2.2.1 Login displays `old` 2.1.3 login style.

I have an Advanced 2.2.1 upgrade. The Manager login still displays the pre-2.0 login panel. This has been going on since a 2.1.3 upgrade to 2.0.0.

I cleared the core/cache/ Cleared my browser cache. Cleared cache in Manager. Flushed Sessions.

Viewing the Manager files, they all got updated. So..... what can I do to manually replace the login screen files? I don't see where Setup writes over manager/index.php (which is what I think the fault lies).

Be nice to show my client that the login is no longer that boring grey.

If using advanced, make sure all of the core files are writable by the PHP process; otherwise, it will fail to update those files when installed.

All of them are writeable, and always have been. The server is IIS7.5 - would that make a difference? The Manager is writeable... I wonder if I could just manually upload a few files to correct place in Manager...

I would not recommend using anything on Windows that depends on is_writable() checks, like the Advanced installer. Have you tried using the Traditional?

Can't. MODX Support did Rhe original install for client.

I know how to covert trad to adv. how to do it the other way around? Just upload traditional and move core to wwwroot do you think?

Should work, though you'll need to update the config.core.php files manually with the custom core path in the root, manager/ and connectors/ directories.

The core/ is outside the wwwroot. Couldn't I just rename the core/ to harden, move it to the wwwroot, and change the name of connectors/ and manager/ ?

That way the core/ will probably inherit the permissions of wwwroot and it'll be less of a hassle?

Advice please! Thank you as always.