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#1 User is offline   Brando569 

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Posted 17 December 2006 - 03:50 AM

i think i might of removed something that allows theming, when i first booted into windows after the installation it gave me the windows classic theme and the xp style wasnt listed in the drop down box. i was just like "ill re install it" and downloaded a few other themes. when i tried to install one i got this error message:
"the visual style could not be applied.the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"

i just looked and i dont have a copy of my nlite settings :} what could be causing this?


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Posted 17 December 2006 - 05:04 AM

Start -> Run -> Services.msc, find "Themes", right-click, properties, set its start mode to automatic, click on start. You should be done.



And next time you have a problem, attach you lastsession.ini, it is really helpful for us.

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Posted 17 December 2006 - 03:19 PM

the themes service isnt there, i guess i removed it by accident i was gonna attach my last session.ini but like a dummy i deleted all of them

This post has been edited by Brando569: 17 December 2006 - 03:20 PM


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Posted 17 December 2006 - 10:23 PM

Brando, did you select Classic Setup or did you just leave that alone? I am having this problem as well, with 2 minor differences. My themes service is there, it just won't start. And, This problem only occurs when I use Classic Setup. If I dont enable that option, then I get my themes just fine.

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Posted 17 December 2006 - 10:44 PM

i just left it alone, my problem was i removed the color schemes and that in turn removed all themes except classic

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Posted 17 December 2006 - 11:42 PM

Well darn, because I just double checked mine, and themes service is starting now, but it's still giving me grief.

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