HELP-STUCK in Windows Classic-have tried all the fixes!

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Let me start by saying I am quite a novice Windows user...

This morning my PC locked up; upon reboot I was reverted to Windows Classic
Mode, and I've noticed a decline in performance on my machine.

I've tried several fixes but what keeps happening is I get to "Appearance"
under Contral Panel/Disply and there is no option for Windows XP any
longer...the only option is Windows Classic, even though I've set the Theme
to Windows XP.

Any ideas? It's driving me nuts. :)
 
Jason,

My first reaction was to send you to an advanced system menu to check
settings there, but I think that might only be a band-aid solution. If
you have any virus scanning software, run a system scan, and also any
adware/spyware scanning software. If you don't have either, you
probably at least are familiar with Symantec and McAfee, but here is a
link to a discussion about some alternatives:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Applications/Viruses/Q_21779967.html.
I personally use and recommend Spybot for ad/spyware
(http://www.spybot.info), and also Ad-Aware by Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoft.de). There are many more of these, but there are
also a lot of fakes that are really ad/spyware, so I would steer clear
of any you aren't completely sure of.

If that doesn't help (which, lets face it, I hope it doesn't, for your
sake. messed up settings are preferable over viruses any day!) I can
walk you through checking the system performance settings.

Joel
 
You need to check these registry settings as well, something may have set
these (assuming you are an Administrator and no-one has seet a Group Policy
to set this):
Just check these registry keys in Regedit for the following settings:


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSimpleStartMenu"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonType"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"WebView"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"ClassicShell"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000

You can copy and paste above into notepad and save as something.reg that
will disable classic so hopefuly it will go to the only other which is xp
 
Jason,
Hopefully Larry's idea fixed the problem!
If not, here's what to do to check in the system performance settings:
1. Go to control panel and open the 'System' applet.
2. Go to the 'Advanced' tab and click the 'Settings' button under the
'Performance' heading.
3. In the list under the 'Custom' option, check the last check box,
which reads "Use visual styles on windows and buttons."
4. If it is already checked, uncheck it, click 'Apply', and then
recheck it and click 'Apply' again.
If you notice any of the other boxes unchecked, you can recheck them as
well.
Joel
P.S. (I replied to the group question instead of replying to your email
so that if someone else has this problem, they will be able to see the
post and hopefully figure theirs out.)

Larry said:
You need to check these registry settings as well, something may have set
these (assuming you are an Administrator and no-one has seet a Group Policy
to set this):
Just check these registry keys in Regedit for the following settings:


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSimpleStartMenu"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonType"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"WebView"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"ClassicShell"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000

You can copy and paste above into notepad and save as something.reg that
will disable classic so hopefuly it will go to the only other which is xp

Jason,

My first reaction was to send you to an advanced system menu to check
settings there, but I think that might only be a band-aid solution. If
you have any virus scanning software, run a system scan, and also any
adware/spyware scanning software. If you don't have either, you
probably at least are familiar with Symantec and McAfee, but here is a
link to a discussion about some alternatives:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Applications/Viruses/Q_21779967.html.
I personally use and recommend Spybot for ad/spyware
(http://www.spybot.info), and also Ad-Aware by Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoft.de). There are many more of these, but there are
also a lot of fakes that are really ad/spyware, so I would steer clear
of any you aren't completely sure of.

If that doesn't help (which, lets face it, I hope it doesn't, for your
sake. messed up settings are preferable over viruses any day!) I can
walk you through checking the system performance settings.

Joel
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