'Desktop' Button Perma-faded

Hey all...
I just got the new iPhoto 6 and something is bugging me.
The 'Desktop' button that used to make the selected picture my background is faded out. Ive tinkered with a few things both in iPhoto and in the System Prefrances and still nothing.
I could just go through my files in the Desktop pref. pane but I liked it better when it was a push of a button.
Thanks ahead of time!

Hi OS G and the others that jumped in on this thread with the same problem,
The only things others have reported on working for this problem is
-make sure the person changing the desktop image has administrative and/or
Go into system Preferences>Security
uncheck the box that says "require password to unlock each secure system preference"

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