Display Properties

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Joe

Hello,
Am having a great amount of trouble with display properties. right
click to open properies. Display Properties opens up. I click on
apperance, this too opens up. Now for the problem. The 'EFFECTS'
button on the 'Apperance' page does not work. This is where you are
supposed to be able to turn on/off 'clear type. any ideas as to what i
can to remedy this situation.

The ADVANCE button works fine. Am able to change font and color all
day. But am just unable to get EFFECTS to open up. The following info
is furnished in the attempt that it will help you solve my problem.

Thank you.

System Configuration Summary
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Operating System Windows XP (5.01.2600)
Internet Explorer 6.00.2800.1106
MSN Client 8.50.0017.1202
MSN Market en-us
MSN Brand MSN [MSNI]
MSN Product ID (System)
Default E-mail Program

Amount of Memory 127 MB
Free Disk Space C: 30.9 GB

Component versions
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msn6.exe 8.50.0017.1202
msnmetal.dll 8.50.0017.1202
msnmtllc.dll 8.50.0017.1202
msdbx.dll 8.50.0017.1202
sqdll.dll 12.2002.1126.0001
update.exe 8.50.0017.1202
shdocvw.dll 6.00.2800.1203
qmgr.dll 6.02.2600.1106
msniasvc.dll 8.00.21028.0001
custdial.dll 8.50.0017.1202
dw.exe 10.00.3005.0000
dwintl.dll 10.00.2508.0000
market.mar 8.2003.0513.18
Windows Media Player 9.00.0000.2980
MSN Messenger 6.0 6.00.0602.0000
Macromedia Flash 6.00.0079.0000

Network drivers
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Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (5.396.530.2001)
RTL8139.SYS (5.396.0530.2001)
McAfee Firewall Network Filter Miniport (1.0.0.1)
fw220.sys (1.00.0000.0002)
McAfee Firewall Network Filter Miniport (1.0.0.1)
fw220.sys (1.00.0000.0002)
WAN Miniport (L2TP) (5.1.2535.0)
rasl2tp.sys (5.01.2600.1106)
WAN Miniport (IP) (5.1.2535.0)
ndiswan.sys (5.01.2600.1106)
WAN Miniport (PPPOE) (5.1.2535.0)
raspppoe.sys (5.01.2600.0000)
WAN Miniport (PPTP) (5.1.2535.0)
raspptp.sys (5.01.2600.1129)
Packet Scheduler Miniport (5.1.2535.0)
psched.sys (5.01.2600.1106)
Packet Scheduler Miniport (5.1.2535.0)
psched.sys (5.01.2600.1106)
Direct Parallel (5.1.2535.0)
raspti.sys (5.01.2600.0000)
RAS Async Adapter (5.1.2535.0)
asyncmac.sys (5.01.2600.0000)

Modem drivers
================================================
Lucent Win Modem (8.28.0.0)
Modem.sys (5.01.2600.0000)
 
Anwsered by KELLY in a private email. Thanks Kelly. The reply is as
follows. This was copy and pasted from the email. It worked for me.
Hi Joe,

These edits correct that. Check the setting after each one, then
stop.

Restore the Desktop,Screensaver and Web Tabs (Line 128)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Active Desktop - Enable/Disable (Line 16)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Restore Display Icon in Control Panel (Line 203)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe DeGreef" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:01 AM
Subject: Kelly's Korner - Question
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