What do you do when windows and buttons is gray out?

Hi, my name is Rhionna and I have a problem on my Windows XP Service pack 3. Well, last night, I scanned my PC for registry errors there were some and I fixed them, but now I can not apply visual styles. Windows and buttons in properties is grey outside, it wasn't before but today I went to a link to a website to try to repair the files in my theme after that, it was gray would be out so what do I do? :(

Registry cleaners are dangerous programs.  I do not recommend their use for these sorts of reasons.  Your best bet at the moment is to restore your registry to a time before you had this problem using "System Restore".  One of these two methods, you should get going again.

"How to restore Windows XP to a previous state"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084 >

If you cannot start the program of the above procedure, or if it fails to restore, then try this:
"How to start the System Restore tool by using the option of safe mode with the command prompt in Windows XP"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/304449 >

HTH,
JW

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