diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/sndvol32/sndvol32.c b/reactos/base/applications/sndvol32/sndvol32.c
index 87fc26a059e..3090bfa4cc7 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/sndvol32/sndvol32.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/sndvol32/sndvol32.c
@@ -574,6 +574,16 @@ DlgPreferencesProc(HWND hwndDlg,
                       IDCANCEL);
             break;
         }
+        
+        case WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE:
+        {
+            HWND hwndControls;
+            
+            /* Forward WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE to common controls */
+            hwndControls = GetDlgItem(hwndDlg, IDC_CONTROLS);
+            SendMessage(hwndControls, WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE, 0, 0);
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/taskmgr/taskmgr.c b/reactos/base/applications/taskmgr/taskmgr.c
index c6d11c0e54d..6778db38931 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/taskmgr/taskmgr.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/taskmgr/taskmgr.c
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ TaskManagerWndProc(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
     case WM_MENUSELECT:
         TaskManager_OnMenuSelect(hDlg, LOWORD(wParam), HIWORD(wParam), (HMENU)lParam);
         break;
+    case WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE:
+        /* Forward WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE to common controls */
+        SendMessage(hApplicationPageListCtrl, WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE, 0, 0);
+        SendMessage(hProcessPageListCtrl, WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE, 0, 0);
+        SendMessage(hProcessPageHeaderCtrl, WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE, 0, 0);
+        break;
     }
 
     return 0;