Themes in Windows XP

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Valerie

Has anyone else noticed that when a POWER USER logs on to
Windows XP Pro for the first time after rebooting, the
start and menu bars change to the classic format? The
background and new format of the start menu are Windows
XP but the format of just the taskbar and tops of the
windows are in Classic format. If you try to go in and
change the theme back to Windows XP that is not a choice
and if you try to set it to a custom theme (I tried
creating a standard one and copying it to the pc) it says
that the theme service is not running. It only occurs at
first logon after a reboot and only if that person is a
power user (administrators have no problem). It also
corrects itself if the POWER USER logs off and on again
(without rebooting). I can't find any information about
this in the KB. I have tested it out on several
different machines and it does the same thing on each.
..
 
Weird. I tried to duplicate your problem on my Windows XP Pro machine
and I can't do it. This is a spare machine that I just installed XP Pro
on, no updates. I created a Power User account. Rebooted, logged on
and it's the XP theme. Nothing looks classic about it. I was even able
to change the theme. Even turned the computer off and back on...same
thing, nothing wrong.

Did you test this on the same brand of computer (Dell, Compaq, Gateway,
etc...) or are they separate brands. Was the XP Pro install and OEM or
retail version. Reason I ask is that at work, we have 30+ Compaq
computers with OEM XP Pro and 30 Gateway computers with a clean install
of XP Pro Retail version clean install. There are things that the
Gateways can do that the Compaq's can't because Compaq screwed the XP
Pro to get it to 'work' the way they wanted it to.
 
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