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I’m having some of probs with my computer. My OS is Win XP, but under the Appearance tab in Display Properties, the Windows and buttons drop-down displays only the Windows Classic option. I cannot find the XP that I expect to see there. The result is I can't enjoy the beautiful blue background of Windows XP.

Secondly, my date change buttons doesn't respond in System Restore. I have also checked that System Restore is still running. Can anyone help?

The most common cause of your first problem is that the Themes service has become disabled.

To fix this, Start >> Run, type services.msc and press [Return]. Scroll down the list until you find the Themes entry. Double-click this, click Start and set its Startup type to Automatic. Click OK and close. You should now be able to access Themes.

Your second problem is probably the result of a corrupt Restore point. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this is to disable System Restore – thus losing all your Restore points in the process – and then re-enable it. To do so, right-click My Computer and select Properties -> System Restore tab. Tick the box marked Turn off System Restore on all drives and click Apply followed by OK. The Restore points will be deleted. Once done, remove the tick and click OK to re-enable System Restore.

It worked, thank you.