Brian
After making the change, I looked at the message box using MSWord 2003
and there was no change there. But then as I gave up and started using
my other programs, the message box has the changes. So it just didn't
change in Microsoft's programs, including windows itself which I
noticed when enabling/disabling my wireless connection. So the trick
works, but not in Microsoft I guess.
Thanks a lot Brian
Joanne
Brian A. wrote:

>"Joanne" <jobobbuss@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:ukSqa7UDGHA.2956@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for the advice Brian
>> Actually, I am running Windows Classic, and I made several changes in
>> the 'advanced' section of Appearances, and they all took just fine
>> except for the message box. I noticed that when I made the changes to
>> the message box it showed the changes while still in the module, but
>> when I click apply and back out of the module, the changes are not
>> available when working in my programs, even after a re-boot of the
>> system.
>> Any ideas why it might show up in the example when I make the changes
>> but won't show up in actual use?
>> Thanks for your time and expertise. It is much appreciated
>
> Without further checking I can't say. As a simple test I took a shot of
>the registry before/after making a change to message box. After changing
>the font/color and applying, the app I used (Reg Shot) had the change.
>
> Comparing the 2 logs showed:
>added keys - 2
>added values - 28
>modified values - 29
>modified file [attributes?] - 5
>
> There's going to be word wrap on the keys here.
> Of the 29 modified values shown in compare, these 4 are at the least, ones
>that the actual change made from/to.
> Note that each line shown in the compare alternates before/after.
>The first key is the before where the text color "0 0 0" = Black
>The second key is after where "255 255 255" = White
>
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-287218729-725345543-1003\Control
>Panel\Colors\WindowText: "0 0 0"
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-287218729-725345543-1003\Control
>Panel\Colors\WindowText: "255 255 255"
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-287218729-725345543-1003\Control
>Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\MessageFont: F5 FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>00 00 00 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 54 00 61 00 68 00 6F 00
>6D 00 61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>00 00 00 00 00 00
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-287218729-725345543-1003\Control
>Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\MessageFont: F0 FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>00 00 00 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 54 00 61 00 68 00 6F 00
>6D 00 61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>00 00 00 00 00 00
>
> Keep in mind any of the other, yet not all changes shown in the compare,
>may be related as well. As I mentioned, without looking deeper I can only
>fill you in on this at this time. If I get a little time, something I must
>have when testing any reg settings in case something goes BANG!, I'll make
>up a reg file to test with checking all additions/modifications a step at a
>time to see if any are relevant to keeping hold of the apply. Until then
>possibly someone else may comment with a solution.
>