Appearance settings not remaining after reboot - please help!

[MrPipps]

Dear Sirs

My Windows appearance settings to not appear to be remaining after a reboot.

I change the settings by performing the following:

Control Panel > Display Properties > Appearance > (Change drop-down menu to 'Classic Windows Style') > 'Ok'.

But when I restart the company again later that same day, the Windows style has always reverted to the default blue look.

What is going wrong? Please help! Thank you.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

What Operating System are we dealing with?

Has this always been like this?

Are you on an Administrator account, or part of a network?

[MrPipps]

Thank you for your reply, and for the additional information which I should have previously included.

The system is a fresh installation of XP SP3.

I am Administrator, which is the only account currently setup.

As I have only just installed the system, it has consistently been this way since its inception.

What do you think might be the cause?

[Alias]

Is there save changes setting or something? I don't know. i'll let the pros help you. 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Logically, it should work. In fact, I have Classic Mode enabled on this computer right now.

Anyways, you said this:

But when I restart the company again later that same day

I assume you meant you restarted the computer?

[MrPipps]

Yes, I restarted the computer! Exactly! *blush*

I don't know why it's not working.

Would it suggest a problem with my Windows installation?