains!coffman |..| | |..| | Clark W. Coffman --)------ Dagda Mor ------)-- CWC |. | | |. .| |______:-: You Teach Best What You Most Need To Learn. :-:______|.. | | .... .. . .... .. .. ..... . .. ..... ... .... . .. ..... | |______________:-: "Richard Bach" :-:___________________________|