Uxtheme installation under Windows XP/2003

[frogger]

i tryd this but upon rebooting when i logged on it gave me an error message about uxtheme.dll not being a good copy or somethin like that, luckily, through the task manager i was able to change it back to the regular uxtheme.dll. I am very weary about trying it again. Could somebody give me instructions about waht i did wrong and how to fix it. Thnx in advance.

-frogger

[msg43]

i tryd this but upon rebooting when i logged on it gave me an error message about uxtheme.dll not being a good copy or somethin like that, luckily, through the task manager i was able to change it back to the regular uxtheme.dll.  I am very weary about trying it again. Could somebody give me instructions about waht i did wrong and how to fix it.  Thnx in advance.

-frogger

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just use the neowin pathcer. Link on the fron't page of the form sorry for spelling tried

[yoshiki]

i have done this patch already.. but when i choose the appearance theme i wanted.. an error window pop up appeared "the visual styles could not be loaded because the file failed to load."

how do i solve this problem? i tried 2 themes (metallic shade and codeopus).. didnt work at all..

[insanekiwi]

did you get the right uxtheme.dll file??

[yoshiki]

did you get the right uxtheme.dll file??

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i have attached a pic of my winver.. i downloaded 5.1.2600.1100.rar, not sure if its right..

after installing that... i run replacer.. copied the original uxtheme from windows then replace it with the 1 i downloaded..

pls advise.

TIA.

[insanekiwi]

you have sp2 rtm aka final. you need one of these files:

http://67.21.149.118:8080/repository/Patch...ndows%20XP/SP2/

i suppose your OS is english. so you need the EN one.

[EYP0097]

I'd hate to sound like a complete beginner at this, but I'm lost with which .dll I have to get. I thought I had gotten the right one, but I get the error message the one guy was getting.

Here's my windows info:

Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp2_gdr.040517-1325 : Service Pack 1

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[insanekiwi]

sp2_gdr? never heard ofthis before? whats your OS language? note: the uxtheme patch isn#t availabel for ALL languages.

[EYP0097]

sp2_gdr? never heard ofthis before? whats your OS language? note: the uxtheme patch isn#t availabel for ALL languages.

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What do you mean? English?

[insanekiwi]

yes, english, french etc.

i'm just curious because i haven't seen sp2_gdr before.

[EYP0097]

yes, english, french etc.

i'm just curious because i haven't seen sp2_gdr before.

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All I know is I got the XP cd from my compter teacher back when I was in my senior year. I speak english, I am from Pennsylvania. I can update it and everything, just not register. It is XP Professional, if that helps.

[insanekiwi]

well, is it english xp professional?

[EYP0097]

well, is it english xp professional?

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Yes

[insanekiwi]

got all the latest updates installed ( sp2 final that is)? because i can't really tell the version from that sp2_gdr. i'm googling for it atm.

[EYP0097]

got all the latest updates instaleld (even sp2)? because i can't really tel lthe version from that sp2_gdr. i'm googling for it atm.

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Thats the thing, I tried SP2 when it had come out, but I had to re-install XP because it literally had my computer acting like it was a 233mHz processor. So no, I don't have it. I was hoping not to ever have it again.

I have every possible update, excluding SP2, on this machine.

[insanekiwi]

so you have sp1? or just xp w/o any updates?

edit: i now know that gdr means General Distribution Releases.

[EYP0097]

so you have sp1? or just xp w/o any updates?

edit: i now know that gdr means General Distribution Releases.

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Yes, I have SP1 and everything else. All 30 or 40 of them.

[leesmithg]

I used the patching utility for uxtheme from windowsX, works fine.

:yes:

[insanekiwi]

sp1 final i guess then?

i'd go for http://67.21.149.118:8080/repository/Patch...1.2600.1106.rar

[EYP0097]

I used the patching utility for uxtheme from windowsX, works fine.

:yes:

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It isn't the pather, that worked great, I just don't know what .dll I was supposed to get. I didn't read into them to well.

[insanekiwi]

I used the patching utility for uxtheme from windowsX, works fine.

:yes:

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oh ya, i totally forgot about that. i'm still half asleep. try the official patcher first. less work, same effort.

http://download.neowin.net/nw_uxtheme.zip

[EYP0097]

sp1 final i guess then?

i'd go for http://67.21.149.118:8080/repository/Patch...1.2600.1106.rar

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I'll give it a shot, and I'll let you know how things turned out.

*edit*

Hey, thanks a lot man. It works fine now. I appreciate the effort you put in for me.

Edited November 29, 2004 by EYP0097

[yoshiki]

you have sp2 rtm aka final. you need one of these files:

http://67.21.149.118:8080/repository/Patch...ndows%20XP/SP2/

i suppose your OS is english. so you need the EN one.

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thanks alot! it worked already.. but then the size of my top right buttons changed size already.. dunno what went wrong.. better than nothing anyway.. thanks once again.

[austinhavican]

this worked wonderfully, thank you very much for this guide.

A++++

austin

[buzlink]

So if I was using the US english version I would use

http://67.21.149.118:8080/repository/Patch...900.2180_EN.rar

and use replacer to replace it?

Thanks for the info

Arggg I hate .rar files!!!