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MJ
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      13th Oct 2003
I just installed Win XP upgrade from Win 98 SE less than a week ago. About 1 to 3
minutes after every boot/re-boot a system sound will play (chirp) and the desktop will
refresh, icons flash, taskbar goes to black and rebuilds. It now also reverts back to
the default theme since I've changed the wallpaper and Appearance to the silver theme.
I've disabled "Fast user switching" since no-one else uses this PC as a guess. I can't
see anything in the system report. I've searched help, MSKB, the MVP sites and this
Newsgroup but must not know the correct keyword.

Can you give me a clue? Thanks,

MJ


 
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      13th Oct 2003
Hi,

Run the edit on line 157
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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"MJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I just installed Win XP upgrade from Win 98 SE less than a week ago. About

1 to 3
> minutes after every boot/re-boot a system sound will play (chirp) and the

desktop will
> refresh, icons flash, taskbar goes to black and rebuilds. It now also

reverts back to
> the default theme since I've changed the wallpaper and Appearance to the

silver theme.
> I've disabled "Fast user switching" since no-one else uses this PC as a

guess. I can't
> see anything in the system report. I've searched help, MSKB, the MVP sites

and this
> Newsgroup but must not know the correct keyword.
>
> Can you give me a clue? Thanks,
>
> MJ
>
>


 
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MJ
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      14th Oct 2003
Kelly,
Thanks for the reply. I saw that as a possibility in a previous post but unfortunately
it's not the solution. Thanks though.

It's odd, when I boot up, the second theme (well as much as XP can have as a theme) that
I set up is there, about 3 minutes in the wave plays and the theme that I set up the
first day I installed XP (default XP blue and one of my *.bmp's). If I do nothing but
restart, the second theme I set up (XP silver and another one of my *.bmp's) loads.
Three minutes later, chirp and back to the first theme! Very strange.

MJ

"Kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Run the edit on line 157
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly
>
> MS-MVP Win98/XP
> [AE-Windows® XP]
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
> Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
> "MJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I just installed Win XP upgrade from Win 98 SE less than a week ago. About

> 1 to 3
> > minutes after every boot/re-boot a system sound will play (chirp) and the

> desktop will
> > refresh, icons flash, taskbar goes to black and rebuilds. It now also

> reverts back to
> > the default theme since I've changed the wallpaper and Appearance to the

> silver theme.
> > I've disabled "Fast user switching" since no-one else uses this PC as a

> guess. I can't
> > see anything in the system report. I've searched help, MSKB, the MVP sites

> and this
> > Newsgroup but must not know the correct keyword.
> >
> > Can you give me a clue? Thanks,
> >
> > MJ
> >
> >

>



 
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Kelly
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      14th Oct 2003
Hi MJ,

Why does Windows XP Style change to Windows Classic?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"MJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Kelly,
> Thanks for the reply. I saw that as a possibility in a previous post but

unfortunately
> it's not the solution. Thanks though.
>
> It's odd, when I boot up, the second theme (well as much as XP can have as

a theme) that
> I set up is there, about 3 minutes in the wave plays and the theme that I

set up the
> first day I installed XP (default XP blue and one of my *.bmp's). If I do

nothing but
> restart, the second theme I set up (XP silver and another one of my

*.bmp's) loads.
> Three minutes later, chirp and back to the first theme! Very strange.
>
> MJ
>
> "Kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Run the edit on line 157
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> >
> > --
> > All the Best,
> > Kelly
> >
> > MS-MVP Win98/XP
> > [AE-Windows® XP]
> >
> > Troubleshooting Windows XP
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
> >
> > Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
> >
> >
> > "MJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I just installed Win XP upgrade from Win 98 SE less than a week ago.

About
> > 1 to 3
> > > minutes after every boot/re-boot a system sound will play (chirp) and

the
> > desktop will
> > > refresh, icons flash, taskbar goes to black and rebuilds. It now also

> > reverts back to
> > > the default theme since I've changed the wallpaper and Appearance to

the
> > silver theme.
> > > I've disabled "Fast user switching" since no-one else uses this PC as

a
> > guess. I can't
> > > see anything in the system report. I've searched help, MSKB, the MVP

sites
> > and this
> > > Newsgroup but must not know the correct keyword.
> > >
> > > Can you give me a clue? Thanks,
> > >
> > > MJ
> > >
> > >

> >

>
>


 
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