repairing xp

[steve.uk]

some of the functions of my winxp home no longer work as they should,
despite regular sfc and chkdsk operations.

the display function in the control panel has lost some of its capabilities
and the windows no longer remember their original size.

is there any way to repair the installation without having to reload
personal programs, setings etc......

[Skip Knoble]

Steve: see:

Windows XP Repir Option (Method 2):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
and in particular:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/overviews/activation.asp
Also see Harry O.'s General XP Repair page:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
Also see Doug Knox's simple directions for this:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

Skip Knoble, Penn State
"steve.uk" > wrote in message
...
> some of the functions of my winxp home no longer work as they should,
> despite regular sfc and chkdsk operations.
>
> the display function in the control panel has lost some of its
capabilities
> and the windows no longer remember their original size.
>
> is there any way to repair the installation without having to reload
> personal programs, setings etc......
>
>

[John Clegg]

I have experienced this problem with the control panel display function. I
have found that the missing tabs are there - you just can't see them! If you
click around at the top edge of the Themes panel they start to appear.

Presumably this is a bug introduced by a hotfix at some point.

John

"steve.uk" > wrote in message
...
> some of the functions of my winxp home no longer work as they should,
> despite regular sfc and chkdsk operations.
>
> the display function in the control panel has lost some of its
capabilities
> and the windows no longer remember their original size.
>
> is there any way to repair the installation without having to reload
> personal programs, setings etc......
>
>

[John Clegg]

I have found a kludge for this!

Right click the desktop and select Properties. The display box only shows
choices of Themes, so change the theme to "My Current Theme" and click
Apply. The missing tabs will then appear.

John

"John Clegg" > wrote in message
...
> I have experienced this problem with the control panel display function. I
> have found that the missing tabs are there - you just can't see them! If
you
> click around at the top edge of the Themes panel they start to appear.
>
> Presumably this is a bug introduced by a hotfix at some point.
>
> John
>
> "steve.uk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > some of the functions of my winxp home no longer work as they should,
> > despite regular sfc and chkdsk operations.
> >
> > the display function in the control panel has lost some of its
> capabilities
> > and the windows no longer remember their original size.
> >
> > is there any way to repair the installation without having to reload
> > personal programs, setings etc......
> >
> >
>
>

[steve.uk]

john, i think your problem is slightly different than mine...... i tried
what you suggested and it didn't work for me.

thanks anyway..


"John Clegg" > wrote in message
...
> I have found a kludge for this!
>
> Right click the desktop and select Properties. The display box only shows
> choices of Themes, so change the theme to "My Current Theme" and click
> Apply. The missing tabs will then appear.
>
> John
>
> "John Clegg" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have experienced this problem with the control panel display function.
I
> > have found that the missing tabs are there - you just can't see them! If
> you
> > click around at the top edge of the Themes panel they start to appear.
> >
> > Presumably this is a bug introduced by a hotfix at some point.
> >
> > John
> >
> > "steve.uk" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > some of the functions of my winxp home no longer work as they should,
> > > despite regular sfc and chkdsk operations.
> > >
> > > the display function in the control panel has lost some of its
> > capabilities
> > > and the windows no longer remember their original size.
> > >
> > > is there any way to repair the installation without having to reload
> > > personal programs, setings etc......
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>