Taskbar appearance, siderbar and window Windows Vista continues to change in the old style.

Every so often the appearance of my windows and the menu siderbar and start and the taskbar by default to the old style. How can I change this back, and how can I prevent this from happening?

Hello

What are you doing with the system when he returns? This behavior indicates something interferents or incompatible with the aero theme, so he stops. You must consider what remains is produced on the system when this happens. A boot minimum troubleshooting can help, find the steps detailed here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/331796?p=1

Good luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Crazy" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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