Error loading theme, visual sytles

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Guogang

Hi, here is a problem which I believe related to some kind of security
settings mistake.

Problem:
1. In the display properties dialog, I can not set theme to "Windows
Classic". An error dialog with title: "Error Loading Theme", message: "The
theme could not load. Unspecified error. File:
c:\windows\resources\themes\windows classic.theme"
2. Similar to 1, In display properties dialog. I can not set appearance,
screen saver, ... It will show me error message like: the visual style could
not be applied.
3. Open windows explorer, choose: Tools->Folder Options. I tried to change
"advanced setting" at the "View" tab. But my changes can not be saved or
applied. And there is no error message of any kind. Simply, nothing happens
to my changes.

Another thing:
This does not happen to administrator account;
We created a new account, this does not happen too;

All these symptomes make me think that the permission level is somehow
broken for the user.

The only suspecious change we had recently is this:
In windows explorer, tools->Folder Options->View->Advanced Settings. We
unchecked "Use simple file sharing" option. But, even if I change the option
back, it does not seems to help at all.

Is this a known problem? Any idea of fixing this, or what can I do to dig
deeper into this problem.

Thanks,
Guogang
 
Hi. Here are the steps i would take: check windows update to see if you have missed any important fixes, run scandisk (under tools in the properties box of each hard disk), if you have windows restore enabled then restore your system back to the last known good system checkpoint or just use one of the other accounts. another thing possible is to delete the troublesome account and then recreate it in xp, that may solve your porblem. finally, resort to a reinstall of xp.
 
I have tried the following, does not work:
1. Windows update just a few days ago;
2. Disk check;
3. SFC /ScanNow (System File Check);

I saw a couple of instances of the same problem in group discussions. But no
answer found yet. Is there something inside that I can check? Like
permission of some files/registries?

Thanks,
Guogang


mac_eng_ryan said:
Hi. Here are the steps i would take: check windows update to see if you
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have missed any important fixes, run scandisk (under tools in the properties
box of each hard disk), if you have windows restore enabled then restore
your system back to the last known good system checkpoint or just use one of
the other accounts. another thing possible is to delete the troublesome
account and then recreate it in xp, that may solve your porblem. finally,
resort to a reinstall of xp.
 
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