Missing Two Tabs on Desktop Properties

[Diane Hopkins]

Dear Sirs/Madams:

I have run into another weird problem in one of my profiles, Diane, which
has Administrator rights on my WinXP Pro installation.

When I click the right hand mouse for Desktop properties in that profile,
only 3 tabs on top come up. I am missing the Themes and Desktop tabs, in
addition to my bar at the bottom of the screen being black. This just
happened last night, because I decided to use the Diane profile, since the
registry was only 256MB, versus 540MB for my Administrators account.

Please help. Thank you.
Diane
(e-mail address removed)

P.S. My Black Quick Launch and Task Bar are no longer black, but still
missing the two tabs.

 

[Rock]

Dear Sirs/Madams:

I have run into another weird problem in one of my profiles, Diane, which
has Administrator rights on my WinXP Pro installation.

When I click the right hand mouse for Desktop properties in that profile,
only 3 tabs on top come up. I am missing the Themes and Desktop tabs, in
addition to my bar at the bottom of the screen being black. This just
happened last night, because I decided to use the Diane profile, since the
registry was only 256MB, versus 540MB for my Administrators account.

Please help. Thank you.
Diane
(e-mail address removed)

P.S. My Black Quick Launch and Task Bar are no longer black, but still
missing the two tabs.

Diane, you posted this yesterday and I replied with a lengthy response. Did
you see it? If so then reply to that thread with the outcome of what you
have done. If you can't see the previous thread, search for in using Google
Groups Advanced Search. This newsgroup is
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general . Search for your name as Author. Keep
this in the original thread please.

 

[Rock]

Dear Sirs/Madams:

I have run into another weird problem in one of my profiles, Diane, which
has Administrator rights on my WinXP Pro installation.

When I click the right hand mouse for Desktop properties in that profile,
only 3 tabs on top come up. I am missing the Themes and Desktop tabs, in
addition to my bar at the bottom of the screen being black. This just
happened last night, because I decided to use the Diane profile, since the
registry was only 256MB, versus 540MB for my Administrators account.

Please help. Thank you.
Diane

P.S. My Black Quick Launch and Task Bar are no longer black, but still
missing the two tabs.

Oops, meant to include the link to Google Groups Advanced Search. Here it
is.
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

 

[Gerry Cornell]

A reply to your question from Rock two days ago. Did you try the
suggested solutions?

Dear Sirs/Madams:

I have run into another weird problem in one of my profiles, Diane,
which has Administrator rights on my WinXP Pro installation.

When I click the right hand mouse for Desktop properties in that
profile, only 3 tabs on top come up. I am missing the Themes and
Desktop tabs, in addition to my bar at the bottom of the screen
being black. This just happened last night, because I decided to use
the Diane profile, since the registry was only 256MB, versus 540MB
for my Administrators account.

Have you tried a system restore to before the problem occurred with
the
Diane profile? Also you could try running the edits on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 285: Restore All Display Tabs
Line 164: Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality

Another work around is to create new profile with admin level
privileges.
Are things working ok in the account? If so copy the data and
settings from
the Diane to the new. If it still works ok, delete Diane.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

Corrupt User Profile Especially
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com

Lastly, you should not use the built in Administrator account for
normal
activities. That should be set aside to used only if something
damages the
other user accounts that have admin privileges.

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

what did you have to do to display the other tabs im tring to change my
computer theme and colors and fonts but not able to because it only shows the
setting tab and the screen saver tab in the display properties which is in
the control panel and apperrance and theme can you help me

 

[Rock]

what did you have to do to display the other tabs im tring to change my
computer theme and colors and fonts but not able to because it only shows
the
setting tab and the screen saver tab in the display properties which is in
the control panel and apperrance and theme can you help me

Nicole, in the future you should post a new message asking for help, rather
than tagging onto someone else's post.

Run the edit on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 285: Restore All Display Tabs

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.