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Dear Mosaic,

The same crap as always.

Thx

Mills

Yes I want to try.

Since we did a tweak one of the times, I have always been able to register themeui.dll successfully.

I can open display properties but I cannot change wallpaper or theme....

can't u think of anything else?

thx

5.1.2600.2180

I followed the instructions. Ran smitfraud fix, after that i ran the *.exe of this Microsoft utility and did shut down the machine. I rebooted - the problem remains unsolved. I guess this is all?...

shall I rerun smitfraud prior to trying this solution from Microsoft?

Ok, I'll try that tomorrow. I am definitely not confused and sober when saving logs. :D: :bigthumb:

Dear Mosaic,

Results attached

thx

Dear Mosaic,

I followed all the steps. Before reboot I was able to change the wallpaper. After reboot the chosen wallpaper remained as the background of choice but I could not even open display...

Dear Mosaic,

No reg.pol under Adm.

I have emailed you the files requested.

thx

Dear Mosaic,

When I open display properties and click the desktop tab, the list of files is white. It's normal.


I' ve emailed you the files.

thx

I will post replies tomorrow afternoon.

Many thx

Dear Mosaic,

After running Smitfraud fix I was able to change the wallpaper and successfully register themeui.dll.

After reboot I am unable to change the wallpaper or theme BUT I can...

Thx

I will try this on Sunday as I am away.

Kind regards,

Mills

System is in Greek. Yes I mean that,

After Smitfraudfix runs I can go in and change it to anything I like. After restart, I cannot.

I've just emailed you the files.

thx

Yes, display properties pops up when I double-click on custom.theme.

I've e-mailed you the results of the tests.

Hi again,

I am able to change screensaver.

I am unable to change wallpaper or theme.

I will do the tests later on and let you know asap.

thx

Dear Mosaic,

No error messages when deleting custom theme.

I've emailed you two files. The first depicts the system in the state it was after I ran smitfraud.fix - if you remember it corrected...

This access denied message did not reappear.

Thx

Mills

That's crazy. I use the smitfraudfixutility under Windows normal mode and everything works fine. I restart the machine and problem reoccurs. :sad: :sick:

Oh yes, I see what you mean. I've now read and followed the entire article and the other article therein.
I had and still have full control of the respective file. Problem situation remains.

I followed the instructions in the MS KB below:

How to take ownership of a file
Note You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has administrative credentials.

To take...

When I try changing a theme by scrolling the highlighted area using the wheel mouse button (I can't click on an option - the windows just disappears) I get the following error message:

Could not...

I uninstalled SP2 and reinstalled it afresh. Ran Win Update too.

The files are the same version as the SP2 files. E.g. uxtheme.dll is 6.0.2900.2180.

Regards,

Mills

Both *.dll files are in place.

Regards,

Mills

Hi Mosaic,

Sorry for the delay in responding. I was away from PC.

Renaming files didn't help. File Protection failed to kick in in all instances.

No, I did not uninstall SP2 prior to...

I ran regomon and used the filter for 'display'

This is what I received below, among other things

5.34800911 rundll32.exe:3160 QueryValue HKCU\Control Panel\Appearance\DisplayThemesPage NOT...

Hi Mosaic,

and many thx for your help.


1181

1182

I am using NTFS.

Hi Mosaic,

Unfortunately it did not the trick. I reinstalled SP2 but it didn't help either

stupid me. I had to leave space between the words. However it can't run properly. It asks for the WinXPSP2 CD. I insert and I get a message that it is incorrect.

I also noticed that I cannot run sfc/scannow

mantispm.exe 3852 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, COMCTL32.dll,
ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll, GDI32.dll,
...

BTSTAC~1.EXE 2368 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, btins.dll, msi.dll,
ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll, GDI32.dll,
...

explorer.exe 2004 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, msvcrt.dll,
ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll, GDI32.dll,
...

InCDsrv.exe 1696 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, MSVCR71.dll,
USER32.dll, GDI32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,
...

Below are the processes running with explorer.exe. I post this in case you might want to have a look.


========================= ======...

I found dllcache after I selected the VIEW tab and found HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS under FILES and FOLDERS,

and clicked the radio button for SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS

A N D

deselected...

Unable to copy themeui.dll into System32 even under safe mode. I receive the same error message as described in my previous post above. Weird.

I am unable to copy themeui.dll into system 32. I always get a message along the following lines:

Themeui.dll can't be copied. It is being used by another user or program. Close down all programs...

I have done and e-mailed the results to you already

none of my three PCs has dllcache.

C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\themeui.dll
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\themeui.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\themeui.dll

Regmon works. Placed it in C:/

Regmon requires the Load Driver and Debug Privileges. This is the message I get when attempting to run the app.

Hi there,

No dllcache folder found. I made hidden files viewable but no avail. However, Themeui.dll is in System32.

To be more specific the message I get is:

DllRegisterServer in themeui.dll failed. The return code was: 0X80004005

HKLM\Software\Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
AVG Anti-Spyware\(Default) = "{8934FCEF-F5B8-468f-951F-78A921CD3920}"
-> {HKLM...CLSID} = "CContextScan Object"
...

"Silent Runners.vbs", revision 49, http://www.silentrunners.org/
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Output limited to non-default values, except where indicated by "{++}"


Startup items buried in...

Hi Mosaic,

I registered

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

successfully

Running