Hi - I have a 2022 Acer Swift laptop. Last year I noticed following a Windows 11 update that my Windows 11 - Settings-Personalisation-Background setting was no longer being "remembered". I like to run a slideshow. Then after the last early Dec 24 Windows 11 update, another related background setting stopped being "remembered". It's annoying every time I start my PC I have to go back into settings and change back to my preferred options. So yes- sounds like a Windows 11 problem, and sure enough in the Microsoft Community Forum, several similar posts reported the same issue. However, what's weird is that my other little very portable laptop in which I have exactly the same preferred background setting has not had the resetting issue. The difference? My little laptop is a Surface Go3. The people in the MS forum having the same issues had either Asus or Dell laptops. Anyway, I have tried fixing, as like others in the Forum, as per suggestions made. All to no avail. So, I'm beginning to wonder is this an issue affecting certain laptop models more than others? Any advice please? A copy of my MS Community Forum issue is shown below. Thanks.
Jonathan Marden Created on December 12, 2024
This latest release for Windows 11 defaulting to top of list selection for Background in Personalisation Settings.
Every time I start my Windows 11 laptop
or
switch to a separate Windows 11 session two of the Background setting options are being reset.
1) In the "Personalise your background" the option that is at the top of the list is defaulting each time I start my laptop. In this case "Picture" but my preferred option is "Slideshow". Last year this began to happen after one of the Windows updates. Previously my Windows setting always retained my preference but then it stopped. I did enter an issue about this, but no progress was made.
My understanding is that Settings is supposed to "remember" a person's preferred options when they close down so that they are re-initiated at the next start up. Can this functionality please be reinstated for the two options outlined above.
Many thanks.
Jonathan.
[Edited the thread to add model number to the title]