Desktop Properties 2 Items Missing/Vanished

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Diane Hopkins

Dear Sirs/Madams:

I have run into another weird problem in one of my profiles, Diane, which
has Administrator rights on my WinXP Pro installation.

When I click the right hand mouse for Desktop properties in that profile,
only 3 tabs on top come up. I am missing the Themes and Desktop tabs, in
addition to my bar at the bottom of the screen being black. This just
happened last night, because I decided to use the Diane profile, since the
registry was only 256MB, versus 540MB for my Administrators account.

Please help. Thank you.
Diane
 
Dear Sirs/Madams:

I have run into another weird problem in one of my profiles, Diane, which
has Administrator rights on my WinXP Pro installation.

When I click the right hand mouse for Desktop properties in that profile,
only 3 tabs on top come up. I am missing the Themes and Desktop tabs, in
addition to my bar at the bottom of the screen being black. This just
happened last night, because I decided to use the Diane profile, since the
registry was only 256MB, versus 540MB for my Administrators account.
Click to expand...

Have you tried a system restore to before the problem occurred with the
Diane profile? Also you could try running the edits on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 285: Restore All Display Tabs
Line 164: Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality

Another work around is to create new profile with admin level privileges.
Are things working ok in the account? If so copy the data and settings from
the Diane to the new. If it still works ok, delete Diane.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

Corrupt User Profile Especially
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com

Lastly, you should not use the built in Administrator account for normal
activities. That should be set aside to used only if something damages the
other user accounts that have admin privileges.

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.
 
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