Leopard theme permanent?
Friday, March 21, 2008 by Angdvl089 | Discussion: Icons
A few months ago I installed a Leopard theme. I was obsessed with it. I had never used a Mac before so the novelty was awesome. Then I started using a Mac during classes and I really don't like them. The tool bar I changed back but every single one of my icons look like a mac icon. I hate it! Is there any way to change the icons back to how they originally looked on Vista? I changed the theme through the control panel and it still did not change a thing. Here is a screen cap to show what I'm talking about. I really hope someone here can help me out.
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Astyanax
Reply #2 Friday, March 21, 2008 7:32 PM
Reply #2 Friday, March 21, 2008 7:32 PM
I'm guessing it was that garbage installer "Total Conversion" thing. I've seen a lot of people having issues with uninstalling it. Your best bet is to try a System Restore prior to installing the pack.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #3 Friday, March 21, 2008 7:42 PM
Reply #3 Friday, March 21, 2008 7:42 PM
I was thinking the same thing...some kind of transformation pack, flyakite...etc, I'd never put those things on my system.
Angdvl089
Reply #4 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:05 PM
Reply #4 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:05 PM
I used some installer that someone had on deviant art. I think I may just back up all the files I want on an external HDD and do a factory system restore as I have never made a restore disc. I'm gonna go out on a limb here so this may sound stupid but even though it's just a restore disc, will it still back up all of my other saved data? Or is a restore disc just for the OS and I'll have to backup on other drives? May sound stupid but I've never done one before.
Andrew
PS - Thanks for replying so fast.
Andrew
PS - Thanks for replying so fast.
Astyanax
Reply #5 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:08 PM
Reply #5 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:08 PM
I would back up as many applications/files as possible, it may very well wipe everything so you'll be starting over again.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #6 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:11 PM
A factory restore will do just that, it will format the harddrive and restore the machine back to how it was when you first bought it. As Asty said, backup all of your stuff, do the restore, and put everything back on, reinstall your programs, etc.
Reply #6 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:11 PM
will it still back up all of my other saved data? Or is a restore disc just for the OS and I'll have to backup on other drives?
A factory restore will do just that, it will format the harddrive and restore the machine back to how it was when you first bought it. As Asty said, backup all of your stuff, do the restore, and put everything back on, reinstall your programs, etc.
CarGuy1
Reply #7 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:18 PM
Reply #7 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:18 PM
I wonder if IconPackager would fix it? I would try the trial version and see if you can change them.
Angdvl089
Reply #8 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:20 PM
Reply #8 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:20 PM
How am I going to back up my applications and programs? Aren't there a lot of sub files and stuff that I need to make them run?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #9 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:23 PM
Reply #9 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:23 PM
No....you're going to have to reinstall them all. Save all the installers (exe's), gather your discs, you'll have to install them that way. Simply backing up the program file folders won't work.
Angdvl089
Reply #10 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:27 PM
Reply #10 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:27 PM
Okay thanks for the answer. IconPackager didn't work either. And one more question, making a restore disk only restores the OS right? Or does save everything on my HDD?
Andrew
Andrew
Bebi Bulma
Reply #11 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:34 PM
Reply #11 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:34 PM
I'm not too familiar with it, I've always done home built. But...if you make a recovery disc through the built-in recovery thing it *might* backup everything on the harddrive (a ghost image), but just in case...backup all your stuff manually. You'll thank yourself later if the recovery disc doesn't save it all.
Chasbo
Reply #12 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:36 PM
If you have never made a restore disk how are you gonna restore?
Reply #12 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:36 PM
I think I may just back up all the files I want on an external HDD and do a factory system restore as I have never made a restore disc.
If you have never made a restore disk how are you gonna restore?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #13 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:49 PM
Reply #13 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:49 PM
They usually have a recovery partition...my HP laptop does, but I made a recovery disc as well.
