Fixed: Task Bar has turned grey!!! - Page 3

Crush · 08-04-2009

There's an interesting website which I'm sure you've all visited at www.hijackthis.de where you can very simply paste in your HijackThis log and get automated results. It seems quite accurate.

Those websites are highly inaccurate and I advise against using any such website. There is nothing worse than removing legitimate entries, and I have heard horror stories of these auto-analyzers flagging legit entries as malware

di4charles · 08-04-2009

Ha, I thought as much so approached with interest but extreme caution. Anyway, why use those sites when we have you guys, dolls, folks...

Still looking for my errant Windows XP theme...

DCiAdmin · 08-04-2009

di4charles,

I've found this at something called swatkat's rants

Sometimes the default theme of Windows XP will be missing from the Themes tab in Desktop Properties, and there will be only Classic them in the drop down list. This is one of the common problems I have seen ;-).

To recover the default XP theme (also called as Luna theme), the following solutions can be used:-
1 Start the Themes Service: Go to Start > Run and type services.msc and press Enter key to open the Services window. Here, navigate to Themes service, and right-click on it and select Properties, and make sure that the Start Up type is set to Automatic. And if the service is stopped, click the Start button to start it.

2 Locate the Luna.theme file manually: Right click on the desktop and choose Properties. On the Themes tab, choose the Browse... option. Next browse and locate the file C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna.theme and apply this as theme.

3 Luna.theme file not present: If Luna.theme file itself is not present, then it has to be restored back. Download this Zip file from Kelly’s Korner, and then extract the contents of this file to C:\Windows directory. Then, apply this theme as given in previous step.

4 Registry fix: If the above steps do not solve the problem, then there is a chance of changes in the default Registry values related to Themes. Download this Registry fix from Kelly’s Korner, and merge it with the Registry. Restart the computer to make the changes to take effect.

I hope this helps!

di4charles · 08-04-2009

Absolutely brilliant. I only got as far as 1. above and it worked first time. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.... I have made a donation as a tolken gesture toward you time and patience.

Goodness knows why Themes was set to Manual - it was not me for sure and yet I could swear the taskbar was blue until recently. I wonder how many people have resorted to system restores, or worse, recoveries, to resolve such issues when the answer can actually be quite simple for want of knowledge?

Now I must do battle over the lack of sound, but that is for another thread, and after I have done what I can (not a great deal) including checking all these services!

I really am very impressed with you all... This site deserves heaps of awards.

DCiAdmin · 08-04-2009

DELIGHTED that it worked for you! and Thank YOU for the donation

Regarding your sound issue, please register (it's free, don't worry) with PCPitStop and run the full tests here. This scan will test for many things including driver issues.

When the tests are complete, a results page will pop up. Copy and paste the URL of the Results screen and post it into a new thread for me. I'll watch for you

I'll get this one marked as FIXED! and thanks again!

08-04-2009	#15
Crush Tech Support Team Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Caldwell, New Jersey Posts: 10,112 PC Experience: Always Learning New Things	Re: Task Bar has turned grey!!! There's an interesting website which I'm sure you've all visited at www.hijackthis.de where you can very simply paste in your HijackThis log and get automated results. It seems quite accurate. Those websites are highly inaccurate and I advise against using any such website. There is nothing worse than removing legitimate entries, and I have heard horror stories of these auto-analyzers flagging legit entries as malware __________________ Crush aka Chris [Prework][Afterwork][PCHF Rules][BSOD's][SFC][Screenshots][PC Specs][Donate] I am in fact, quite cool. My graphing calculator confirms this

08-04-2009	#16
di4charles Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Middle of nowhere, England. Posts: 134 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Task Bar has turned grey!!! Ha, I thought as much so approached with interest but extreme caution. Anyway, why use those sites when we have you guys, dolls, folks... Still looking for my errant Windows XP theme...

08-04-2009	#17
DCiAdmin Tech Team Leader Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Heart of the US Midwest Posts: 6,179 PC Experience: Perpetual Student	Re: Task Bar has turned grey!!! di4charles, I've found this at something called swatkat's rants Sometimes the default theme of Windows XP will be missing from the Themes tab in Desktop Properties, and there will be only Classic them in the drop down list. This is one of the common problems I have seen ;-). To recover the default XP theme (also called as Luna theme), the following solutions can be used:- 1 Start the Themes Service: Go to Start > Run and type services.msc and press Enter key to open the Services window. Here, navigate to Themes service, and right-click on it and select Properties, and make sure that the Start Up type is set to Automatic. And if the service is stopped, click the Start button to start it. 2 Locate the Luna.theme file manually: Right click on the desktop and choose Properties. On the Themes tab, choose the Browse... option. Next browse and locate the file C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna.theme and apply this as theme. 3 Luna.theme file not present: If Luna.theme file itself is not present, then it has to be restored back. Download this Zip file from Kelly’s Korner, and then extract the contents of this file to C:\Windows directory. Then, apply this theme as given in previous step. 4 Registry fix: If the above steps do not solve the problem, then there is a chance of changes in the default Registry values related to Themes. Download this Registry fix from Kelly’s Korner, and merge it with the Registry. Restart the computer to make the changes to take effect. I hope this helps! Comments on this post di4charles agrees: Truly outstanding. __________________ DCiAdmin *PCHF Rules* / *PreWork* / *AfterWork* / *PCHF Downloads* / *System File Checker* Thank you for entrusting your system to PCHF!

08-04-2009	#18
di4charles Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Middle of nowhere, England. Posts: 134 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Task Bar has turned grey!!! Absolutely brilliant. I only got as far as 1. above and it worked first time. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.... I have made a donation as a tolken gesture toward you time and patience. Goodness knows why Themes was set to Manual - it was not me for sure and yet I could swear the taskbar was blue until recently. I wonder how many people have resorted to system restores, or worse, recoveries, to resolve such issues when the answer can actually be quite simple for want of knowledge? Now I must do battle over the lack of sound, but that is for another thread, and after I have done what I can (not a great deal) including checking all these services! I really am very impressed with you all... This site deserves heaps of awards.

08-04-2009	#19
DCiAdmin Tech Team Leader Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Heart of the US Midwest Posts: 6,179 PC Experience: Perpetual Student	Re: Task Bar has turned grey!!! DELIGHTED that it worked for you! and Thank YOU for the donation Regarding your sound issue, please register (it's free, don't worry) with PCPitStop and run the full tests here. This scan will test for many things including driver issues. When the tests are complete, a results page will pop up. Copy and paste the URL of the Results screen and post it into a new thread for me. I'll watch for you I'll get this one marked as FIXED! and thanks again! __________________ DCiAdmin *PCHF Rules* / *PreWork* / *AfterWork* / *PCHF Downloads* / *System File Checker* Thank you for entrusting your system to PCHF!

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