January 4, 200224 yr With XP you get the Effects, which is in the display tab.For some reason, I can press this button 2000 times and nothing will happen. Last thing I did before it happened was Changing the windows software list, unhiding it so you can remove some components.Anyone have Ideas on how to get the effects back?
January 4, 200224 yr A friend of mine lost this function to when he installed Desktop Arcitect. Did you install any 3rd party software to manage your screen savers or themes?-XPerties
January 4, 200224 yr Author Do you think XP Plus! could of done the trick?I can't really figure it out, it doesnt really bother me, but you know what its like when theres a problem and you just want to know how to fix the **** thing!
January 4, 200224 yr I dont think nor have I heard of this happening with XP Plus, altho I tell everyone to stay away from Plus. Its sucks....plain and simple. We tried everything with his machine to fix it. Replaceing files ect ect....but couldnt get it back. In the end he just formatted for other reason and all is fine now.Maybe someone else might have a solution.-XPerties
January 5, 200224 yr Last thing I did before it happened was Changing the windows software list, unhiding it so you can remove some components. [/quote:b00e4ff38e] This kind of begs the question. Did you "remove some components" after you edited the sysoc.inf file? If so, what was removed? I guess you could scrounge around to see if a removed component (if there is one) might be responsible. If so, however, I'd expect you to see other anomalies in the user interface.- Collin
January 5, 200224 yr Author yeah i did remove some components, cant rememeber which ones now. Forgot to back up the file as well, silly me Dont really want to format the PC, guess i'll just live without my 'effects'.
January 5, 200224 yr If this is simply a matter of missing components you will almost certainly be able to get all the functions back by performing a repair install of the OS. Won't blow away your data or installed software, though performing a backup first is never a bad idea. Hope you get the "effects" back!- Collin
January 5, 200224 yr Author I started getting too many little problems that got annoying. When i'd connect to the net it wouldnt tell me what speed in the nice little pop-up.Formatted today and edited the start button,progress bar and flashing taskbar buttons to blue. Looks much nicer i must say.
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