[Donald]

I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RX581 and after I upgraded to SP2, the taskbar
displays as if its Windows 98. When I go to Control Panel, Appearance and
Themes, Change Screen Resolution, Display properties, Appearance, the Windows
XP option does not appear in the drop down box under Windows and Buttons. The
only choice is Windows Classic. I have restored my computer and performed all
of the updates and when the computer reboots after the SP 2 udpate, this
happens. Everything else works fine.

Any suggestions?

[Rich Barry]

Donald, go to Control Panel>AdminTools>Services>Scroll down to Themes
and make sure it's started.
"Donald" <Donald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45C6DBA8-FCFC-4BDB-B2C6-AD490587969C@microsoft.com...
>I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RX581 and after I upgraded to SP2, the taskbar
> displays as if its Windows 98. When I go to Control Panel, Appearance and
> Themes, Change Screen Resolution, Display properties, Appearance, the
> Windows
> XP option does not appear in the drop down box under Windows and Buttons.
> The
> only choice is Windows Classic. I have restored my computer and performed
> all
> of the updates and when the computer reboots after the SP 2 udpate, this
> happens. Everything else works fine.
>
> Any suggestions?

[Don]

Rich,

Thanks for your response. I tried that and it shows that it is enabled.
Still no luck. Any other suggestions?

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Donald, go to Control Panel>AdminTools>Services>Scroll down to Themes
> and make sure it's started.
> "Donald" <Donald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:45C6DBA8-FCFC-4BDB-B2C6-AD490587969C@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RX581 and after I upgraded to SP2, the taskbar
> > displays as if its Windows 98. When I go to Control Panel, Appearance and
> > Themes, Change Screen Resolution, Display properties, Appearance, the
> > Windows
> > XP option does not appear in the drop down box under Windows and Buttons.
> > The
> > only choice is Windows Classic. I have restored my computer and performed
> > all
> > of the updates and when the computer reboots after the SP 2 udpate, this
> > happens. Everything else works fine.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>
>

[Rich Barry]

Don, check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select
T and scroll to Themes.
"Donald" <Donald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45C6DBA8-FCFC-4BDB-B2C6-AD490587969C@microsoft.com...
>I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RX581 and after I upgraded to SP2, the taskbar
> displays as if its Windows 98. When I go to Control Panel, Appearance and
> Themes, Change Screen Resolution, Display properties, Appearance, the
> Windows
> XP option does not appear in the drop down box under Windows and Buttons.
> The
> only choice is Windows Classic. I have restored my computer and performed
> all
> of the updates and when the computer reboots after the SP 2 udpate, this
> happens. Everything else works fine.
>
> Any suggestions?