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[ShadowFox]

Of course you probably know this, but messing with your registry can be potentially dangerous and not recomended unless you know what you are doing. So I'm not responsible if you mess it up

Before starting, make sure you have a favourite visual style in use, if you change your theme it is likely you'll have to go through this again, no biggie as we are making a file to run and enter the data into the registry, so anytime you change your theme, just run the file!

Open up the Registry Editor by going to Start -> Run -> and typing regedit followed by enter. Browse to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager

Right click on ThemeManager and choose Export, and then save the reg file anywhere you like, with any name. I called mine ThemingShutdown

Edit your saved registy file in Notepad and edit the following line:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager

so that it says:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager

Save the file, and then execute your registry file. Now shut down and see your work

I'm not sure if this works on all Operating systems but it worked on my Server 2003 as well as XP (it's home converted to professional).

Thanks for Modding with Jay

[RedInferno]

Good guide shadow!

[ShadowFox]

Thanks... if I can manage I'll get some screenies of the shut down