Re: xp service pack 2 display changes

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From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:19:51 -0500

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:02:11 -0700, "Paul"
<pmccullough@co.genesee.ny.us> wrote:

>I installed service pack 2 on my windows xp pro computer,
>and now my wallpaper is white. I am connected to a LAN
>with a windows 2000 server, pushing down group policies.
>The policy states that the wallpaper is "none" and the
>desktop has always been blue in color. now with sp2
>installed the background is white (during boot up it
>flashs blue then switches to white). I do not want to
>force a picture on the desktops, I just want the blus
>color back. Is there any fix to this?
>Thanks

Are you using a theme changer, Visual Styles, or Windows Blinds? If
you are, there's a new patch available for uxtheme.dll that must be
applied before you can use it with SP2. SP2 breaks the old version.

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