For the longest time I have been using 3rd Party Visual Styles on my XP Pro box with Service Pack 1. In the past I used the UXTHEME Patch program from the guys who make StyleXP.
Well for some reason Windows Updates made me install Service Pack 1 again and now I can't seem to find a working link to the patcher for Service Pack 1. I did find the multipatcher on the internet. I run that and restart the system (ive done this several times) go into change the style, select a new style other than Microshaft's canned styles and the preview pane shows me the included wallpaper and then the sample window is a black box surrounded by a thin blue border and at the top of the border is where the window's text would appear the letters are cut off at the top and bottom.
If you attempt to apply any 3rd party style they all show up as Windows Classic. Even if the menu still shows the correct title for the one you selected. I've run the patcher several times to no avail.
I need help, I can't stand the 3 color variations anymore. I'm not about to shell out dough for StyleXP or Windows Blinds because they do something that should be included in Windows anyways.
Thanks in advance.
Well for some reason Windows Updates made me install Service Pack 1 again and now I can't seem to find a working link to the patcher for Service Pack 1. I did find the multipatcher on the internet. I run that and restart the system (ive done this several times) go into change the style, select a new style other than Microshaft's canned styles and the preview pane shows me the included wallpaper and then the sample window is a black box surrounded by a thin blue border and at the top of the border is where the window's text would appear the letters are cut off at the top and bottom.
If you attempt to apply any 3rd party style they all show up as Windows Classic. Even if the menu still shows the correct title for the one you selected. I've run the patcher several times to no avail.
I need help, I can't stand the 3 color variations anymore. I'm not about to shell out dough for StyleXP or Windows Blinds because they do something that should be included in Windows anyways.
Thanks in advance.