where did 'apearance and themes' go?

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my win xp pro system was infected with a wicked popup/hijacker.It also
seems to have removed from Dislplay the 'appearence and themes' tab from
where you can change the wallpaper and other desktop settings.it
superimposed a black screen telling me my system was infected! ( no kidding)
and would hijack IE6 homepage and assault me with popups. I used a
combination of Killbox , the Cleaner and 'hijack this' as well as just
searching Windows, system and system 32 from the last modified files which
showed me what to delete , what wouldn't delete i used Killbox to delete
but unfortunately i also disabled system restore while trying to excise this
bug . Is there any way to recover the tab i lost from Display? I can still
set images as wallpaper ffrom the rightclik menu on an image . Will i have
go to the XP CD-ROM and let it refresh this or is there another way?
 
Chris said:
my win xp pro system was infected with a wicked popup/hijacker.It
also
seems to have removed from Dislplay the 'appearence and themes' tab
from
where you can change the wallpaper and other desktop settings.it
superimposed a black screen telling me my system was infected! ( no
kidding)
and would hijack IE6 homepage and assault me with popups. I used a
combination of Killbox , the Cleaner and 'hijack this' as well as
just
searching Windows, system and system 32 from the last modified files
which
showed me what to delete , what wouldn't delete i used Killbox to
delete
but unfortunately i also disabled system restore while trying to
excise this
bug . Is there any way to recover the tab i lost from Display? I can
still
set images as wallpaper ffrom the rightclik menu on an image . Will i
have
go to the XP CD-ROM and let it refresh this or is there another way?
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If you have XP Home, edit the registry

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
May also be located here:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Value Name: NoDispAppearancePage
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: (0 = Tabs, 1 = No Tabs)

If you have XP Pro, use the Group Policy Editor to undo the changes.

The navigate here:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display
Hide Appearance and Theme tab
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Select Not Configured.
 
Never mind. I found the solution;

Here is the answer to your problem. I had the exact same situation..

Go to Run --> regedit

Then go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre
ntVersion\Policies\System

Look for the entries NoDispAppearancePage and NoDispBackgroundPage. If they
have 1 as their values, set them to 0.

Also, if there is a registry entry containg wp.exe in the same place I just
directed you to, delete it.
Backup your registry prior to doing this.
 
Chris said:
my win xp pro system was infected with a wicked popup/hijacker.It also
seems to have removed from Dislplay the 'appearence and themes' tab from
where you can change the wallpaper and other desktop settings.it
superimposed a black screen telling me my system was infected! ( no kidding)
and would hijack IE6 homepage and assault me with popups. I used a
combination of Killbox , the Cleaner and 'hijack this' as well as just
searching Windows, system and system 32 from the last modified files which
showed me what to delete , what wouldn't delete i used Killbox to delete
but unfortunately i also disabled system restore while trying to excise this
bug . Is there any way to recover the tab i lost from Display? I can still
set images as wallpaper ffrom the rightclik menu on an image . Will i have
go to the XP CD-ROM and let it refresh this or is there another way?
Click to expand...

Run the edit on Kelly's site at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Restore All Display Tabs
Line 285

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.
 
Chris said:
I appreciate the swift , thorough help.
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Don't know offhand what or who you're referring to, but you're welcome.
All things considered this is one great group!

:)

Steve
 
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