Automatic XP Task Bar Reformat

[Guest]

Dell Supoort--> Maintenance support option noted that I did not have the
speaker control icon in my system tray. Futher, it prompted me to Auto Fix
the issue. I clicked auto fix and the sound icon appeared in the system
tray, but it also reformatted the entire look of the XP Standard Task Bar.
I rebooted, but that did not reset the task bar to XP standard colors or
shapes. Yuck, it looks like window 98.
Any ideas how to reset the XP task bar colors and button shapes?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Right-click on the Desktop and select:
Properties > Appearance and from the
"Windows and Buttons" drop menu select
"Windows XP Style" and click Apply.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Dell Supoort--> Maintenance support option noted that I did not have the
| speaker control icon in my system tray. Futher, it prompted me to Auto Fix
| the issue. I clicked auto fix and the sound icon appeared in the system
| tray, but it also reformatted the entire look of the XP Standard Task Bar.
| I rebooted, but that did not reset the task bar to XP standard colors or
| shapes. Yuck, it looks like window 98.
| Any ideas how to reset the XP task bar colors and button shapes?
| --
| Thanks,
| Kevin

 

[T. Waters]

Dell Supoort--> Maintenance support option noted that I did not have
the speaker control icon in my system tray. Futher, it prompted me
to Auto Fix the issue. I clicked auto fix and the sound icon
appeared in the system tray, but it also reformatted the entire look
of the XP Standard Task Bar. I rebooted, but that did not reset the
task bar to XP standard colors or shapes. Yuck, it looks like window
98.
Any ideas how to reset the XP task bar colors and button shapes?

Apparently, you have reverted to Windows Classic Style.
Start - Control Panel - Display - Appearance tab
In the "Windows and Buttons" scroll box, make sure you have selected
"Windows XP style."