Peculiar Wallpaper Behavior

Question

on my XP desktop i had a wallpaper set lets say oldWallpaper.jpg now i changed this to newWallppaer.jpg

but when ever the system starts first it displays the last set wallpaper oldWallpaper.jpg and when it is done with its loaded my profile, it then switches to newWallpaper.jpg

• So first i see oldWallpaper.jpg
• then all the launching and loading
• then i see the newWallpaper.jpg

What would be causing this to happen?

Answer 1

I've seen this before as well. From what I remember, the first image it was loading was the last used .bmp wallpaper. Did you "Set as Wallpaper" from an internet browser? These are usually applied as .bmp.

I think my workaround was to clear the wallpaper entirely (ie, no wallpaper) and then set the .jpg as the new wallpaper.