Recent content by ArtShapiro


  1. Tracking Registry Changes

    I may be one of the few people who still use Windows Home Server 2011. While it can only do full bare-metal restores on BIOS machines, still having all files reliably backed up with no intervention is valuable to me. And for that matter I do have several older BIOS machines, while all the...
  2. Desktop Picture Changing Unexpectedly - Perhaps Interesting Workaround

    Well, at the risk of overstaying my welcome, I'll follow up on the followup. There was a new Windows 11 this morning, so I was of course anxious to see if the magically-changing background picture issue had finally been quelled. To my surprise, when it booted up after the installation, the...
  3. Desktop Picture Changing Unexpectedly - Perhaps Interesting Workaround

    I'll followup if anyone cares. My workaround turns out NOT to work - the desktop background is still sporadically changing back to what I'm calling the lunar scene. The registry key BackgroundHistoryPath0 still has my intended image, so that wasn't it. So at this point I've copied the desired...
  4. Desktop Picture Changing Unexpectedly - Perhaps Interesting Workaround

    I know this has been sporadically reported over the years. One of my several Insider Windows 11 machines has an issue where, without fail, the desktop background reverts to a stock Microsoft image within 2 or 3 minutes after installing each Insider build, normally a weekly occurrence. I have...
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