Re: Windows XP Themes won't work

Windows XP Themes won't work Steve, try a very simple modification of the Luna Theme. Reboot and see if it holds.

To modify a theme
1.. Open the Display Properties, go to the Themes tab (you can also open the display dialog from Control Panel\Appearance and Theme\Display).
2.. From the theme list, choose the theme you wish to modify.
3.. You can change any of the previous items that are part of the theme you wish to modify, for example you can set a different screen saver, or a different background image for that theme.
4.. Now, get back to the Themes tab and click Apply.
5.. Next to the Theme List, click Save As; new themes are saved in My Documents.
6.. In the Save As dialog box, type a new name for the modified theme.
7.. Click OK.
Note: If you modify a theme without saving it, your changes are saved with the name Previous theme name (Modified). However, your modified theme will be lost if you select a different theme.











"Steve Bragg" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C2AF3365.FD03%steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear All

I have an XP Pro SP2 machine that has suddenly stopped allowing the Luna theme (or any others) to work.

For several days I have been fighting with the machine to allow the Themes service to run and stay running and I found a web site that gave some registry changes that seemed to have got this part at least working.

I can change the theme from Windows Standard to the Luna theme if I manually do it from the desktop and the theme stays as long as the machine is not re-booted or turned off.

When it is re-booted we are back to the same problem that the Windows Standard theme is back and the XP (Luna) theme does run until manually started from the desktop.

It's really frustrating to have this problem.

As I say the Themes service is running and starts automatically so why does the chosen theme not stay??

Does any one have any ideas.

BR's

Steve B

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