KB971029 Autoplay update disabled my Vista theme

I installed this update to "restrict AutoRun entries in the AutoPlay
dialog to only CD and DVD drives" and after reboot my Vista was
transformed to looking like Windows 95. I use System Restore to remove
the patch and everything reverted back to before.

Try it on another machine. Same thing. Both machines are running Vista
Home Basic (updated to SP2)


What has gone wrong??

Hi,

Looking at the files affected by that update, I'd say it's probably normal
as it replaces many of the shell files used by Vista with generic modules
applicable to several different versions of Windows.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"PhiL PhiL" <> wrote in message
news:u%...
>I installed this update to "restrict AutoRun entries in the AutoPlay
> dialog to only CD and DVD drives" and after reboot my Vista was
> transformed to looking like Windows 95. I use System Restore to remove
> the patch and everything reverted back to before.
>
> Try it on another machine. Same thing. Both machines are running Vista
> Home Basic (updated to SP2)
>
>
> What has gone wrong??
>
>
>
>
>
>

So how do I get my Vista theme back? I'm also experiencing the same
problem.

Thx



"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> Looking at the files affected by that update, I'd say it's probably
> normal as it replaces many of the shell files used by Vista with
> generic modules applicable to several different versions of Windows.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "PhiL PhiL" <> wrote in message
> news:u%...
>>I installed this update to "restrict AutoRun entries in the AutoPlay
>> dialog to only CD and DVD drives" and after reboot my Vista was
>> transformed to looking like Windows 95. I use System Restore to
>> remove
>> the patch and everything reverted back to before.
>>
>> Try it on another machine. Same thing. Both machines are running
>> Vista
>> Home Basic (updated to SP2)
>>
>>
>> What has gone wrong??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Hi,

Run services.msc and restart the Themes service.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Mesquire" <=NOSPAM=@mesquire.com> wrote in message
news:...
> So how do I get my Vista theme back? I'm also experiencing the same
> problem.
>
> Thx
>
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Looking at the files affected by that update, I'd say it's probably
>> normal as it replaces many of the shell files used by Vista with generic
>> modules applicable to several different versions of Windows.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "PhiL PhiL" <> wrote in message
>> news:u%...
>>>I installed this update to "restrict AutoRun entries in the AutoPlay
>>> dialog to only CD and DVD drives" and after reboot my Vista was
>>> transformed to looking like Windows 95. I use System Restore to remove
>>> the patch and everything reverted back to before.
>>>
>>> Try it on another machine. Same thing. Both machines are running Vista
>>> Home Basic (updated to SP2)
>>>
>>>
>>> What has gone wrong??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

Thanks for the advice. I tried that already before starting this topic,
but it had no effect whatsoever.

Looks like I have to abandon this patch.


"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> Run services.msc and restart the Themes service.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Mesquire" <=NOSPAM=@mesquire.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> So how do I get my Vista theme back? I'm also experiencing the same
>> problem.
>>
>> Thx
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Looking at the files affected by that update, I'd say it's probably
>>> normal as it replaces many of the shell files used by Vista with
>>> generic modules applicable to several different versions of Windows.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>
>>> "PhiL PhiL" <> wrote in message
>>> news:u%...
>>>>I installed this update to "restrict AutoRun entries in the AutoPlay
>>>> dialog to only CD and DVD drives" and after reboot my Vista was
>>>> transformed to looking like Windows 95. I use System Restore to
>>>> remove
>>>> the patch and everything reverted back to before.
>>>>
>>>> Try it on another machine. Same thing. Both machines are running
>>>> Vista
>>>> Home Basic (updated to SP2)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What has gone wrong??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>