I was flitting around with Windows XP Themes. I found a way to install custom ones. I was er, trying to install a Windows 7 Aero theme. I was also trying to make it a theme which I can access without having to open a file. I was in Display Properties, see, and it was selected to the Windows 7 theme, I saw that it was all black, but I figured it was a bug or something and would change it in the appearance tab later.
Big mistake.
Turns out, I have no idea about theme/theme files and how the work.
When I hit apply, almost everything on the screen went black. Not the natural black. I could see my icons and their names, but almost nothing else. I still can't. I can tell everything is there, I just can't see it. I tried to go back to display properties from the control panel, but the entire windows was blackened, too.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 With Windows XP SP3 and Ubuntu 9.10 dual-booted.
I got this laptop from someone else.
It doesn't seem to be able to read my installation disc, but I did find a Windows XP Reinstallation disk for Dell computers.
That worked, but I ended up getting the Blue Screen of Death, something about a hardware error, but maybe that's because I've been turning it on and off repeatedly.
Please help!
