Windows 10 Background problem

[traviswalter18]

Hi, so iv'e recently experienced this super annoying problem with my background. my old background was just a MSI brand one that was on my pre build PC by MSI. however, as i just go back to college i see that the background is still there even if i change my background color. it also shows up faintly in all my tabs i open. please someone help.

this is what i see.
https://gyazo.com/b0488b3d308aa38502c10d41411ace5e

 

[anotherdrew]

It sounds like the old background image was burned into your monitor screen. This can happen if the monitor displays the same image for a loooong time. Even if you pull up a blank screen, you still have the ghost of an old image visible. If you got a new monitor the ghost image would go away.

 

[traviswalter18]

any possible fixes besides buying a new monitor?

i have a LCD monitor (i don't know if that matters).
Also if i deleted the backghround image thats ''burnt into'' my monitor would it fix?

 

[anotherdrew]

With an LCD monitor, when an image is shown for a long time, the pixels used in that image don't shut off all the way like they should. Some report that shut off the monitor for a couple days can fix this, while others try alternating back and forth between black and white (some also recommend showing static). You will find some references on youtube and google.