Look change to Windows 98

[JCW]

When I started my computer this AM the taskbar and notification area has the
look of Windows 98 or ? I am running XP Pro wSP/2..What happened?

JCW

 

[Bob I]

R-click the Start button, Select Properties, Start menu, and change the
radio button to Start menu from Classic.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Obama et al. might be able to change a helluva lotta stuff but he didn't
change your computer!]

 

[Stefan Z Camilleri]

When I started my computer this AM the taskbar and notification area has the
look of Windows 98 or ? I am running XP Pro wSP/2..What happened?

JCW

Hi JCW

I hope to have understood your problem correctly. Basically you are
saying that the themes are not showing up (i.e. taskbar is not blue,
etc..)

There are two things to check, if this is the case.

1- Click on Start>Run, type 'services.msc' and click 'OK' (or press
enter). This is the list of background services running on your
machine. Look for a service called 'Themes' under the 'Name' column.

Once found, right-click and select 'Properties', which in turn should
pop up a window. Half way down the window is a drop-down called
'Startup type'. Ensure that this is set to 'Automatic'.

Below it, click the 'Start' button.

Once the above is done, right click anywhere on your desktop and
select 'Properties'. In the window that appears, under 'Theme',
select 'Windows XP'. Click on 'OK' and you should be done.

I hope this helps.


Stefan

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Themes is not running. Check Services and/or select WinXP under Desktop.
It will reset the default for you.

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