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Old 11-13-2008   #1 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise
 
 

Set Windows Classic as default theme

Hello all,
Trying to set the Classic theme as the default theme either through the registry (preferably) or an unattend.xml file. Not having any luck so far. Does anyone know a way to do this? Thanks.

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Old 11-13-2008   #2 (permalink)
Richie Hardwick


 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

mena661 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
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>Hello all,
>Trying to set the Classic theme as the default theme either through the
>registry (preferably) or an unattend.xml file. Not having any luck so
>far. Does anyone know a way to do this? Thanks.
You are making matters a lot more complicated than need be.

Right-click the desktop, choose Personalize, then Theme... find your
way from there.

Richie Hardwick
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Old 11-13-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise
 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

Can't use the easy way. Need a registry setting or answer file entry.
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Old 11-13-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise
 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

Figured it out. I did the unattend.xml file entry wrong.
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Old 11-15-2008   #5 (permalink)
Bill Kearney


 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme


"Richie Hardwick" <richiehardwick@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> mena661 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
>
Quote:

>>Hello all,
>>Trying to set the Classic theme as the default theme either through the
>>registry (preferably) or an unattend.xml file. Not having any luck so
>>far. Does anyone know a way to do this? Thanks.
>
> You are making matters a lot more complicated than need be.
Not if he actually needs to perform the setup with out intervention. That's
what unattend.xml is for.
Quote:

> Right-click the desktop, choose Personalize, then Theme... find your
> way from there.
What if he's setting up quite a lot of machines? You're suggesting he'd
have to manually intervene and set the value on each and every one of them?
Why?

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Old 05-04-2009   #6 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise x86
 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

@mena661
What keys did you change in order to set the default theme for users?

marky
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Old 05-04-2009   #7 (permalink)
Manny Weisbord


 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

markybunkface <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
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>@mena661
>What keys did you change in order to set the default theme for users?
>
>marky
Thread has been dead for six months.
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Old 05-04-2009   #8 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise x86
 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Manny Weisbord View Post
Thread has been dead for six months.

I'm aware of that, its not like vista is a legacy os. Hoping he is still subscribed to the thread.

marky
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Old 05-04-2009   #9 (permalink)
Manny Weisbord


 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

markybunkface <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
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>
>Manny Weisbord;1035854 Wrote:
Quote:

>>
>> Thread has been dead for six months.
>
>
>I'm aware of that, its not like vista is a legacy os. Hoping he
>is still subscribed to the thread.
>
>marky
Not your lucky day. That moniker has only posted twice EVER - and
both times were in this thread last November.
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Old 05-05-2009   #10 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise x86
 
 

Re: Set Windows Classic as default theme

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