problems of Windows vista appearance - is no longer able to change the theme

original title: problems of windows vista appearance

When I logged on my computer today, the theme was changed on my windows vista Home premium.  I tried to change my appearance options for vista, but all my options of vista are gone, I can only chose classic and standard.  Can someone help me get my system works like the original please?

I have looked through other forums and have tried some of the suggestions I found without a bit of luck.

Hi MikeCook30,

1. did you of recent changes on the system?

Method 1:

You can try to run the aero Fixit and check out them.

Troubleshoot Windows Aero

Method 2:

Alternatively, you can try to restart the service of themes and check for the issue:

a. Click Start, type services in start search and press ENTER...

b. in the list of services, click themes and then click Properties.

c. under the general tab, click Automatic in the startup type list.

d. under the general tab, click Start under the service status and then click apply and then click ok.

Hope this information is useful.

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