Windows 10: Every 3-4 days startups, my Windows 11 opens to a black background, instead of my selected...

Every 3-4 days startups, my Windows 11 opens to a black background, as if it lost the fact I set the background to the familiar blue. Then I have to right click on Desktop, select personalize, and select the background color all over again. It's been doing this for months. Worse, when this happens, Windows often rearranges all the icons on my desktop which negatively affects my productivity. Any ideas on why Windows 11 is not remembering the blue screen I set as background color?

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Using Paint to Write Yellon on a Black Background

Hi Kenneth,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it help.

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  Open Paint.
  
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  Under Home Tab, Click on Fill with color.
  
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  Select the black color, and now click on blank page below.
  
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  Now the background will be in black color.
  
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  Select Brushes under Home tab and select yellow color.
  
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  Then you will be able to write word and Figures in yellow color.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

Desktop background gone black after a few minutes of use on laptop.

Hello,

Desktop background and taskbar going black could be due to software conflicts.

We would like to know some information to better assist you with your concern:

• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Did you get any error messages or error codes?

In the meantime, we suggest that you try to check if the "Show Windows Background" option is turned on. Follow the steps below:

• Open Settings in the Start menu.
• Go to Ease of Access, then on the left side, click
  Other options.
• Turn on Show Windows Background and check if it works.

We will wait for your reply.

 

My surface pro 3 restart instead of shutdown

Hi,

My name is Angel. I am an Independent Advisor. Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

If you have an external SD Card reader or flash drive connected to the computer, unplug the card reader and try to shut down the computer.

If that does not fix the issue, follow these steps and check.

Method 1: From the Metro "Start" page type "Shutdown Settings"

a. Click the "Settings" Icon on the right of the screen.

b. Click "Change what the power buttons do" on the left of the screen.

c. Click "Change settings that are not currently available"

d. Scroll to bottom of Dialog box.

e. Uncheck the box titled "Turn on fast startup (recommended)."

f. Click "Save Changes" button.

g. Exit Power Options Dialog box from that one.

Method 2: Perform full shutdown of the computer using this command.

Press windows key+ R and type the following command in run prompt.

Shutdown /s /t 0

Method 3: Perform clean boot and check.

You may perform a clean boot to check if any third party application is causing the issue.

Step 1:

a) Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard.

b) In the ‘Run’ windows type ’MSCONFIG’ and click ‘Ok’.

c) Click the ‘Boot’ tab and uncheck ‘Safe Boot’ option (if checked).

d) On the ‘General’ tab, click to select the option ‘Selective startup’, and then click to clear the option Load startup items check box.

e) On the ‘Services’ tab, click to select the ‘Hide all Microsoft services’ check box, and then click ‘Disable all’.

f) On the ‘StartUp’ tab, click ‘Open Task Manager’. In the Task Manager window under startup tab, right click on each startup item which are enabled and select ‘Disable’.

f) Click ‘OK’, and then click Restart.

Now try to shutdown the computer.

Step 2: Enable half of the services

a. Follow steps 1a and 1b to start the System Configuration utility.

b. Click the Services tab, and then click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box.

c. Click to select half of the check boxes in the Service list.

d. Click OK, and then click Restart.

Step 3: Determine whether the problem returns

If the problem still occurs, repeat step 1 and step 2. In step 2, click to clear half of the check boxes that you originally selected in the Service list.

If the problem does not occur, repeat step 1 and step 2. In step 2, select only half of the remaining check boxes that are cleared in the Service list. Repeat these steps until you have selected all the check boxes.

If only one service is selected in the Service list, and you still experience the problem, the selected service causes the problem. Go to step 6. If no service causes this problem, go to step 4.

Step 4: Enable half of the Startup items

If no startup item causes this problem, a Microsoft service most likely causes the problem. To determine which Microsoft service may be causing the problem, repeat step 1 and step 2 without selecting the Hide all Microsoft services check box in either step.

Step 5: Determine whether the problem returns

If the problem still occurs, repeat step 1 and step 4. In step 4, click to clear half of the check boxes that you originally selected in the Startup Item list.

If the problem does not occur, repeat step 1 and step 4. In step 4, select only half of the remaining check boxes that are cleared in the Startup Item list. Repeat these steps until you have selected all the check boxes.

If only one startup item is selected in the Startup Item list, and you still experience the problem, the startup item that is selected in the list is the service that is causing the problem. Go to step 6.

If no startup item causes this problem, a Microsoft service most likely causes the problem. To determine which Microsoft service may be causing the problem, repeat step 1 and step 2 without selecting the Hide all Microsoft services check box in either step.

Step 6: Resolve the problem

After you determine the startup item or the service that causes the problem, contact the program manufacturer to determine whether the problem can be resolved. Or, run the System Configuration utility, and then click to clear the check box for the problem item.

Step 7:

Note: After you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to boot to normal startup.

a) Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard.

b) In the ‘Run’ windows type ’MSCONFIG’ and click ‘Ok’.

c) On the ‘General’ tab, click the ‘Normal Startup’ option, and then click ‘OK’.

d) When you are prompted to restart the computer, click ‘Restart’.

Method 4: Check hard disk for any bad sectors.

a. Type “cmd” on the Start screen.

b. Right-click on it and select “Run as administrator”.

c. On the Command prompt, type “chkdsk /r” (without quotation marks).

After it finishes, restart the computer.

CHKDSK Disclaimer:

While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.

Source:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Hope the information provided is useful. If the issue persists, reply here and we will be glad to help you.

Angel.