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    Default OT: Why does my Windows 7 look so oldschool?

    Hey guys,

    I recently bought a Asus EEE pc 1018p for school and today i upgraded the ram to 2 gigs and i don't know if that's what caused it, but now my windows looks super oldschool (like windows 98). The taskbar is all gray, the start button actually says star instead of showing a little windows icon. I'm sure it's just a setting i need to change but i dont know how to do it.

    here's what i looks like:


    how do i get it looking like it should?

    thanks
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    Either your video card cant handle Aero, or you have the settings turned down.
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    Oh, reading your post, . its cause you have a netbook. Netbooks cant handle all the bells and whistles of fullblown windows 7
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    Did you check your control panel? Pretty sure you can choose whether or not you want it to have the older look.
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    that or youre somehow in safe mode.

    change your theme/ install a new one and you should be good to go
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    Go to START and type "visual effects" into the search field. Select "ADJUST THE APPEARANCE AND PERFORMANCE OF WINDOWS". In that window, select "ADJUST FOR BEST APPEARANCE".

    This will turn everything on, and that will likely bog your netbook down. If it does, you can uncheck stuff in the box below to get a balance between pretty and performance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nem0nic View Post
    Go to START and type "visual effects" into the search field. Select "ADJUST THE APPEARANCE AND PERFORMANCE OF WINDOWS". In that window, select "ADJUST FOR BEST APPEARANCE".

    This will turn everything on, and that will likely bog your netbook down. If it does, you can uncheck stuff in the box below to get a balance between pretty and performance.
    Thanks man! Problem solved! im probably going to end up leaving it on ''adjust for best performance" but i was just scared that the ram upgrade had screwed something up since it looked like it should before the upgrade.

    thanks again!
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    NP at all. Glad to get you sorted.

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    im having the same problem but my computer turns that way when i change to an installed theme and goes back to normal when i change the theme to the regular windows 7 theme what could be causing it to change it use to change to installed themes and it would work fine
    the second picture is how it use to look like.

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    The theme dictates the appearance. "Classic" themes will give you that old school look. I would move away from themes altogether.
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