Re: after installing theme winxp pro goes black and unusable

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From: Keith Miller (k.miller79_at_verizon.net)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:38:48 -0500

If Kelly's suggestion doesn't work, you could try the following:

In Linux, create a one-line batch file (text file with a .bat extension) with the following command:

C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles

Place the batch file in your startup directory (C:\Documents and Settings\Keith\Start Menu\Programs\Startup)

Then when you log in, the display properties dialog will be launched with the default XP style selected. Pressing <Enter> should apply it and you should be back in business.

Keith

"cristi" <cristi@home.co.uk> wrote in message news:c790im$950$3@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Hi,
> I do not have any customisation programs installed on my Windows XP pro and
> as an Idiot I installed one of the downloaded themes and selected it as the
> theme in windows. Part of the theme changed such as the cursor and
> colours(maybe). The next thing I did was to select my old - Windows Classic
> theme which turned all the previous grey panels to black and so is the
> text. The only things that I can see on my desktop are the icons so there
> is no way I can see what I am doing in order to try to change the theme. I
> tried rebooting but when I went back into windows the panels and text are
> still black. I tried going into safe mode and the screen is still black.
> I have my PC set to log in directly to my username and as such I do not know
> how to just log out and log in as Administrator in the hope that whatever
> settings have been applied to my user would have not affected.
> I dual boot with Linux so I can access the windows drive but not sure if
> there is anything I can edit to make the problem go away.
> Please help get windows working as I am working on an Intranet website for
> work(asp) and can only do it in windows.

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