WINXP (pro) appearance problem - very strange..

[dor4x]

Hi
I have a strange problem on my friends computer.
The desktop apearance is VERY strange. If you read so far, please take a look at:
http://yovel.net/desktop.jpg to see what I am talking about.
The taskBar is dark and all the menues are curropted too!
I have trried several time to reinstall lateast display drivers but nothing.
Changing the display to "old win 2000 style" make things looks ok.
Hardware info:
P4 2.5G
512MB ram
WIN XP PRO SP1
Gforce MX440SE display adapter
DVD ROM
Firewrie card
Ethernet card
modem
bulit in audio device.
WAITING FOR YOUR HELP!
dor4x

[Carl]

Someone was playing around in the display settings.
Go to control panel , Display , Apearence tab , color sceam drop down arrow
and click on windows standard.
Should clear that up.
Hope this helps , You can also click on the theames tab and make it look
like you like
Carl
"dor4x" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi
> I have a strange problem on my friends computer.
> The desktop apearance is VERY strange. If you read so far, please take a
look at:
> http://yovel.net/desktop.jpg to see what I am talking about.
> The taskBar is dark and all the menues are curropted too!
> I have trried several time to reinstall lateast display drivers but
nothing.
> Changing the display to "old win 2000 style" make things looks ok.
> Hardware info:
> P4 2.5G
> 512MB ram
> WIN XP PRO SP1
> Gforce MX440SE display adapter
> DVD ROM
> Firewrie card
> Ethernet card
> modem
> bulit in audio device.
> WAITING FOR YOUR HELP!
> dor4x
>

[dor4x]

[posted and mailed]

"Carl" > wrote in
:

> Someone was playing around in the display settings.
> Go to control panel , Display , Apearence tab , color sceam drop down
> arrow and click on windows standard.
> Should clear that up.
> Hope this helps , You can also click on the theames tab and make it
> look like you like
> Carl


Hi Carl
Thanks for your reply.
I am afrid that didn't fix it.. something deaper is curropted..
I have even try to create a new user on the xp, but the problem was
there too..

any other ideas?
thanks in advance!
dor4x

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi,
It seems from the sceenshot that some third-party visual style has been
installed and is use, which has not been properly designed. Go to the
appearance tab under display properties and select either the Windows XP
style or the Windows classic style from Windows and buttons. See what
happens.

Also run a virus scan on your machine.

--
Anando
Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/india/mvp/indiamvp.aspx

"dor4x" > wrote in message
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> [posted and mailed]
>
> "Carl" > wrote in
> :
>
> > Someone was playing around in the display settings.
> > Go to control panel , Display , Apearence tab , color sceam drop down
> > arrow and click on windows standard.
> > Should clear that up.
> > Hope this helps , You can also click on the theames tab and make it
> > look like you like
> > Carl
>
>
> Hi Carl
> Thanks for your reply.
> I am afrid that didn't fix it.. something deaper is curropted..
> I have even try to create a new user on the xp, but the problem was
> there too..
>
> any other ideas?
> thanks in advance!
> dor4x