Greyed out buttons in "Display Properties Desktop" settings

For some reason, I have lost the means to change my desktop background since the buttons permitting this have gone "grey".  I’ve been to "Group Properties" and attempted to get the buttons back by making what would have appeared to have been the proper changes, but that failed.  So, what can I do to get [...]

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BDD 2007 faqs on Windows XP deployment

What additional files are needed to deploy Windows XP SP2 with BDD 2007?
A. In addition to the Windows XP SP2 source files, sysprep.exe, setupcl.exe, and factory.exe from the deploy.cab file from the Windows XP SP2 Support Files located at the root of the Product media or downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3E90DC91-AC56-4665-949B-BEDA3080E0F6
Q. How does BDD 2007 utilize the tools [...]

Remove or Disable Zip in Windows XP Windows Explorer

Users who do not want to see any compressed or zipped files as folders in folder tree as like in older 1990s era Windows operating system, or those who wish to use their favorite third-party compression utility such as WinZIP or WinRAR but want to ensure that there is no interference or conflict, it’s possible [...]