Hi,

I am a Windows XP Home Edition user and prefer the standard gray Windows
Classic buttons, color schemes, screen saver, etc, over the more
eye-straining Windows XP.

The problem is that after setting Themes to Windows Classic, after rebooting
the the Display Properties reverts to Windows XP.

I reloaded the O/S and the problem remains.

My Display Properties settings are set to (or begin as):

- Theme: My Windows Classic Theme
- Desktop: my color preference (off-green, not XP blue);
- Screen saver: (None);
- Appearance/Windows and buttons: Windows Classic style;
- Appearance/Color scheme: Windows Standard

After rebooting, the Display Properties settings get modified to:

- Theme: My Windows Classic Theme
- Desktop: my color preference (off-green, not XP blue);
- Screen saver: (None);
- Appearance/Windows and buttons: Windows XP;
- Appearance/Color scheme: Default (blue)

I do not understand why my Desktop color preference remains the off-green
color, but the Appearance settings revert to Windows XP and Default (blue).
I went to Microsoft and reviewed and executed their instructions
for changing Display Properties settings, and the problem remains.

As a workaround, I created a shortcut to the saveed file "My Windows Classic
Theme" and it does correct the problem, but it also shifts the first and
second columns of icons on my desktop so it is not an acceptable workaround.

After Googling this problem, I found a reference to Kellys Korner XP, and
modified the Registry as outlined, but that did not correct the problem.

I sure would like this problem to go away because I am NOT fond of Windows
XP blue and cannot tolerate the eye strain it imparts.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and probable fixes.

AAArkin

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These include
but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee
VirusScan and/or Antispyware, and Zone Alarm (Free and Pro).

Here's something else about NAV that you may not be aware of:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


aaa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a Windows XP Home Edition user and prefer the standard gray Windows
> Classic buttons, color schemes, screen saver, etc, over the more
> eye-straining Windows XP.
>
> The problem is that after setting Themes to Windows Classic, after
> rebooting
> the the Display Properties reverts to Windows XP.
>
> I reloaded the O/S and the problem remains.
>
> My Display Properties settings are set to (or begin as):
>
> - Theme: My Windows Classic Theme
> - Desktop: my color preference (off-green, not XP blue);
> - Screen saver: (None);
> - Appearance/Windows and buttons: Windows Classic style;
> - Appearance/Color scheme: Windows Standard
>
> After rebooting, the Display Properties settings get modified to:
>
> - Theme: My Windows Classic Theme
> - Desktop: my color preference (off-green, not XP blue);
> - Screen saver: (None);
> - Appearance/Windows and buttons: Windows XP;
> - Appearance/Color scheme: Default (blue)
>
> I do not understand why my Desktop color preference remains the off-green
> color, but the Appearance settings revert to Windows XP and Default
> (blue).
> I went to Microsoft and reviewed and executed their instructions
> for changing Display Properties settings, and the problem remains.
>
> As a workaround, I created a shortcut to the saveed file "My Windows
> Classic
> Theme" and it does correct the problem, but it also shifts the first and
> second columns of icons on my desktop so it is not an acceptable
> workaround.
>
> After Googling this problem, I found a reference to Kellys Korner XP, and
> modified the Registry as outlined, but that did not correct the problem.
>
> I sure would like this problem to go away because I am NOT fond of Windows
> XP blue and cannot tolerate the eye strain it imparts.
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions and probable fixes.
>
> AAArkin

Understood, PA Bear. )

Thank you for your input.

A fellow contributor suggested that I disable the THEMES service and that
appears to have resolved the problem. I do not know if any other program(s)
depend on this service, but I suspect that I will discover them when I run
them again for the first time.

Thanks again!!

Anna


"PA Bear" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
> applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These
> include
> but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee
> VirusScan and/or Antispyware, and Zone Alarm (Free and Pro).
>
> Here's something else about NAV that you may not be aware of:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
>
> aaa wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a Windows XP Home Edition user and prefer the standard gray Windows
>> Classic buttons, color schemes, screen saver, etc, over the more
>> eye-straining Windows XP.
>>
>> The problem is that after setting Themes to Windows Classic, after
>> rebooting
>> the the Display Properties reverts to Windows XP.
>>
>> I reloaded the O/S and the problem remains.
>>
>> My Display Properties settings are set to (or begin as):
>>
>> - Theme: My Windows Classic Theme
>> - Desktop: my color preference (off-green, not XP blue);
>> - Screen saver: (None);
>> - Appearance/Windows and buttons: Windows Classic style;
>> - Appearance/Color scheme: Windows Standard
>>
>> After rebooting, the Display Properties settings get modified to:
>>
>> - Theme: My Windows Classic Theme
>> - Desktop: my color preference (off-green, not XP blue);
>> - Screen saver: (None);
>> - Appearance/Windows and buttons: Windows XP;
>> - Appearance/Color scheme: Default (blue)
>>
>> I do not understand why my Desktop color preference remains the off-green
>> color, but the Appearance settings revert to Windows XP and Default
>> (blue).
>> I went to Microsoft and reviewed and executed their instructions
>> for changing Display Properties settings, and the problem remains.
>>
>> As a workaround, I created a shortcut to the saveed file "My Windows
>> Classic
>> Theme" and it does correct the problem, but it also shifts the first and
>> second columns of icons on my desktop so it is not an acceptable
>> workaround.
>>
>> After Googling this problem, I found a reference to Kellys Korner XP, and
>> modified the Registry as outlined, but that did not correct the problem.
>>
>> I sure would like this problem to go away because I am NOT fond of
>> Windows
>> XP blue and cannot tolerate the eye strain it imparts.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your suggestions and probable fixes.
>>
>> AAArkin
>