Bill,
Even though I am 85 I am too much of a neophye with a PC to fool with the
registry by myself! I'll save your instructions and wait for a more adept
PCer than I am to help me do it. I'll let you know the result!
Thanks Lewis
Could you verify these registration entries are NOT there:
To open regedit: Start > Run > regedit.exe
Navigate to the following key:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Delete the following or change the value to 0 (if applicable):
"NoDispAppearancePage"
"NoDispBackgroundPage
"NoDispScrSavPage"
"NoDispSettingsPage"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Delete the following or change the value to 0 (if applicable):
"NoThemesTab"
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Delete the following or change the value to 0 (if applicable):
"NoDispAppearancePage"
"NoDispBackgroundPage"
"NoDispScrSavPage"
"NoDispSettingsPage"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Delete the following or change the value to 0 (if applicable):
"NoThemesTab"
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William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
lewis said:
Bill,
I have all the scanning tools for viruses and malware and verify daily.
I
added your program to my desktop, right clicked and selected Merge.
However,
tabs were still missing when I reran Display Properties - even after
reboot!
I had found that I could get the other boxes for Screen Saver, Appearance
etc. to pop up if I repeatedly pressed CTRL+TAB while the Theme box was
displayed. but I still would like to have them appearas they should. Any
other thougts? Thanks for your interest.
Lewis
Scan your system for malware and other parasites that caused the tabs to
be
removed.
Here are a couple of free programs:
Remember to update the defintions before performing a full system scan.
Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download
Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Kasperky Web Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Once you are sure you are free of theses pests then download the
"shw_dsply_tabs.reg" from my site to your desktop.
http://www.lprf.ca/files/shw_dsply_tabs.reg
Right-click the file and select MERGE.
Note: You can view the file by right-clicking the file to select EDIT.