[H] cable modem
Wednesday, September 07 2016, 14:37:39 I have a COX ISP Premium account = Up to 50 Mbps download up to 5 Mbps upload. I use a Motorola docis2 Surfmodem. For the last year or more, Cox keeps asking me to upgrade to a docis3 modem. The only reason I haven't done so is that I am planning a major move by the end of the year so I don't exactly know what new service I will end up... for sure it won't be COX, and I am fine with my internet connection as is.. or I was until recently. I keep getting dropped and having to reset everything and I am starting to buffer video which never happened before. The fiber optic line is 20 feet from where the modem is and I am sure if I call COX they will blame the modem, and to be fair the last time this happened was with my Linksys Docsis1 modem going out. I guess there is no way to definitively test the modem. So for the reasons above I have decided to just get the docsis 3 modem. I could go with the new Motorola docsis3 modem... or the Netgear docisis3 340Mbs modem which is on sale. In as much as I plan to get a new Netgear nighthawk router when I move I am looking at the Netgear modems... does it really matter any more on modem branding. And for the first time I see modems with three levels of speed 340Mbps or 680Mbs all the way to 960Mbs. As a single user why would I need 960Mbs and I should think that ISP account would be very expensive. What does the collective think about all this? Comments, warnings and recommendations please..Thanks. .
Re: [H] Odd Windows 7 problem
On 07/09/2016 3:00 PM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: I had that happen frequently on one computer and eventually found a fix script that I would run then reboot and would all be fixed. I think it was related to corruption of the icon cache or something similar. Well, I tried the rebuild iconcache script, which basically deletes iconcache.db from the %localcappdata%, but the iconcache.db doesn't regenerate and the problem persists. I also tried installing the latest Intel video driver, but no change. T
Re: [H] Odd Windows 7 problem
I had that happen frequently on one computer and eventually found a fix script that I would run then reboot and would all be fixed. I think it was related to corruption of the icon cache or something similar. lopaka From: Thane Sherrington To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 10:36 AM Subject: [H] Odd Windows 7 problem I've run into this a few times, and each time I've been forced to do a repair install to fix it. This time, repair install isn't working, so I'm digging deeper. Here's the problem. On Windows 7 Home and Pro systems, occasionally they will boot up to a desktop with no icons, but the icon labels are visible. When I click the start button, it depresses, but the Start Menu doesn't appear. I can open Task Manager by right clicking the Start Menu or by using Ctrl-Shift-Esc and then I can open a command prompt. I can open Control Panel from the command prompt, but all the icons are missing (although the labels are visible) and I can use the search box to open Control Panel applets. Here's what I've tried so far: 1)Repair install/Inplace Upgrade from the DVD. This works for the first reboot, but after a few reboots, the problem returns. 2)System Restore - I've gone back to a known good restore point, but the problem remains (so no icons when System Restore reboots). 3)SFC /scannow - says it has made changes, but no icons on reboot. 4)Created a new user profile - no change in that profile. 5)Boot to safe mode - no change. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Out of interest, I think the problem may be related to Visual C++ 2013 redistributable, since on this computer, it installed just before the problem started. I tried repairing it, but there was no change. I'm running another SFC before I remove Visual C++ 2013 redistributable. T
[H] Odd Windows 7 problem
I've run into this a few times, and each time I've been forced to do a repair install to fix it. This time, repair install isn't working, so I'm digging deeper. Here's the problem. On Windows 7 Home and Pro systems, occasionally they will boot up to a desktop with no icons, but the icon labels are visible. When I click the start button, it depresses, but the Start Menu doesn't appear. I can open Task Manager by right clicking the Start Menu or by using Ctrl-Shift-Esc and then I can open a command prompt. I can open Control Panel from the command prompt, but all the icons are missing (although the labels are visible) and I can use the search box to open Control Panel applets. Here's what I've tried so far: 1)Repair install/Inplace Upgrade from the DVD. This works for the first reboot, but after a few reboots, the problem returns. 2)System Restore - I've gone back to a known good restore point, but the problem remains (so no icons when System Restore reboots). 3)SFC /scannow - says it has made changes, but no icons on reboot. 4)Created a new user profile - no change in that profile. 5)Boot to safe mode - no change. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Out of interest, I think the problem may be related to Visual C++ 2013 redistributable, since on this computer, it installed just before the problem started. I tried repairing it, but there was no change. I'm running another SFC before I remove Visual C++ 2013 redistributable. T
