Windows 10: When my PC restarts, my desktop background changes to a black screen. Why do I have to...

Every morning when I turn on my desktop computer, the desktop background has changed from my personalized background to a solid black screen. How can I keep this from happening? I'm having to reset my background every day.

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Desktop background changed to red

I just booted up my Windows 10 PC and logged in. But when I logged in, the desktop background changed to red, but the Lock Screen background was as normal. Everything worked fine, but the desktop background turned red.

I tried:

• Restarting the PC
  
• Resetting the background (to a picture)
  
• Changing the background to a different colour
  

All of them (except for the last one) didn't seem to fix the problem.

Does anyone know a fix to this?

 

Wallpaper (background) color

Hi Aaron,

I realize that the background color changed from blue to black. I will try to help you with this issue.

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  Did you make any changes to the PC prior to this issue?
  

Close all open windows, restart the computer once and then login to the computer to check if that helps.

Suggest you to refer to this article to check if that helps.

Change your desktop background and colors: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...6c6/change-your-desktop-background-and-colors

Further you may also want to ensure that default theme is selected. Follow these steps:

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  Press Windows key + I to get the Settings screen.
  
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  Click Personalization and select Themes.
  
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  Click on Theme Settings to select Windows Default Themes.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Black Lock screen BACKGROUND

Hi Bill,

Let us know the make and model of your computer.

Let us try few of the troubleshooting steps below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Try to set the lock screen background to picture and check if the issue persists.

Step 2: I suggest you to install all the pending updates on your device and check if it helps.

Steps:

• Connect to the internet.
• Press Windows key and type updates.
• Click on Check for updates.
• Under Windows Updates, click on Check for updates.
• Try to install the updates being shown.

Step 3: Update the Display Adapter drivers.

• Press Windows key + X key when you are at desktop.
• Select Device Manager.
• Expand Display Adapter.
• Right click on the Display Adapter and click on
  Update Driver Software.
• Restart the computer.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of accessing the lock screen background for further assistance.

Thank you.