Windows Vista - Classic theme.

Drake5 · 17 Sep 2010 at 12:00

Hi,

Got a problem with a PC.

It was running an AVG Update/Scan and when the PC restarted it switched back to the old Windows Classic theme.

The Vista/Aero one is no longer on this list! Never had this problem or heard of this problem before, is there a way to fix?

Many thanks

thepeganator · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:00

The old old classic theme a la windows 98?

Try:
Run>"services.msc">Themes

Make sure "Themes" and "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager" are both on automatic start and are running.

Pygmyshrew · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:58

Try the above ^^^^ but also be mindful some software can disable aero especially stuff like Logmein, I had logmein do similar all of a sudden

Smit · 17 Sep 2010 at 16:06

thepeganator said:
The old old classic theme a la windows 98?

Try:
Run>"services.msc">Themes

Make sure "Themes" and "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager" are both on automatic start and are running.

Do this and even if Themes is running, right click and restart it.

I had this exact issue yesterday after Windows Updates had occurred. Restarting the Themes service seemed to do the trick.

Aod · 18 Sep 2010 at 01:18

Also, uninstall AVG, it's rubbish. MSE and Avast! are far better alternatives.

Matteysan · 18 Sep 2010 at 08:42

You can also navigate to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes & double click aero that may fix it, Has for me in the past

Oj2k4 · 18 Sep 2010 at 18:02

After all my googling, OCUK is the place to find the answer! Been strugglin to find an answer for about 10 mins n this has sorted the same issue out

Broken Hope · 18 Sep 2010 at 18:07

Aod said:
Also, uninstall AVG, it's rubbish. MSE and Avast! are far better alternatives.

Meh, AVG has been doing pretty damn well in tests lately.