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Help! "Start" button in Windows XP gone! Desktop icons have mysterious glow!
Posted on 11/30/2004 9:01:52 PM PST by jdm
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To: martin_fierro
LOL! See #40 for a picture of the "perp".
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posted on
12/01/2004 8:13:11 AM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: jdm
If you can get to a C:\prompt by possibly using a 3 1/2" startup disk (you
did make that system disk after buying the PC, right?)...you can run the following command to restore the registry:
scanreg /restore
Select one of the registry cabs that says "started" next to it and give it a shot.
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posted on
12/01/2004 8:33:29 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(All I ask from livin' is to have no chains on me. All I ask from dyin' is to go naturally.)
To: shibumi
I have a MAC G4... never any problems... no viruses... nada. My brother has a PC and crashes at least once a year.
Rush Limbaugh swears by MAC's. Convert brother... convert!
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posted on
12/01/2004 8:43:38 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“And where do 'youz get off 'callin me Nick?!” -Sheldon Leonard)
To: SandyInSeattle
Now that looks like a neat hangout for a contented cat!
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posted on
12/01/2004 9:04:47 AM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: MikeinIraq
Not if he upgraded to XP from a prior version of Windows. Windows ME, 98, and 2000 all supported FAT32 as native formats.
To: jdm
You can reinstall XP and it will find your programs and reinstall most of them automatically, assuming they are not missing critical files.
The .log files are not required for the computer to operate, but their loss can be indicative of greater problems (although .log files are always left open and are therefore the most likely hurt when anything is lost).
I'm sorry you are having this sort of problem.
Hard drives use a several MB buffer to operate. Any set of files in the buffer that weren't written to the drive (due to a large data move) are lost when the power goes off or a bug hits. This buffer can be turned off to greatly minimize damage by going into your System icon in Control Panel and unchecking the appropriate selection on the hard drive.
To: ScottM1968
Thanks a lot, Scott. I'll be reinstalling Windows later tonight. I appreciate your help, just like everyone else here who posted. Thank you everyone.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:48:56 PM PST
by
jdm
(Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
To: jdm
I wouldnt personally, but if you cant find your PRO disc, you got to do something right?
There is a repair installation option, but you need the disc to do it.
No problem...part of the job...
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posted on
12/01/2004 8:46:45 PM PST
by
MikefromOhio
(39 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
To: SandyInSeattle
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posted on
12/15/2004 2:16:00 PM PST
by
Max Combined
(Clinton is "the notorious Oval Office onanist")
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