The task bar is white and an older version of windows to start

Hello, for a late birthday present, I got my laptop used uncles. Its a compaq laptop and tinted. everything worked fine until when I arrived one night, my taskbar was suddenly white and the Start button looks like a very old version of Windows. I tried looking at the forums, to try different things. And when I try to go to personilaze sure it wont let me click the window color - as it does nothing when I click on it. Help, please! I want to just go back to normal, because it's making other things too. Should I just go to Best Buy Geek Squad or something? Or a system restore? I don't know what a system restore, or what he does. Please help me with this.

Hello

·         Remember to make changes to your computer before this problem occurred?

·         What are the troubleshooting steps you have tried?

·         What operating system do you use?

Method 1:

I suggest that you try to perform the SFC (System File Checker) scan on your computer and check if the problem still persists. To see how to the SFC Scan click on the link below and follow the steps in the Kb article.

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

Method 2:

I suggest you run the tool fixit from the link provided below and if it helps:

http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/aero_effects_not_working/en-us

Method 3:

I suggest you update the graphics drivers on the manufacturer's Web site see the link below:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/automatically-get-recommended-drivers-and-updates-for-your-hardware

Hope this helps,

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