Angdvl089
Reply #14 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:58 PM
Reply #14 Friday, March 21, 2008 8:58 PM
I'm almost positive my computer came with a restore disk as well.
Draginol
Reply #15 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:43 PM
Reply #15 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:43 PM
This is another reason why people use WindowBlinds. It's SAFE.
Whenever someone offers you a way to "skin" Windows with claims of it being "native" or involves patching (in memory or on disk) this is the sort of stuff that happens.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #16 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:49 PM
No joke. I don't trust ANYTHING that comes with an .exe from dA, that's just crazy talk.
Reply #16 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:49 PM
This is another reason why people use WindowBlinds. It's SAFE.
Whenever someone offers you a way to "skin" Windows with claims of it being "native" or involves patching (in memory or on disk) this is the sort of stuff that happens.
Whenever someone offers you a way to "skin" Windows with claims of it being "native" or involves patching (in memory or on disk) this is the sort of stuff that happens.
No joke. I don't trust ANYTHING that comes with an .exe from dA, that's just crazy talk.
Wizard1956
Reply #17 Friday, March 21, 2008 10:50 PM
Reply #17 Friday, March 21, 2008 10:50 PM
A System Restore and a System Recovery are two separate actions. A recovery reformats and re-installs all originally installed programs. (And can be done on an HP from the boot menu without a disc. "F11" - if you haven't deleted the partition) and you must re-load your backed up data. A restore rolls back your system to a prior point in time. You will only lose anything saved after that restore point.Check your help and support section for more details. (Not that I'm advocating reading the instructions) 
I have Vista and it's saved my ass twice, without dumping everything and starting over. I should add that Windows will use 15% of your HDD to save restore points after which it will overwrite the oldest one,so restore won't help you if your last known "good" one has been overwritten. Note: That adds up to 30Gb on a 200Gb HDD .Disk clean-up will let you delete all but the most recent restore point to regain the storage space IF you don't need them any longer. I have seen two HP laptops that had restore de-activated, probably to conserve drive space but I'll be leaving mine on for "stupid" insurance. 
Good Luck!
I have Vista and it's saved my ass twice, without dumping everything and starting over. I should add that Windows will use 15% of your HDD to save restore points after which it will overwrite the oldest one,so restore won't help you if your last known "good" one has been overwritten. Note: That adds up to 30Gb on a 200Gb HDD .Disk clean-up will let you delete all but the most recent restore point to regain the storage space IF you don't need them any longer. I have seen two HP laptops that had restore de-activated, probably to conserve drive space but I'll be leaving mine on for "stupid" insurance. 
Good Luck!
lee3908870
Reply #18 Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:48 PM
Reply #18 Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:48 PM
As Wizard stated use the "System Restore" built into XP or if using Vista. This is a great deal easier then going through the Recovery process. You can do this in XP by going to your start menu then click on "Administrative Tools" and choose "System Restore". Hopefully you will be able to go back to the point where you installed the Leopard Skin. If not you will have no choice but to use the Recovery process.
If you are using Vista then press"Windows Key + Pause Key. This will bring up The System window, then press "Advanced system settings"; after that click on the System Protection tab on the system Properties window then click on System Restore. Again if the restore date is to old it may not come up, thus as in XP you will have to us the Recovery Process.
Maybe someone else will come up with something.
Good Luck - Lee
If you are using Vista then press"Windows Key + Pause Key. This will bring up The System window, then press "Advanced system settings"; after that click on the System Protection tab on the system Properties window then click on System Restore. Again if the restore date is to old it may not come up, thus as in XP you will have to us the Recovery Process.
Maybe someone else will come up with something.
Good Luck - Lee
Angdvl089
Reply #19 Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:25 PM
Reply #19 Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:25 PM
So does a system restore make a ghost image of all your data?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #20 Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:32 PM
Reply #20 Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:32 PM
No, all a system restore does is change the system files back to a previous version. A system recovery would format the harddrive.
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Reply #1 Friday, March 21, 2008 7:27 PM