Hi there everyone

This is my first post... I did search for the solution elsewhere but to no avail.

So i got some new hardware for my ever-aging pc, I formatted my drive and reinstalled windows. So I decided my desktop will need some sprucing up after lloking at this: http://www.deviantart.com/#order=9&q=invi

So everything went as it was supposed to, no hiccups or problems. So i rebooted and the color of the window bacgrounds (shell color i think) reverted to the default grey (Should be black from the skin) . So I fiddled with the settings: force shell coloring, always use this shell, etc. After I applied these settings it worked, it changed the color to what is was supposed to be, until i rebooted. It keeps changing back to gray.

Next I went into the advance settings in the display settings, in appearance and after i fiddled with somw settings and tried to apply it I got an error saying the visual style could not be applied. But the color DOES change. But i dont want to do this every time I reboot.

I first supsected a software conflict, but what can it be? It was a clean install. Maybe TuneUp Utilities?

Windows Xp SP3

Windowblinds 6.2

MSI 790 G45

Athlon X2 5000+

4GB Kingston 800mhz DIMMS

ATI RX2600XT

500GB Seagate

160GB Western Digital.

Any Ideas??