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  1. MARILYN MONZON
    Marilyn Monzon Win User

    Why does my desktop go black and a taskbar looking like from Windows XP or Vista appear on...


    This has been happening to me alot of times aswell as msedge, First i just see nothing and then a taskbar that looks like its from XP or Vista appears on the top left corner that is the size of a minimized window on the Command Prompt screen [When log in screen holding shift and restarting]

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    Marilyn Monzon, Mar 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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  2. FREAKSAVIOR
    freaksavior Win User
    freaksavior, Mar 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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  3. STE2425
    ste2425 Win User
    help me make win xp look like vista or 7

    i love the look's of vista and 7 there beautiful but the 7 beta was a bit buggy an i crnt afford vista so i want to make my xp look like vista, not just change the icons and start menu colour but the full shabam i want the whole start menu and bar to change to vista's i want the programs layout when you click on the start bar to look like vista's, i want the little game folder in the programs list in the start menu, i want all the little progress bars and sounds, i want the boot and log on screen and most of all i want the semi see-through edges of windows. Ive Google'd the web and found many programs but i realize that doing this will make serious changes to my system and only want to use a program recommended so can you guys offer any suggestions?
    cheers ste
     
    ste2425, Mar 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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  4. PHRAB
    phrab Win User

    Why does my desktop go black and a taskbar looking like from Windows XP or Vista appear on...

    How find all the desktop appearance items like Windows XP

    Hi Edwin:
    Thanks for the reply. The 2nd image is a summary that I made from the options in Windows XP. I right clicked the Desktop, went to Properties/Appearance tab/Advanced. This is the screenshot in WinXP.
    Why does my desktop go black and a taskbar looking like from Windows XP or Vista appear on... 129037d1491690367t-how-find-all-desktop-appearance-items-like-windows-xp-clipboard04.png
    Then I listed all the items & their color schemes, made modifications, & saved the results in a chart in Word. I was just trying to list all the options that I had in WinXP that I can't find in Win10. I'm guessing they must be somewhere, but I don't know how to find them.
     
    phrab, Mar 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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