In news:AB3F905D-B403-4272-AA0B-A8EC905EDE9D@microsoft.com,
MM <MM@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have recently started to notice that I don't have all the tabs in
> Display properties, the only one present is Themes.
> Whats also strange is that if I change between Windows Classic and
> Windows XP theme then once and only once all the tabs reappear.
> For example.
> I go into Display properties, change the theme to Windows Classic,
> click apply and all the tabs are visible. I then click on OK to clear
> that window and return back to desktop. Now if I go back in Display
> proerties again then they are not there!
> I have tried deleting the standard Themes etc but nothing seems to
> work.
> I really don't want to rebuild the PC!
>
> Can anyone help me please?
> Thanks in advance

Try Kelly's site, line 285 on the right:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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