I have read the information in the forums re: missing DISPLAY PROPERTIES tabs. Well, sorry to bring it back up, but I a smiliar problem, I think. When I right-click on my desktop, and go to PROPERTIES, I get the DISPLAY PROPERTIES box, with no tabs. If I select, for example, MY CURRENT THEME and click APPLY, I get a PLEASE WAIT modal, and THEN my tabs pop up. I looked in the registry for the .../POLICIES/SYSTEM key, but there is no /SYSTEM area, only /POLICIES/EXPLORER. Can someone tell me how to fix this problem? WinXP Home SP2 on a Compaq Presario Notebook, R3140US model, NVidia graphics card. Thanks.

lencooley, Give the possible fix in Response Number 1 in the thread at the link below. Restore All Display Tabs Fix Tufenuf

Thank you. I tried that, but it didn't restore the tabs. Suggestions as to what I might try next?

Copy the following into Notepad and call the file display.reg and Double-click the reg file to import into the Registry. This will restore all your display tabs. Text that needs to be copied into Notepad: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoActiveDesktopChanges"=hex:00,00,00,00 "NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000 "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 "ClassicShell"=dword:00000000 "NoThemesTab"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000 "NoColorChoice"=dword:00000000 "NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000 "NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000 "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000 "NoDispCPL"=dword:00000000 "NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000 "NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000000 "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000 "NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000 "NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000 "SetVisualStyle"=- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop] "NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000 Regards, Jay

If this doesnt help, you might have to upgrade your display drivers.

Ok, I followed your directions, and when I double-clicked on the file I created called display.reg, I got a modal that said REGISTRY EDITOR Cannot import C:\Documents and Settings\Len\My Documents\display.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor. OK Is there something I need to do to the display.reg file to make it fly?