A while back I noticed my Display Properties window was the old "win98" style. I 
have done everything I can think of from replacing the desk.cpl to copying DLL's 
from an identical system that is working correctly and still can not get the Win2000 
display properties window to appear correctly. 

The tabs I have in my display window are:
Background (2 column, PATTERN on left, Wallpaper on right) - This is a win98 style 
tab.
Screen Saver
Appearance
Effects 
Settings

Tabs I should have:
Background (single column with "select a background picture") - Win2000 style
Screen Saver
Appearance
Web
Effects Settings.

In essence, my background tab is wrong, and I have no "Web" tab. 

Any ideas on what dll or cpl or anything that might control the display properties 
window so I can get it back to the win2000 style? 

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re: Display Properties window reverted to Win98 Friday, June 27, 2008 at 8:29 am Posted by DEX (11819 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here reinstall the video driver(s) ========== Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:13 am, Jeremy wrote: >A while back I noticed my Display Properties window was the old "win98" style. I >have done everything I can think of from replacing the desk.cpl to copying DLL's >from an identical system that is working correctly and still can not get the Win2000 >display properties window to appear correctly. > >The tabs I have in my display window are: >Background (2 column, PATTERN on left, Wallpaper on right) - This is a win98 style >tab. >Screen Saver >Appearance >Effects >Settings > >Tabs I should have: >Background (single column with "select a background picture") - Win2000 style >Screen Saver >Appearance >Web >Effects Settings. > >In essence, my background tab is wrong, and I have no "Web" tab. > >Any ideas on what dll or cpl or anything that might control the display properties >window so I can get it back to the win2000 style? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Display Properties window reverted to Win98 Friday, June 27, 2008 at 8:52 am Posted by Jeremy (3 messages posted) Nope, reinistalled video driver and still have the wrong version of display properties. I think it's a windows issue with a dll, ocx or other system file but I have replaced just about everyone I could find. Any other ideas besides reinstalling video driver, checking group policy and the registry for "hidden" or corrupt tabs? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Display Properties window reverted to Win98 Friday, June 27, 2008 at 10:48 pm Posted by Maureen Clow (34 messages posted) If you have the Windows 2000 program, you could use the System File checker to check out you files, if there are any that are corrupt or missing, they will be replaced. You could always do a repair with the Windows 2000 cd. On Friday, June 27, 2008 at 8:52 am, Jeremy wrote: >Nope, reinistalled video driver and still have the wrong version of display properties. >I think it's a windows issue with a dll, ocx or other system file but I have replaced >just about everyone I could find. > >Any other ideas besides reinstalling video driver, checking group policy and the >registry for "hidden" or corrupt tabs? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Display Properties window reverted to Win98 Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 9:50 am Posted by Jeremy (3 messages posted) I tried the win2000 repair and still no luck. I suppose this is something that I will have to live with, it isn't really impacting anything, just a pain that it isn't "right". Thanks everyone for the advice. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum