Help! Windows XP-task bar & window appearance changed to gray

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After doing a new install of Windows XP Home Edition, upgrading Nvidia
Drivers and installing Service Pk 2, my task bar turned to gray and window
appearance looks like Windows 2000 in all characteristics. I'm not sure if
this means something is not working correctly. I have tried changing
settings under display-appearance, nothing changes anything.

Does anyone have any ideas on what this is or how to change it? I don't
know whether to finish installing all my programs or what to do??

Michelle
 
tmspry said:
After doing a new install of Windows XP Home Edition, upgrading Nvidia
Drivers and installing Service Pk 2, my task bar turned to gray and window
appearance looks like Windows 2000 in all characteristics. I'm not sure if
this means something is not working correctly. I have tried changing
settings under display-appearance, nothing changes anything.

Does anyone have any ideas on what this is or how to change it? I don't
know whether to finish installing all my programs or what to do??

Michelle
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Hi,
You set t have classic Start menu view, try to change it to the customStart
menu by doing this:
Right click on the Start Button, select Properties click on Start menu Tab
and check mark the radio button for:
(*) Start menu, click Apply then [OK] and Hit F5 to refresh.
Does it help?
HTH.
nass
 
Hi,
I checked Start menu view. It is set for the Start Menu not the Classic
view. I tried to switch it just to see if it had any effect, but nothing
changed.

Whats really weird -- the start menu view - the start menu is wide with 2
columns and the classic view menu is a single column -- the way mine is
displaying is like the start menu view (2 columns) but with the gray task bar
and start button.
Kind of a combo of the two.

Could a virus cause this? I have just reformatted my drive and reinstalled.

Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks for your help,
Michelle

nass said:
tmspry said:
After doing a new install of Windows XP Home Edition, upgrading Nvidia
Drivers and installing Service Pk 2, my task bar turned to gray and window
appearance looks like Windows 2000 in all characteristics. I'm not sure if
this means something is not working correctly. I have tried changing
settings under display-appearance, nothing changes anything.

Does anyone have any ideas on what this is or how to change it? I don't
know whether to finish installing all my programs or what to do??

Michelle
Click to expand...

Hi,
You set t have classic Start menu view, try to change it to the customStart
menu by doing this:
Right click on the Start Button, select Properties click on Start menu Tab
and check mark the radio button for:
(*) Start menu, click Apply then [OK] and Hit F5 to refresh.
Does it help?
HTH.
nass
Click to expand...
 
Right click on the Desktop and select properties. On the Display properties
click on Appearance tab.
Under Windows and Buttons: select WindowsXP Style
Under Color scheme: select Blue or Default
Or you can click on Advance Button and select the color you want.
Click [Apply] then click [OK] and reboot your machine.

If this a new installation did you installed the driver for the chipset and
the Video card/Graphic card from the manufacturer website?

Why aren't minimized programs listed in the Taskbar?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs2.htm

Windows XP Style Changes to Windows Classic( download the reg file and
extract t your machine).
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/visualstylefix.reg

HTH.
nass
---
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

tmspry said:
Hi,
I checked Start menu view. It is set for the Start Menu not the Classic
view. I tried to switch it just to see if it had any effect, but nothing
changed.

Whats really weird -- the start menu view - the start menu is wide with 2
columns and the classic view menu is a single column -- the way mine is
displaying is like the start menu view (2 columns) but with the gray task bar
and start button.
Kind of a combo of the two.

Could a virus cause this? I have just reformatted my drive and reinstalled.

Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks for your help,
Michelle

nass said:
tmspry said:
After doing a new install of Windows XP Home Edition, upgrading Nvidia
Drivers and installing Service Pk 2, my task bar turned to gray and window
appearance looks like Windows 2000 in all characteristics. I'm not sure if
this means something is not working correctly. I have tried changing
settings under display-appearance, nothing changes anything.

Does anyone have any ideas on what this is or how to change it? I don't
know whether to finish installing all my programs or what to do??

Michelle
Click to expand...

Hi,
You set t have classic Start menu view, try to change it to the customStart
menu by doing this:
Right click on the Start Button, select Properties click on Start menu Tab
and check mark the radio button for:
(*) Start menu, click Apply then [OK] and Hit F5 to refresh.
Does it help?
HTH.
nass
Click to expand...
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Followed your instructions:

I have XP in windows and buttons I only have widnow classic style on the
pull down menu. Do I need a patch or a download to be able to get back to
the blue and remove the grey. Thank for any help available

Right click on the Desktop and select properties. On the Display properties
click on Appearance tab.
Under Windows and Buttons: select WindowsXP Style
Under Color scheme: select Blue or Default
Or you can click on Advance Button and select the color you want.
Click [Apply] then click [OK] and reboot your machine.

If this a new installation did you installed the driver for the chipset and
the Video card/Graphic card from the manufacturer website?

Why aren't minimized programs listed in the Taskbar?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs2.htm

Windows XP Style Changes to Windows


nass said:
Right click on the Desktop and select properties. On the Display properties
click on Appearance tab.
Under Windows and Buttons: select WindowsXP Style
Under Color scheme: select Blue or Default
Or you can click on Advance Button and select the color you want.
Click [Apply] then click [OK] and reboot your machine.

If this a new installation did you installed the driver for the chipset and
the Video card/Graphic card from the manufacturer website?

Why aren't minimized programs listed in the Taskbar?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs2.htm

Windows XP Style Changes to Windows Classic( download the reg file and
extract t your machine).
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/visualstylefix.reg

HTH.
nass
---
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

tmspry said:
Hi,
I checked Start menu view. It is set for the Start Menu not the Classic
view. I tried to switch it just to see if it had any effect, but nothing
changed.

Whats really weird -- the start menu view - the start menu is wide with 2
columns and the classic view menu is a single column -- the way mine is
displaying is like the start menu view (2 columns) but with the gray task bar
and start button.
Kind of a combo of the two.

Could a virus cause this? I have just reformatted my drive and reinstalled.

Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks for your help,
Michelle

nass said:
:

After doing a new install of Windows XP Home Edition, upgrading Nvidia
Drivers and installing Service Pk 2, my task bar turned to gray and window
appearance looks like Windows 2000 in all characteristics. I'm not sure if
this means something is not working correctly. I have tried changing
settings under display-appearance, nothing changes anything.

Does anyone have any ideas on what this is or how to change it? I don't
know whether to finish installing all my programs or what to do??

Michelle

Hi,
You set t have classic Start menu view, try to change it to the customStart
menu by doing this:
Right click on the Start Button, select Properties click on Start menu Tab
and check mark the radio button for:
(*) Start menu, click Apply then [OK] and Hit F5 to refresh.
Does it help?
HTH.
nass
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