a) It may have a custom background screen set via a Control Panel or an Extension. Post what CPs and Ext's you're running. You may have something like Connectix Desktop Utilities or Decor which is then set to post a plain black JPEG as the backdrop PIC.

b) Look around and see if you have a document called "Desktop Textures" and/or a program called "Texture Installer", although I don't know if that doohickey was backwards-compatible with System 7.0.1 or was only for System 7.5ish-era systems.

c) I take it that when you go to the "General" Control Panel you do not see a solid black background selected, and that when you try to pick a different background and click on it once selected, the actual Desktop pattern won't change? Try locating and tossing anything in the Preferences folder that resembles a preference for General Controls or Desktop or Finder, etc., and then restarting and see if that fixed the problem.

At 5:35 PM -0500 1/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Classic II which has what I take to be a custom desktop, black. I
cannot change it to the default grey desktop by following what I would normally
do to change the desktop. Any suggestions? Running OS 7.1, 10 MB RAM, 500MB
HD. Over 400MB available.


Bailey Terry

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