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11-20-2008	#9 (permalink)
swingdjted Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (6.0, Build 6001) 9 posts	Re: Vista Taskbar now a light gray I have the same problem: Gray taskbar when windows are either restored or minimized and black when maximized. I like the black and hate the gray (a.k.a. "graphite"). Is there a way to adjust settings so that will keep it the black style all the time? The graphite looks bad with my desktop wallpaper, but the black would look good if I could keep it that way.
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