Windows XP theme?

[DavidAldridge]

Hullo

I'm running windows XP, but for the last year or so I have been using the "windows classic" appereance/theme. Which has been fine, but just recently, I have gotten fed up with it, it being quite dull.

However when I attempt to return to "windows XP style" (from Right click desktop > properties > themes) nothing happens... additoinaly there is no "XP style" option in RMB Desktop > properties > apperiance > drop down menu that contains "windows classic"

I seem stuck in Windows "classic mode"

I did a quick google, and found lots of outdated information, concearning corrupted UXTheme.dll or something?

Just wondered if anyone had experienced this themselves, and/or knows a pain free way of getting the colourful "XP style" bar, and start menu back

I have in the past, used modified themes.

Thanks!

 

[DavidAldridge]

Thanks for the quick response

However themes service is running, and is already set to automatic

 

[DavidAldridge]

lol k thx

will that mess up any of my windows settings though?

and now i gotta try dig out the cd

 

[DavidAldridge]

ya I realise this

But I miss the start menu, mine is super basic at the moment.

I can use custom themes, to brighten things up.

But I would like to get the "XP default style" working again, just because I hate having something broken, and if somethings unavaliable I want it twice as much.

 

[DavidAldridge]

arf ran that scan thing, after finaly locating the CD

Rebooted, and my graphics drivers have just disapeard. Sound has stopped working and i have a yellow ! mark next to "pnp bios extension" in hardware manager

and xp styles still arnt there

wish i hadnt bothered =/

 

[DavidAldridge]

lol np, it was just a case of simply reinstalling sound and display drivers

No idea what yellow ! mark next to "PbP BIOS Extension" not even sure what that does, but it sounds important

And still no XP style windows!

I must have really messed something up in the past

thx anyway