SP 53483: Enable Visual Style changes in Windows

Symptom: When you navigate to “Start -> Control Panel -> Display” and change the Visual Style in the “Windows and buttons” menu under the “Appearance” tab in the “Display Properties” dialog, you will notice that your change was not saved when you log out and log back in. You will find that the Visual Style reverted back to the default Windows XP style.
Resolution: Modify the system registry settings to enable changes to the Visual Style in Windows.
Category: Desktop

1. Active Desktop components are missing and cannot be added
2. Active Desktop components cannot be added
3. Cannot use other image formats as a Desktop background
4. Disable Screen Saver password protection
5. Enable User settings to be saved in Windows

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