Default skin for XP
Saturday, January 24, 2004 by Poddytat | Discussion: Stardock Software
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:42 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:36 PM
I started to ask if you had disabled the service the other day, and got distracted.......... here's what you need to do..
Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > scroll down to Themes > double-click the entry, and a dialog should popup. Click the Start button. You may also want to set the Startup type to Automatic, and click OK.
Your problem should be solved! 
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:11 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:24 AM
Really Travis? Care to read your own threads, and statements of the things you've done to your OS? I don't recall the Themeing service ever being mentioned, but I do seem to remember hacked system files, deletion of explorer.exe, and etc..... but now you say it's the Theme service that caused the trouble? 
If the Theme service is turned off, you can't use the default Luna skins, until you turn it back on. 
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:47 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:12 PM
| It messsed my computer up. |
Travis I enjoy hearing about your experimentations. They are a good read 
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:48 PM
and for poddytat. unload windowblinds. check in c:\windows\resources\themes\ and see if there is an entry for luna.theme there. if there is double click it and display properties should show up. click apply and luna should load if your theming service is on. if there isn't and there isn't a folder called luna then you don't have it on your computer anymore (which I doubt)
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Reply #9 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:11 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:16 PM
find the entry called themes and right click on it and choose properites. make sure that the path to executable is
"C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" without quotes. that it is set on automatic and that it is started. then click ok. close the services window and restart computer. try my step above again
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:08 AM