I have attached a file "Help.Theme" to this reply. Try putting it on your
dysfunctional computer and double-click it. It should automatically
reassign the theme that it contains (which, by the way, is the default
Windows XP Theme).
Write back if things go well, or if they don't.
"Mark" > wrote in message
...
: Hello,
:
: I am new to WindowsXP but not new to Windows. I recently
: bought a new computer and I have XP Pro on it. Last night
: I was playing around with themes and I did something
: wrong, I'm not sure what, but the theme that I loaded is a
: black background with black text. I can see icon images,
: I can click things but I cannot read them. I am able to
: get into the system using the Administrator account at
: which time I re-named the *.theme file that I think caused
: the problem. My thinking was that when I re-booted that
: theme would not be found and hopefully XP would use the
: standard XP theme by default. Good idea but it didn't
: work.
:
: Does anybody know if there is a way to prevent a theme
: from loading when you start windows? Or does anybody have
: any other suggestions?
:
: I am thinking as a last resort I'll re-install XP over my
: current installation but I am wondering if that will mess
: up currently installed drivers and apps?
:
: Thanks in advance,
: Mark
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