Your first post said the background never changes. If that code were run you'd never see anything anyway because the program should finish in an instant.
However, if you get that error with that code then you'll need someone with W8 to help you.
Edit I see what you mean. I think this snippet makes your point more clearly (but still no error 1003 - are you sure that's the same issue?):
INK 0, RGB(255, 66, 0)
CLS RGB(0, 166, 0)
print "I need more help than this please"
wait key
If this is your problem then you simply need to add "set text opaque" to your code like this:
INK 0, RGB(255, 66, 0)
CLS RGB(0, 166, 0)
set text opaque
print "I need more help than this please"
wait key