vista theme not working?

[rocky]

hi guys..im having problems with my theam changing on windows vista..when i go to change themes and click on windows vista theme a error message comes up the visual styles could not be applied can anyone help please?? thank you. :)

[KenB]

Hi rocky

 

Start ....type in .....cmd....... ( don't hit ENTER yet )

Right click on the highlighted cmd top left of screen.

Select "Run as Administrator"

 

At the command prompt type .......sfc /scannow .......ENTER

 

This will check your system files and possibly repair the problem ones ( if there is a problem ).

[rocky]

hi ken b..i did what you said and it says they found some corrupt files but wasnt able to repair them.. any ideas what eles i could try mate??

[Plastic Nev]

If you can let us know the make and model of your Vista computer we can advise on how to do a system repair, but we do need to know as different manufacturers installed different backup and repair systems, If in fact one is installed. Do you have access to a Vista full disk if not?

Nev.

[gmiles]

hi ken b..i did what you said and it says they found some corrupt files but wasnt able to repair them.. any ideas what eles i could try mate??

You could try manually replacing the files the scan process could not fix. First, review the scan log (follow this MSKB: SCANLOG). Then extract the files from your Vista OS disk, and replace.

 

EDIT by KenB

 

Problem with link - try this one:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228