Hi. I had removed a nasty piece of spyware from my laptop running Windows XP
and it apparently took any ability to set/modify the background or themes to
my computer. When I click on Appearance and Themes, the only two options I
get are to change the screen saver and change the screen resolution. How do I
get these functions/features back?

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
285. Right hand side
Restore All Display Tabs

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In newsC220A71-3892-4B2F-B9AC-D9D9BDE1BE35@microsoft.com,
anthonyvogl <anthonyvogl@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi. I had removed a nasty piece of spyware from my laptop running Windows
> XP and it apparently took any ability to set/modify the background or
> themes to my computer. When I click on Appearance and Themes, the only
> two options I get are to change the screen saver and change the screen
> resolution. How do I get these functions/features back?