Final Windows 7 Update Breaks Desktop Wallpaper Functionality

[Arthur]

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Source: Bleeping Computer

 

The final update for the Windows 7 operating system has broken some of the desktop wallpaper functionality and caused user's backgrounds to become a blank black screen.

 

On 14th January 2020, Windows 7 reached its End of Life, which means there will be no more bug fixes or free security updates past that date.

 

On the same day, Microsoft released the last free Monthly Rollup, KB4534310, which includes the final quality updates and free security updates for Windows 7 users.

 

This update, though, came with a new bug that has caused the desktop wallpaper in Windows 7 for some users to not stick and to show a blank black screen instead.

 

According to many reports on Reddit and in the Microsoft Forums, users have found that after installing the Windows 7 KB4534310 and restarting the computer, their desktop wallpaper would no longer be shown.

 

After experimenting, users were able to determine that the issue is caused by the 'Stretch' setting when configuring the desktop background.

 

It appears that this setting is no longer honored after installing the KB4534310 update and any configured wallpapers that use it, will just show a blank black screen.

 

BleepingComputer was able to reproduce this bug and when using any other picture position, the wallpaper properly shows. Once you configure it to use 'Stretch' and reboot, the wallpaper will be black.

[DrBeaker]

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Source: Bleeping Computer

 

The new approach from Microsoft I see - release updates as "fixes" when they're actually bugs.

 

Seems their approach to Windows 10 updates they've put into the final update for Windows 7 as well?