ISN'T ANYONE GONNA ANSWER MY PROBLEM

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didn't work!!

Gerald309 said:
Okay what you have maybe forgotten is that you clicked "Adjust for
best Performance" - this will not allow using the Windows XP color
graphics but only the classic style graphics.

Maybe someone else changed it. Here's where you go to restore the
SWindows XP look....

Click > Start (lower left) > Control Panel > System > Advanced >
Performance > Settings > and check "Let Windows Decide What is best
for My Computer.....

This will reactivate all the Windows XP graphics and look and
effects.

Go nack to Control Panel > Display and make sure you have checked
Windows XP Style and not Classic. It should be automatically set when
you check and save the Let Windows Decide option.

Did that do the trick ? If not you may have infection by a spyware
joke program. You will need to perform a full scan with antispyware
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and used Lavasoft Ad-Aware or free home SuperAntispyware. Install,
update, and scan.

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Uncle Grumpy: My gawd...what a dense one he is. No solutions
work. I think he is just pulling everyone's chain. Your posting
gives the best advice so far.

Doug W.
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Are you being sarcastic? Anyways if you do want the picture of the desktop I
need an email or some sort of website where I could upload it!!
 
I can give you guys a picture of my desktop to show you what the problem is!






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That would be a good idea. Upload the picture to a website (lots of
free ones) and post the link to the image here. Also explain clearly
what you want to change.
 
HERE IS THE WEBSITE. TO SEE THE PICTURES I THINK YOU NEED TO SCROLL DOWN!!http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w164/hydraulicsuperman/






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Hello again,

Now I see the problem - sort of a half XP theme.
It could be that the file 'luna.msstyles' is corrupt. So try this -
presuming you have an XP installation CD - if not copy the file from
another XP installation:

Go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna
Locate the file *luna.msstyles*
Rename it to *luna.msstyles.old* {without the asterisks, of course}

Next:

Insert your Windows installation CD and stop any autostart.
Go to Start => Run and type in (or copy/paste) the following:

expand -r E:\i386\luna.ms_ C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\

Where E: is the drive letter for your CD-ROM (chage this letter if
yours is different). There is space before and after -r and a space
before C:

Go back to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna
There should now be a file called luna.mst
Rename this file to luna.msstyles

In Display Properties, change your theme to Classic => Apply => OK
In Display Properties, change your theme to Windows XP => Apply => OK

Luck!
 
Claymore said:
Hello again,

Now I see the problem - sort of a half XP theme.
It could be that the file 'luna.msstyles' is corrupt. So try
this -
presuming you have an XP installation CD - if not copy the
file from
another XP installation:

Go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna
Locate the file *luna.msstyles*
Rename it to *luna.msstyles.old* {without the asterisks, of
course}

Next:

Insert your Windows installation CD and stop any autostart.
Go to Start => Run and type in (or copy/paste) the following:

expand -r E:\i386\luna.ms_ C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\

Where E: is the drive letter for your CD-ROM (chage this
letter if
yours is different). There is space before and after -r and a
space
before C:

Go back to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna
There should now be a file called luna.mst
Rename this file to luna.msstyles

In Display Properties, change your theme to Classic => Apply
=> OK
In Display Properties, change your theme to Windows XP =>
Apply => OK

Luck!
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Claymore: I have never seen this problematic situation before. I
am glad that you could help Emad with his problem. Perhaps if
his attitude and his explanation had been more clear, help would
have been forthcoming sooner. Nice to see that his attitude has
changed. Perhaps WE misjudged him as well.

Doug W.
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What attitude are you talking about??(I didnt say anything bad except to
UNCLE SAM) anyways I dont have an XP CD installation. So what do I do?
 
What attitude are you talking about??(I didnt say anything bad except to
UNCLE SAM) anyways I dont have an XP CD installation. So what do I do?







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Hi,

If you don't have an installation CD, you can either search your
computer for an i386 folder, or copy the file luna.msstyles from
another XP computer. Your local computer shop may give you a copy. If
you do find an i386 folder somewhere on your computer, you would have
to modify the Run command I posted earlier to point the expand command
to the i386 folder on your computer rather than the CD drive. If
you're not sure how to do this, post back.

And Doug ...
Thanks for that.
 
When I copy the Luna theme from the another computer, Where do u want me to
paste it?? (I tried pasting it here C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes and followed
the instructions you told me but i did not see another luna theme in
C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna {luna.mst}. Also for this step:[ Go to
Start => Run and type in (or copy/paste) the following: expand -r
E:\i386\luna.ms_ C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\) Is it necessary to still
write the drive name like E since I do not have the XP CD?? (nevertheless i
did actually write the drive name. I changed E to D for my computer. When I
ran it, a command prompt came out for a second and disappeared. From there
you instructed me to go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\ to see if
Luna.mst was there, but it wasn't!! Am I doing something wrong? If possible
Please explain it with more details.
THANKS
 
Emad: Before you make changes as suggested by Claymore, do this
one thing first.

RightClick an open spot on your desktop.

Click properties/themes/Theme: Windows XP/Apply

See if this returns you to XP theme colors.

Doug W.
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Darn. When I clicked on proporties, a Dialog box appeared telling me that the
luna theme is not a valid theme, so I changed it to the windows xp media
center theme. But the taskbar is still in classic mode. It is not just the
Windows XP theme that makes the taskbar classic. I've downloaded vista themes
and they too make the taskbar classic.

You know what? I think this is enough now. I am just gonna stick with the
classic taskbar and not damage my computer.
Thank you all for you help and support.

Emad.
 
Please read my instructions again. You can change to XP view
under the themes TAB.

Doug
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