hahaha thanks! (a)
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my computer had a virus ages ago which wiped the hard drive, ever since it wouldn't let me apply a background...weird.
http://i43.tinypic.com/qzeltv.png
Are you sure that's the issue? Windows doesn't let you have a nice background if it hasn't been activated for a certain amount of days.
See if the following works:
1) Goto Start
2) Type 'CMD'
3) Right click on 'cmd.exe' and select 'Run as administrator'
4) Type the following into the window that shows up: slmgr /rearm
5) Restart your computer.
Activate Windows as soon as you can though.