Bryan
April 29th 03, 08:58 PM
Scott,
I just posted a similar article today about the same
problem -- Taskbar reverts to classic look.
the only thing that seems to work is to press F8 upon
startup and select Last Known good version/configuration,
etc.
In my opinion, DO NOT try to do a restore point to an
earlier time -- that met with utter disaster for me.
You could also try Safe Mode, then restart regularly as
well. You are right though, there is absolutely nothing
on the KB about this and my machine is very new and very
very clean in terms of apps, drivers, etc.
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer froze up and would not respond to anything.
I
>was forced to power off manually. Upon restarting, the
>display was in "Windows Classic Style". When I tried
>changing it back, "Windows XP Style" was no longer even
on
>the menu as a choice. I tried selecting an entire Theme,
>but it only changes the sounds and background image.
>The "skin" if that's what it's called - menus, buttons,
>taskbar, etc. are all in battleship grey windows 95
style,
>and the newer style is no longer available. Anyone have
>this happen to them before? Any sollutions? Can't find
>anything on the Knowledge Base site. Thanks.
>.
>
I just posted a similar article today about the same
problem -- Taskbar reverts to classic look.
the only thing that seems to work is to press F8 upon
startup and select Last Known good version/configuration,
etc.
In my opinion, DO NOT try to do a restore point to an
earlier time -- that met with utter disaster for me.
You could also try Safe Mode, then restart regularly as
well. You are right though, there is absolutely nothing
on the KB about this and my machine is very new and very
very clean in terms of apps, drivers, etc.
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer froze up and would not respond to anything.
I
>was forced to power off manually. Upon restarting, the
>display was in "Windows Classic Style". When I tried
>changing it back, "Windows XP Style" was no longer even
on
>the menu as a choice. I tried selecting an entire Theme,
>but it only changes the sounds and background image.
>The "skin" if that's what it's called - menus, buttons,
>taskbar, etc. are all in battleship grey windows 95
style,
>and the newer style is no longer available. Anyone have
>this happen to them before? Any sollutions? Can't find
>anything on the Knowledge Base site. Thanks.
>.
>