on 1/7/03 9:55 PM, Charles Estabrooks at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Currently on my S900/DP200 under OS 8.1 (Just received this machine, > installed the OS off the Umax System disk) When I try to place a picture on > the desktop using the "Desktop Pictures" Control Panel, nothing happens. > The preview pane shows a magenta screen regardless of the picture I select, > and the desktop pattern still shows up even when I've selected a picture. > > I've had this problem on my other S900 running a newer OS, but I can't > remember if it was 8.5/8.6 or 9.1. It disappeared after a while, but I > never traced the cause of the problem. Trashing the Desktop Pictures Prefs > had no effect. Anyone else ever experience this? > > Charles > If you have Quicktime version 5.0 look for a file named QuickTime JPEG updater in your extensions folder. Drag it out of your extensions folder and this will put a stop to your Desktop problems. This is a bug that seems to affect those running Mac OS 8.6 And lower. David in WV.
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