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

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

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes

I have tried that website and made use of few tweaks but that hasn't done the
job!
Is there anything else I can do?
Anyone help?
MM

"Galen" wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
> existence." - Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

In news:CEFB3D59-C4EB-48A4-A4C9-9ADF0513E0E1@microsoft.com,
MM <MM@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have tried that website and made use of few tweaks but that hasn't
> done the job!
> Is there anything else I can do?
> Anyone help?
> MM
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces
>> of existence." - Sherlock Holmes

This is an odd one. My my... Hmm... Have you scanned for malware yet?

Malware Cleaning:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

I'm not sure if that's the answer but that's where I guess I'd look or I'd
consider a repair installation unless the problem showed up recently enough
to consider trying to restore to an earlier time.

Restore, well you can figure that one out. And a repair installation is
pretty easy too.

Repair Installation of XP :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes