How to reverse disabling Win XP bells and whistles

[Ragin Cajun]

I did a search this morning, trying to find a thread I had seen earlier last week about turning off the "bells & whistles" graphics with WinXP in order to free up additional memory to try and run the game. I did this and now have the plain grey screens from Win98/Win2000.

I can't figure out how to turn the "WinXP" desktop back on (with the colorized toolbar, etc).

FYI: When I right click on the toolbar and select properties it shows the colorized toolbar that WinXP defaulted to, but won't show up on the screen. I remember disabling this somewhere else but don't remember where (doh!).

Anyone familiar with this point me in the right direction to turn on the default WinXP stuff?

Thanks,

[fable]

RIght-click My Computer, select System Properties, click the Advanced Tab, click Performance Settings, click the Visual Effects tab.

[Ravager]

It's also under the Display Properties (right click on the desktop and select Properties), I think the settings are under the Appearance tab, then you can select the Win XP or Classic style and the colours.

[Ragin Cajun]

Thanks guys. That's got it fixed back up.