I've never given it much thought but now that I reflect on the remarks made here I think it might be a good idea to dig into it. It's a rainy day...
FYI, This malady is most often caused by opening Explorer or My Computer and clicking on the Tools > Folder Options > File Types > selecting...
No sweat RedLeaf. Thanks for the feedback so others can share. I have often heard mixed reviews about the Magic Jelly Bean tool. It seems to...
Hi Martin, glad you're still around. You should be able to fix that easy enough. Run Regedit and drill back to that Key again. Right click...
Great! I made that for my own use but have never got to test it fully. Thanks for the report. I'll keep it on there for others to use now that...
Try this one. Download and run to create a selectable dual boot floppy. I've never tested it but in theory it should work - let me know. Dual...
I tried it long ago on my pre-loaded HP and the OEM Product Code retrieved via Jelly Bean wouldn't work for me. I think we can assume that any...
System Restore is certainly worth a shot. Do your backup before going into anything drastic. If you never get on the Internet, you may be OK...
From what I hear, Magic Jelly Bean can be used for that purpose. Also, Everest does that and gives many other useful details about your system....
OK, now I see. I was hung on the restart and it was shutting down. I would hope the event viewer would chronicle any event that traumatic but...
Did you disable Automatic Restart on System Failure? That may allow you to view an error screen to get further corrective information.
I don't think your MOBO is bad. Aborting an OS install can cause some very strange problems. If it were me, I would do a backup image and run a...
It sounds like you have run Disk Cleanup and tagged the "Compress Old Files" box. The default setting (user selectable under Options) is to...
That's from another thread that describes a problem that may be relevant to yours. Also check that some other needed service may be inadvertantly...
Check by running services.msc from the Run window and verifying that Remote Procedure Call is running. It should be set to Automatic. The Remote...
Press the F8 key immediately after POST and when presented with the Options Menu, look for the one that says "Disable Automatic restart on System...
Download - unzip - run the following Doug Knox EXE Files Association Fix.
Take a look at FinePrint. I think it may offer that option. It's free to try.
It works in XP Home as TonyT outlined. Joe, the problem is you're trying to delete the active system drive. Be happy that it doesn't do that. :eek:
Here is a good place to start. You can selectively get what you need or else get all from a certain date forward....
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