XP not respecting my desktop theme settings

[Tom H]

This is such a trivial issue I hesitate to even mention it. But it is
annoying me and I can't figure out what's wrong. I HATE mysteries.

I have a desktop theme that I saved with a new name. But when a do a cold
boot, it reverts back to something else.
When I do an ordinary reset, it seems to be OK. The weird thing is that I
have second P4 XP home system that behaves exactly the same way. But I also
have a third P3 system that never has this glitch.

Has anyone ever seen this? Any clues on what to check?

TIA

 

[Nightowl]

This is such a trivial issue I hesitate to even mention it. But it is
annoying me and I can't figure out what's wrong. I HATE mysteries.

I have a desktop theme that I saved with a new name. But when a do a cold
boot, it reverts back to something else.
When I do an ordinary reset, it seems to be OK. The weird thing is that I
have second P4 XP home system that behaves exactly the same way. But I also
have a third P3 system that never has this glitch.

Has anyone ever seen this? Any clues on what to check?

TIA

Hi Tom

You could try looking at this Registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Look for the value NoSaveSettings and check that it's set to 0.

If you need to change it, you may have to reboot to have it take effect.

Hope this helps.