XP start screen

[Ron_dK]

When I start up my PC with XP, it gives me the (blue) XP theme. However, I made a theme meself and want the PC to start up with that .
I have tried to put mytheme in properties for screen, but it still starts up with that XP ( blue) one. How can I change it to start up with mytheme rather than the blue one.

Appreciate any pointers.

Cheers, Ron

 

[Minkey]

You can do it manually but if you don't do it right your could stop your PC from booting. The easiest way would be to use either BootSkin or BootXP.

 

[Ron_dK]

Thanks for that Minkey, but I'm afraid I didn't explain meself in the right way.
What I want to do is to change the desktop screen :
click somewhere on the desktop : properties : themes.
I can change the theme, but want a certain theme as the default, i.e. ron.theme. I can change that when the PC has started up, but I want the PC to start up with the ron.theme rather than the windows XP.theme.

Or do I really need the bootskin or bootxp thing ?

 

[Minkey]

Ah ok got you now - it should stay as the default for whichever user it was changed for you say it's a .theme file but is the t capitalised ?

I don't see any reason for it not to change but the service itself could be set incorrectly. Can you check under Services Manager (start > run type services.msc) and on Themes > Log On tab is it set as Local System account.

If you like you can PM me a stripped down version (say only the background) and I can try it out on my machine if you like.

Or do I really need the bootskin or bootxp thing ?

nope but if we can fix the issue you could use another theme program - I'll dig out some links when I get home (I'm at work so can't get to most of them )

 

[zelld]

hmm... are you, by chance, on a company network? that can alter the process a little bit...