Windows 10: I have a question about a majorly corrupted personal desktop computer and how i can...

I have a question. My device is a personal desktop only I use it. I was using a user or user admin account that was created by the organization that put together this computer its a custom prebuilt gaming machine i got from best buy like 7 years ago. was the only account i ever used im pretty sure. I had some sort of corruption issue that was causing windows explorer to use an insane amount of cpu resources when moving the mouse. I tried to fix this buy activating the built-in-admin account and deleting my corrupted user account while logged onto the built-in-admin and making a new a

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Corrupted Personalization Settings and themes

Hi Nkhondo,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you check if the settings are disable in the registries of the PC.

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  Press
  Windows+R and type gpedit.msc in the run command.
  
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  In the window that appears, you can see the "Local Group Policy Editor" Window.
  
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  In this step I want to Prevent Changing Theme file. You click on User Configuration sub-category Administrative Template sub-category Control Panel sub-category Personalization and click on the "Prevent
  Changing Theme".
  

User Configuration<< Administrative Template<< Control Panel<< Personalization

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  In this step right-click on the "Prevent Changing Theme"and select the
  edit tab and click on the edit tab.
  
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  In this step, if you click on the
  Enabled Button then you cannot change the Theme. You click on the Disable Button then you can change the Theme. You click on The Enable Button for Disabling the changing Theme or Prevent Changing Theme.
  
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  In this step right-click on your Desktop and select the Personalize tab. In this tab you are unable to change the theme after disabling the changing of the theme or Prevent
  Changing Theme.
  

Registry disclaimer

To do so: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For
added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope it helps.

Let us know the status of the issue.

 

Personalize desktop with pictures taken and stored within My Pictures

Hi Granite,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you are facing. I will certainly help you with this.

Try the below steps and check if it helps.

I suggest you to create a new folder, copy pictures whichever you want to set as desktop background and paste in new folder.

Now browse and select this folder to set as desktop background. Follow the below steps:

• Right click on desktop and select Personalize.
• Under background select Slideshow.
• Now browse for the folder which you created.
• Turn on Shuffle.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

How to Personalize Desktop Wallpaper

Hi Kathie,

You can personalize your desktop wallpaper by simply following the steps below:

• Press Windows key + I to open settings.
• Click Personalization.
• Click Background.
• Click Browse to open File Explorer.
• Navigate the folder to choose a photo that you desired.
• Click Choose picture to finish.

The preview window gives you a sneak peek of what will your desktop looks like if you change your desktop wallpaper.

You can visit this
link for more information on how you can personalize your computer.

Let us know if you need more assistance.