re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows NOT classic instead of XP.. Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 8:52 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by donSC` (1 messages posted) I have the opposite problem. I like the old gray Taskbar, but half the time after I run a MS update it re-boots to the ugly 3-d blue/green thing. Usually I just keep re-booting until it goes back to Classic, but is there a better way? A way I can immediately make it the gray Classic I love? Right now it's stuck in the blue mode. Thank you. On Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 11:41 am, SOCALMATT wrote: >This is happening because of a Group Policy setting. To fix this do the following: > >1. Click START and then Run and type in "gpedit.msc", this will open up the Group >Policy editor panel. > >2. Go to: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\Desktop >Themes > >3. Double-click on "Load a specific visual style or force Windows classic" > >4. Make sure this is set to "Not configured" > >5. Now go to: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar > >6. Double-click on "Force classic Start Menu" > >7. Make sure this is set to "Not configured" > > >That should fix it! Don't tell your IT guy that another IT guy leaked out an insider >secret. Also, be careful when using gpedit.msc and when going into the registry. >Laterz! =8^) > > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (SOCALMATT: Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 11:41 am) Responses to this message: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows NOT classic instead of XP.. (Peter James: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 9:47 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Al: Fri, Jan 11, 2002, 4:33 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Dan: Fri, Jan 11, 2002, 7:13 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (steve: Sat, Jan 12, 2002, 1:05 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Xial: Sat, Jan 12, 2002, 7:51 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Al: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 11:37 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Bill: Sat, May 11, 2002, 9:26 am) here is the answer, (Toyjan: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 5:26 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Jesse Buck: Sat, Dec 14, 2002, 7:58 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Al: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 11:36 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Karen: Mon, Mar 10, 2003, 6:37 am) Re: To all the people who still need an answer to this ''Apperance'' (Greg: Sun, Mar 30, 2003, 1:22 am) re: Re: To all the people who still need an answer to this ''Apperance'' (MArk: Wed, Apr 2, 2003, 8:13 pm) re: Re: To all the people who still need an answer to this ''Apperance'' (sam_dude: Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 8:44 am) re: Re: To all the people who still need an answer to this ''Apperance'' (Marshall: Mon, Feb 23, 2004, 12:19 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (byron: Fri, Apr 25, 2003, 8:51 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Kara: Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 10:01 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Leo: Sat, Apr 26, 2003, 1:52 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Michael Johnson: Sun, Aug 31, 2003, 4:24 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. 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(Alyssa: Tue, Oct 18, 2005, 6:16 pm) The problem is with theThemes Service (Jetheat: Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 6:57 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Kurt Wenneman: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 4:55 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Dennis Vacha: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 12:03 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (just_peachy22: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 9:18 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Amr: Sun, May 7, 2006, 10:57 am) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Chrissy: Sun, Jul 2, 2006, 5:24 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Mike: Thu, May 15, 2003, 7:06 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Stevix: Mon, May 19, 2003, 6:24 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. 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(Rogerious: Mon, Feb 28, 2005, 4:25 pm) re: it might be Zone Alarm's fault (Hannah: Mon, Mar 7, 2005, 9:09 pm) I need your help (brynduh: Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 5:43 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Rogerious: Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 4:55 pm) re: Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (tomM: Sat, Apr 2, 2005, 2:29 pm) Windows update causes unresponsive taskbar theme? (John: Fri, Aug 18, 2006, 9:26 am) re: Windows update causes unresponsive taskbar theme? (debbie: Sun, Dec 10, 2006, 6:09 am) re: Windows update causes unresponsive taskbar theme? (John: Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 6:12 am) re: Windows update causes unresponsive taskbar theme? (John Yang: Mon, Jul 2, 2007, 10:44 pm) re: Windows update causes unresponsive taskbar theme? (John Yang: Mon, Jul 2, 2007, 10:47 pm) Missing a taskbar theme and tried the above? (8Ball: Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 7:13 pm) re: Missing a taskbar theme and tried the above? 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