Posted: 12/8/2009 7:57 AM
Post subject: Question about Win XP appearance settings
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Walker_Boh
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Hello! I made a post yesterday but apparently it disappeared. I don't think it contained something inapropriate, but I guess we'll see since I'm about to post the same question again :) I'm working on a virtual machine with Windows XP on it. This machine resets it's appearance settings at random and I can't figure out why. I want it to be set to "Windows XP Style" under (Properties / Appearance) but every now and then it resets to "Windows Classic". I've googled and found that it can do this at reboots, but this machine is not rebooting at all. It just resets at random. I also found a few regedit fixes which I tried, but they didn't work either. Those fixes I found were at a site called Kellys-Korner and I tried one of them. So, does anyone happen to know how to fix this issue by any chance? Thanks a bunch in advance! /Walker
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Posted: 12/8/2009 7:58 AM
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It actually disappeared when you edited it.
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Posted: 12/8/2009 8:12 AM
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Walker_Boh
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Ahh, that makes sense. Stupid of me, but thanks for clearing that up since I was confused over it disappearing :)
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Posted: 12/8/2009 8:14 AM
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There's two possibilities, 1) a program running on your VM is resetting the settings for you. 2) something is screwed up with your ntuser.dat (your user-specific registry.) To solve: 1) If it's a program find and stop that program from running. 2) If it's your registry, boot to a boot disk that has NTFS write support and use the command: copy C:\windows\system32\config\default "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\ntuser.dat" To copy the user default registry to your own. This will erase all of your user specific settings though. So back up ntuser.dat before messing with it.
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Posted: 12/8/2009 9:07 AM
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Windows Classic >> Luna > Royale I just disable themes on my machine and set the options for maximum screen real estate on my 1024x768 monitor (7pt Corbel FTW)
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Posted: 12/9/2009 7:39 PM
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Walker_Boh
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Thanks guys for the suggestions! Not solved yet, but I haven't looked into it today. I'll try to keep you updated should I solve it.
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Posted: 12/11/2009 4:52 AM
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If the hive replacement trick didn't work then you definitely have something running in the background, it's probably the VM's addons, have you tried reinstalling them?
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