> CindyLouWhooo <faux@none_gone.com> wrote in
> news:mn.b17d7d781d846784.70004@nonegone.com:
>
>>> CindyLouWhooo <faux@notreal_gone.com> wrote in
>>> news:mn.94e27d78c0eb66e7.70218@notrealgone.com:
>>>
>>>> thanks for being here. I am beaten down and near brainless.
>>>>
>>>> About four months ago, my desktop tab disappeared.
>>>> I have been going from forum to forum trying to find the answer in
>>>> registry settings.
>>>>
>>>> Weekly in safe mode I run:
>>>> my antivirus Avira
>>>> have added AVG
>>>>
>>>> Spybot
>>>> Bughunter
>>>> Smitfraud fix
>>>> Arovax
>>>> Lavasoft Adaware
>>>>
>>>> and two online trojan-antivir-keylogger,etc.scans.
>>>>
>>>> Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
>>>> Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done
>>>> a complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
>>>> KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
>>>> answer.
>>>>
>>>> My house burned down and my church gave me this machine. I feel the
>>>> hurdles I have jumped in fine tuning have been great, except for
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> Can you point me in the direction of what settings I need to change
>>>> in user and machine policies to make my desktop tab come back? This
>>>> has been my life's quest the past few months, and boy am I really
>>>> tired.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi There. I'm late in this. You said your desktop tab was missing
>>> right? Lets see what could be doing that... It's likely a policy key
>>>
>>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...isplaytabs.reg
>>>
>>> If you have trouble with the url, please copy/paste the lines between
>>> **** below
>>>
>>> *****
>>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\
>>> Exp lorer] "NoActiveDesktopChanges"=hex:00,00,00,00
>>> "NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
>>> "ClassicShell"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoThemesTab"=dword:00000000
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\
>>> Sys tem] "NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoColorChoice"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoDispCPL"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000
>>> "NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000
>>> "SetVisualStyle"=-
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\
>>> Act iveDesktop] "NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ThemeMana
>>> ger
>>> ] "ThemeActive"="1"
>>> "DllName"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65, 00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00
>>> ,6f ,00,\
>>> 74,00,25,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72 ,00,63,00,65,00,73
>>> ,00 ,5c,\
>>> 00,54,00,68,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,6c,00 ,75,00,6e,00,61,00
>>> ,5c ,00,\
>>> 6c,00,75,00,6e,00,61,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,73,00,74 ,00,79,00,6c,00,65
>>> ,00 ,73,\ 00,00,00
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>>
>>> This *should* fix your issue for you. copy/paste the contents to
>>> notepad and save it as "fixme.reg" then double click, regedit will
>>> ask if its okay to import, say yes. and post back your results.
>>
>>
>> nothing changed, thank you for trying.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ouch. Okay, so is it the desktop tab missing when you right click and hit
> properties, or are we going in the wrong direction?

yes that is the tab and much thanks