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    Vaio Z XP Downgrade - Want Vaio Silver Theme I had ony my SZ

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by maggini1, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. maggini1

    maggini1 Newbie

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    Just performed a successful XP downgrade on my Vaio Z520, but have noticed that on this copy of the Vaio Silver Desktop Theme/Appearance doesn't exist.

    I had it on my SZ and loved it over the XP Blue. Is there a way to get it back? I still have the restore discs from the SZ.

    Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

    Cheers.
     
    maggini1, Feb 25, 2009
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  2. Brawn

    Brawn The Awesome

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    i don't think the silver desktop theme that you are referring to is specific to vaios,

    i'm guessing you're referring to this: http://i27.tinypic.com/10f752f.jpg

    try right clicking on your desktop>properties>appearance and then look for somewhere to change it to silver

    i did a quick google and found this:
    "The metallic theme is one of three versions of the Luna Theme, the others are olive and blue. If you have the others, but not the silver metallic, then the file that produces it is probably corrupt or missing. That file is:
    C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna\Shell\Metallic\shellstyle.dll
    You may be able to fix it by typing SFC /SCANNOW into the start run window and hitting enter. That will repair and replace lost system files."
     
    Brawn, Feb 25, 2009
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  3. maggini1

    maggini1 Newbie

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    Thanks, Brawn!

    All three Luna themes do indeed show up and I was able to change it to the silver metallic.
     
    maggini1, Feb 25, 2009
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  4. Brawn

    Brawn The Awesome

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    no problem :) glad to help!
     
    Brawn, Feb 25, 2009
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