On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:06:41 -0400, you wrote: >On 16 Apr 2005 at 8:33, Hugh Gundersen wrote: >> When "windows" re-started all was normal except that now when I >> right click on a drive letter to get properties et al windows >> crashes and restarts? > >If it was just the explorer shell crashing I would suggest an >errant context menu handler. You can edit the registry to disable >the right click context menu handlers. >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers > >A crash of windows itself seems a bit too extreme though. It >suggests severe corruption of the file system. Do you get a blue >screen error? Any reference to the filesystem device drivers (like >ntfs.sys?). As James suggested, running Chkdsk to detect/fix any >disk problem might be in order.
Hi Gerrard No blue screen but here is the rub..... Found out later my multi-media keyboard drivers were killed off. I have re-installed but I cannot understand why when I restored from the backup it still didnt work. Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
