Unable to Change WinXP Theme

[Josh]

So I haven\'t changed my Windows XP theme in a really long time and I saw a theme that looked nice. I installed it, tried to use it and I got an error and it said the following:

[quote name=\'error message\']The visual styles could not be loaded. The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.[/quote]

And when it tries to generate a preview of it, it\'s not there, at all.

[img]http://xs110.xs.to/xs110/06485/visstyle.png[/img]


Does anyone know how I can solve this issue? I\'m going to try a reboot and if that doesn\'t fix it I won\'t delete this thread <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />

Thanks in advanced,
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[NightStorm]

Have you tried to patch your Windows so that it allows dynamic themes to be loaded?

[Josh]

So apparently a reboot just fixed it... I\'m not sure why, but what ev lol. So I guess we\'ll lock this topic, thanks for the attempt of help NightStorm <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' /> Just for it, here is some cookies. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... kie7ql.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(kobra)\' /> <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... ie_jar.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(jar)\' />