Joseph Tainter wrote:
also installs an icon in my system tray (right side), but msconfig
doesn't show anything that I can recognize to stop it.
That's the sort of thing that Windows' built-in Restore Points might
take care of if you can restore back to the last one before you
installed the r
John Sessoms wrote:
Desktop Restore may be legit, but I bet it's what caused the problem.
You could try dropping back to the last System Restore Point created
before you installed Desktop Restore. That might fully excise Desktop
Restore from the system, which uninstalling it may not.
--
T
"Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is
incredible. I hope someone can help me."
Here's my original question:
http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-October/193785.html
Thanks for the advice, everyone. I've now managed to restore my notebook
screen so that it boots
I stopped writing software that cared about that a while ago, and being
an Microsoft automatic update refusenik I didn't know that, but it's
nice to know.
Adam Maas wrote:
Adding a monitor does not trigger the Authorization phone-home. CPU,
motherboard or boot drive changes are the only trigg
Yes I think so too but as usual uninstalling won't get the mess out of
the system... =(
2009/10/5 John Sessoms :
> From: eckinator
>>
>> Desktop Restore looks legit from what I can see and I tend to rule out
>> a virus as well - it is just not viral behavior - nonetheless you can
>> do an online v
From: eckinator
Desktop Restore looks legit from what I can see and I tend to rule out
a virus as well - it is just not viral behavior - nonetheless you can
do an online virus scan of the setup program at
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus just to be sure.
Also, have you tried uninstalling De
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible.
I hope someone can help me.
I have a Dell laptop running XP. On Wednesday I installed a new, 19",
1280x1024 external Viewsonic monitor. At the same time I installed a
little utility called Desktop R
Adding a monitor does not trigger the Authorization phone-home. CPU,
motherboard or boot drive changes are the only triggers.
-Adam
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:06 PM, P. J. Alling
wrote:
> I think that was just coincidence. What I think triggered it was adding the
> new monitor, then not allowing
When my PC is doing stupid things I generally run crap cleaner,
www.ccleaner.com...
Try this for the system restore http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is
incredible. I hope someone can help me.
I have a Dell
Desktop Restore looks legit from what I can see and I tend to rule out
a virus as well - it is just not viral behavior - nonetheless you can
do an online virus scan of the setup program at
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus just to be sure.
Also, have you tried uninstalling Desktop Restore?
Al
I think that was just coincidence. What I think triggered it was adding
the new monitor, then not allowing XP to phone home to verify the
change. Of course I don't deal with that kind of behavior myself, I run
Win2K.
Joseph Tainter wrote:
"It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digit
It's definitely not the DRM, which only restricts the ability to play
media files in stupid ways.
Most likely this is a registry corruption issue.
Backup and reinstall.
-Adam
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:39 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights Man
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 08:02:33PM -0600, Joseph Tainter scripsit:
> "It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights
> Management system. Though I thought that it only really was this bad
> in Vista."
>
> If that was the case, would Windows give me some message? Why would
> searchi
"It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights
Management system. Though I thought that it only really was this bad in
Vista."
If that was the case, would Windows give me some message? Why would
searching for a hotel trigger this?
Thanks,
Joe
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At 7:34 PM -0600 10/4/09, Joseph Tainter wrote:
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is
incredible. I hope someone can help me.
I have a Dell laptop running XP. On Wednesday I installed a new,
19", 1280x1024 external Viewsonic monitor. At the same time I
installed a littl
It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights Management
system. Though I thought that it only really was this bad in Vista.
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is
incredible. I hope someone can help me.
I have a Dell laptop running
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible.
I hope someone can help me.
I have a Dell laptop running XP. On Wednesday I installed a new, 19",
1280x1024 external Viewsonic monitor. At the same time I installed a
little utility called Desktop Restore, which restores
- Original Message -
From: "David J Brooks"
Subject: OT Computer question CD writer
> My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in
> the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes
> it will show up and some times its not there.
>
> It
David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:17 AM
> Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer
>
>
>> Sorrry. XP home
>>
>> Thats what i though. How hard are these things to replac
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:30 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, so it's XP. Is this an external USB or internal IDE or something
> else. Have there been any automatic updates, that you know of at
> least, lately? Say a large one just before the CD stopped working?
> Come on out w
as others have said, it's a cakewalk to replace.
- Original Message -
From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer
> Sorrry. XP home
>
David J Brooks wrote:
> Sorrry. XP home
>
> Thats what i though. How hard are these things to replace, by some one
> with 10 thumbs
Not hard, you'll only need three of your thumbs. :-)
Really, once you get the case apart far enough to actually replace it,
you need to swap two cables (power and
Ok, so it's XP. Is this an external USB or internal IDE or something
else. Have there been any automatic updates, that you know of at
least, lately? Say a large one just before the CD stopped working?
Come on out with it man.
David J Brooks wrote:
> My PC has started to ignore my CD write
OS?
David J Brooks wrote:
> My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in
> the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes
> it will show up and some times its not there.
>
> It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk
> that i can find.
>
> The name
disks.
>
> From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2008/07/03 Thu AM 11:17:29 GMT
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
> Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer
>
> Sorrry. XP home
>
> Thats what i though. How hard are these things to r
CD-ROM,
> my bet the CD-ROM is toast.
>
> Steve
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Pentax Discuss" ; "Harry Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:09 AM
>
Loose cable?
>
> From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2008/07/03 Thu AM 11:09:03 GMT
> To: "Pentax Discuss" , "Harry Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: OT Computer question CD writer
>
> My PC has started to ignore
PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:09 AM
Subject: OT Computer question CD writer
> My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in
> the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes
> it will show up and some times its not there.
>
> It was installed a
My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in
the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes
it will show up and some times its not there.
It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk
that i can find.
The name on the cover says"Justlink"
Any suggesti
--- Butch Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. Just a quick question for the computer people. I just bought a dual
> monitor card from my housemate. Should I remove the software and my current
> card first or should I leave them in in case of problems with the new card?
> I'm running xp home.
Remove the software first to prevent any conflicts between the two sets
of drivers. If there are any problems with the change over, Windows
will support either card in a generic mode until you can get the proper
drivers installed.
Peace,
will
Butch Black wrote:
Hi. Just a quick question for th
Hi. Just a quick question for the computer people. I just bought a dual
monitor card from my housemate. Should I remove the software and my current
card first or should I leave them in in case of problems with the new card?
I'm running xp home.
Butch
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