Alan

The best web site I know for OE knowledge is:-

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/problems/

Anyone out there help.

Since downloading/installing IE7 most of the time the last window will not close. Also when it does close and I go to shut down it often will not do so, and although I sometimes get the message showing 'Windows is shutting down' nothing happens even after 5 mins, and I have to manually press the shut down button on the tower.
I am running windows XP, with sp2. This did not occur until the installation of IE7.

greekman

I am getting some of his sh*te with IE7, too.

Things have generally speeded up for me of late after getting rid of a lot of extra Google Too Bar stuff, which I didn't have as much of before I installed IE7 as I did after.

That is, I did have a Google Tool Bar wth IE6 but a lot of extra add-ons mysteriously seemed to have appeared during the IE7 installation. I have now switched them off, particularly one, which was scanning my whole machine so as to allow Google to search it for me as a desk top facility.

Thanks DocProc,

I will try same as you over the weekend and let you know the result.
Cheers Greek.

I'm not getting any problems at all with IE7. Greekman, why don't you try re-installing? It might flush out your problem.

Bolshi,

Thanks that will be my plan if DocProc's suggestion does not work.

Problem sorted :-)

Self19

Re your post 5137. Sorry about the delay - I've been away.

The only operating systems that have the remote desktop server built in are Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP Pro. XP Home does not have it neither does Win 2K although you could probably buy some 3rd party software for that but your best bet is Win XP Pro.

I have what appears to be a Windows failure on my main computer. Windows XP Pro SP2 running. My daughter tends to be the main user these days as I have my trusty lappie. She is usually on MSN with friends and constantly downloading pics and god knows what else, making websites from Piczo.com etc etc.

Today the thing froze on her and a reboot resulted in the black DOS page saying there was a problem, either start Windows Normally or start using last known working configuration, or use Safe Mode. Usually, last known good config is sufficient, but none of these works. The safe mode comes up with a long list of file names which I have to escape from. The others reboot into the same black DOS screen.

What happens here is there is a millisecond exposure of a blue screen (the sort that shows the technicals of an error - xxxoooooo263784995 etc - you know the thing) but it doesn't stay long enough for me to read it. Instead it just tries to load Windows but goes "click" and presto - black DOS screen.

I assume I have a Windows corruption, and I have no idea what all the BIOS stuff means when I press DEL or TAB to get into those working screens for techies.

Can someone suggest what the problem might be and whether I have any remedies?

The loss of data isn't critical (my daughter might argue otherwise) and I some stuff backed up on a Western Digital hard drive although quite how I recover it I'm not sure. I don't have a boot disk, which may be my fault for not making one?

Thoughts are appreciated before I decide to simply reload Windows from the original Disk and start afresh!

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Bones

Reloading Windows from the original disk is a last resort, and as the problem may be disc corruption I suggest that in that event, you invest 50 in a new hard disk and install to that. That would leave everything on your old disk for later recovery and is the route you should take if data is important.

As you're not too worried about the data, you should be able to recover the disk by using utillities on the original installation disk. Boot from the installation CD and select the recovery console option (I forget the exact entry path, but it comes up before the main installation, and is the recovery option that does not need a boot disk).

The recovery console will boot into an MSDOS type screen and has a number of recovery commands - including help. Most of them are really good for experts, but mere mortals can use chkdsk. Type chkdsk followed by a space then /? followed by enter to find a list of options.

From memory, you should use chkdsk c: /r but you need to verify the syntax. This will check and attempt to repair any disk errors, when it is finished try rebooting the computer if it still refuses to load windows, boot from the installation disk again, follow the prompts untill it finds your existing installation and you will be given an option to attempt repair of the system. When you select this, the original installation will be recovered but with most of your programs and preferences still installed. You will have to go through multiple Windows updates to bring the system up to date.

Bones, is this any help - following on from Optimist's post:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

BTW - It was Symantec that was causing my Outook Express to fail on startup. All fixed now.... Thanks for the help earlier.

DocProc,Bolshi,

Update.

Just after I received your advice, several priority security updates were received from Microsoft. I installed these and now everything is fine. Must have been a weakness in the new IE7 system, or a niggle in my own set up that the updates cured.
But anyway, Thanks again to both.
Greek.

Optimist, Seymour, thanks for those advices. I am not confident I can decipher a lot of that MS spiel so it might be a case of forking out for an IT guy in the end.

Bones

If you get proffesional help, then check what it will cost and what they will do first. It should not be a difficult job but could be time consuming. A proper IT guy should be able to take an image of your existing disk without making any changes that make things worse, repair the disk image and then copy to the new hard drive.

If you are based in the South Midlands, I could help you.

Edit If it's done properly, you should lose little or no data and not too many program settings.

My local 'Techies' (Computer Doctors), wot I use from time to time when the going gets a bit rough, send out a Newsletter to me every so often.

It is accessible online and has lots of good stuff, including a lot of recommended and free software downloads - and I would trust their site, which you can access from the Newsletter, as an excellent place to download them from, too.

Interestingly, they recommend 'KeConnect' as a broadband supplier and I must say, KeConnect do seem to check out very well in the ADSL comparisons for 'speed, reliability and customer service'.

You can read the Newsletter here: http://www.computerdoctors.uk.net:80/newsletter/autumn/aut2006.htm

A query on downloading drivers please chaps.
I have 2 driver updates that I want to do. They are for my Nvidia card and my monitor. I worry that I will have to delete the old drivers first before uploading my new ones.
I could just envisage deleting the old drivers and pzzssttt (technical expression) - no display.
S**t creek without a paddle springs to mind.

Even without the proper drivers the display usually works with reduced festures such as resolution and numbers of colours using the default Windows generic driver.

Control panel
systems
device manager
display adapters
double click on your graphics adapter
driver
update driver

You will notice that there is also a button that says 'Roll back driver' which you can use if you are not happy with the new driver.

Thanks Haystack. I really didn't know about that facility! Easy peasy!
I've been trying to make things more complicated than I should.
Thx again.