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I've got this machine for over an year now, and last friday, I shut it down normally, but on the other day I rebooted it, and it took a long time to load, as well as it changed to "Classic theme", having a message that Windows couldn't connect to one of it's services. I've done and attempted many fixes and I still don't understand why it doesn't work. I've tried these various solutions:

The services.msc, the changing back and forth(works, but when I reboot it, it returns to point zero), safe mode with a code line I found in a forum saying it would fix it, the regular "greyed out" solution.

These solutions included registy changes, stopping/starting services, and force starting the aero theme.

As none of those worked, I'm asking here for help, as this is very unpleasant to deal with everytime I turn the computer on.

EDIT: I've tried the Microsoft FIX IT tool as well, it identified the problem, but was not able to fix it, it suggested for me to use the troubleshooter of my computer, but it only froze and stayed like that.

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  • Designs service is running?
    – bummi
    Jun 5, 2013 at 19:06
  • Have you changed your theme? Right-click on your desktop and choose Personalize. Pick the "Windows 7" theme and see if that changes things.
    – Wolfizen
    Jun 5, 2013 at 20:29
  • @bummi Yes it is, apparently at least, resetting the services does fix it for the time being, but once I shut down the computer I've gotta do it again.
    – Carlos
    Jun 7, 2013 at 0:18
  • @wolfo9999 It's disabled, I can't change it, only to a few themes that are the same but with high contrast effects.
    – Carlos
    Jun 7, 2013 at 0:20
  • maybe one of the reasons mentioned here? howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/…
    – bummi
    Jun 7, 2013 at 5:16

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Goto Control Panel > Admin Tools > Services, and ensure Themes is set to start automatically, and also start it if it is not started already.

I just spent 4 hrs trying all the solutions I had found, i.e. regedit, re-install drivers, etc... Looks like I had put it to manual at some point when I had disabled aero, and guess I didnt realise it affects aero.

Hope this solved the problem.

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