STAR said:
I HAS WINDOW ME THAN I UPGRADE TO WINDOW XP, THAN MY HARD
DRIVE WHEN DOWN , HAS TO REPLACE ITS . THE PERSON WHO PUT
NEW DRIVE IN ALSO PUT WINDOW XP UPGRADE ON MY
COMPUTER.WHEN HE DID THIS I LOST MOST MY THEMES FOR
DESKTOP . WHAT CAN I DO TO GET MY THEMES BACK ON DESKTOP?
CAN I BUY SOFTWARE FOR THESE THEMES OR CAN I PUT WINDOWME
BACK ON THAN RUN WINDOW XP UPGRADE AGAIN.
When you brought your computer to this "person" to fix it when your hard
drive failed, did you scream at them the way you are us - if so, I
understand their frustration and am surprised they did anything at all..
(ALL CAPS - hard to read, not very polite - considered screaming.)
Essentially, you are saying you cannot change your themes like you did in
the older versions of Windows? Like "Dangerous Creatures" and such?
Nope - those aren't there. Although - if the hard drive was not totally
dead, the person in question could have used the File and Settings Transfer
wizard and gotten things looking somewhat like you are used to.
As far as putting Windows ME back on - I can never recommend anyone using
Windows ME for anything - as I notice even Microsoft doesn't proclaim its
existence much. It's a sad attempt to do something, what? I don't know.
And the only way to go back is if the person in question really did an
"upgrade" and you can find the option to REMOVE Windows XP in Control
Panel -> Add/Remove programs. If you cannot do that, then you could format
your computer completely and start over - but them you purchased a Windows
XP upgrade CD and it's just sitting there... Windows XP is FAR superior to
Windows ME in a LOT of ways..
Keep XP. Learn to customize it.
Search with Google things like "TweakUI" and "TweakXP" and "customize
Windows XP" and start looking through the pages. You may have some learning
to do, but you will be happier in the end.
