DESKTOP FLICKER AND CHANGE

Here's an annoying problem. I save a pic to use as my
desktop background. I then turn the computer off and
come back later, and turn it on. All is well for about
15 minutes then the screen flickers and goes into high
contrast for about 1 second and the desktop pic reverses
to the default "bliss" pic. This is all accompanied by
a faint "zip" noise in my hard drive. Is this a crash?
No other systems, files are affected. Any ideas?

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:15:56 -0700, "MR MCKNIGHT"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Here's an annoying problem. I save a pic to use as my
>desktop background. I then turn the computer off and
>come back later, and turn it on. All is well for about
>15 minutes then the screen flickers and goes into high
>contrast for about 1 second and the desktop pic reverses
>to the default "bliss" pic. This is all accompanied by
>a faint "zip" noise in my hard drive. Is this a crash?
>No other systems, files are affected. Any ideas?

I wonder if your computer is trying to go into sleep mode, and upon
awakening, it cannot maintain the desktop properly.

Just a thought, but I've never experienced what you describe.


---Atreju---

Hi,

This is due to a change you made in the Accessibility Wizard, revert.

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"MR MCKNIGHT" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Here's an annoying problem. I save a pic to use as my
> desktop background. I then turn the computer off and
> come back later, and turn it on. All is well for about
> 15 minutes then the screen flickers and goes into high
> contrast for about 1 second and the desktop pic reverses
> to the default "bliss" pic. This is all accompanied by
> a faint "zip" noise in my hard drive. Is this a crash?
> No other systems, files are affected. Any ideas?
>