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If XP Pro you can use Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
Navigate to >>>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\
Force Classic Start Menu
Set to: Enabled
If no XP Pro...
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoSimpleStartMenu should be set to 0 (zero)
Or...
Go to ...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Read the instructions at the top.
167. Force Classic Start Menu
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Desktop Themes\
Load a specific visual style file or force Windows Classic
To select the Windows Classic visual style, leave the box blank beside Path
to Visual Style
Set to: Enabled
If no XP Pro...
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
SetVisualStyle
REG_SZ
%windir%\Resources\Themes\Windows Classic.theme
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:3746E868-51A0-4B0F-97AB-E16C1B45B024@microsoft.com,
M in Silverton <MinSilverton@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Well, I hate to say, but this solution did not work. The computer started
> up in XP Style the next time I turned it on. I consulted with some
> computer experts at work. They suggested testing the computer by logging
> off and then logging on a couple times to see if this affected the
> display settings. Each time I logged off and logged back on the computer
> remained in the desired Classic Style. I then turned the computer off and
> then turned it back on, and it started in the desired Classic Style (as
> it has done intermittantly in the past). So it would appear that it is a
> random process whether the computer starts in XP Style or Classic Style.
> I would love to be able to detect a pattern, but none has emerged to
> date. My only hunch is that it might have something to do with the Norton
> Internet Security 2005 Anti-Spyware Edition installed on the computer.
> Does that ring a bell?
>
> "Jerry" wrote:
>
>> Did you also set the Start > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu > Start
>> Menu to Classic Start Menu?
>>
>> "M in Silverton" <M in Silverton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:0EEAB15D-6328-42C6-B65D-389BA925BD08@microsoft.com...
>>> I have had my new computer for about a month. One of the first things I
>>> did was set the Appearance to Classic Style because I prefer that look
>>> to XP Style. Within the last week the computer has developed a tendency
>>> to start up
>>> in the XP Style when I turn on the computer. Even when I set it back to
>>> Classic Style, the next time I turn on the computer it reverts back to
>>> XP Style. The problem is, it doesn't do it every time. Sometimes it
>>> starts up in
>>> Classic Style, sometimes it starts up in XP Style. There does not seem
>>> to be
>>> a discernible pattern. I tried changing the settings in Safe Mode start
>>> up,
>>> but that didn't work.