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Computer Help / Re: Explorer.exe malfunction

« on: May 24, 2013, 06:41:33 PM »

Glad your all fixed up

Since your all set I will lock this thread

And as always...
If your happy with my work. Then all I ask in return is you simply let others know about my site and programs. I help with anything computer or network related
Also always feel free to make a post in the feedback forum.
And a facebook like at the top of the page of my site is nice as well.

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Explorer.exe malfunction

« on: May 24, 2013, 12:44:33 PM »

OK here you go, this is from my XP SP3 system.

Version 6.0.5441.0

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Black Screen

« on: May 24, 2013, 12:05:20 PM »

When you just say a black screen, are you able to pull up the menu before Windows loads to choose safe mode, or does that not even come up?

And on the black screen do you have a blinking cursor in the corner?

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Explorer.exe malfunction

« on: May 24, 2013, 12:04:14 PM »

You can get a Windows 7 disk from here if you need it
https://sites.google.com/site/linuxlablibrary/windows-iso

What you need to do is simply put the Normaliz.dll back into the system32 folder. But you need the correct version.

Is the system still XP or is Windows 7 now?

If it is XP with SP3 I can grab the file from my XP image, if it is Windows 7 I can grab it off my system for you.

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Boot Failure - how to Restore on another desktop ?

« on: May 24, 2013, 12:00:49 PM »

No, what I am saying is the way I have the regback save the registry is by the full folder path. This way you can do an easy copy and paste restore if you can access the files from somewhere else.

Such as a live cd or putting the drive into another machine as a secondary drive, or anything that will give you access tot he drive and copy and paste functions

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Windows 7 vs 8

« on: May 24, 2013, 11:57:55 AM »

You can still buy Windows 7 itself.

As for processor and memory try to get at least a 4 core cpu and at least 4gb of ram or more

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Explorer.exe missing --

« on: May 23, 2013, 05:38:23 PM »

You can try this
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=174077

explorer.exe isnt missing, Normaliz.dll is.

Also make sure to check the drive for bad sectors just to be safe

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Boot Failure - how to Restore on another desktop ?

« on: May 23, 2013, 05:35:24 PM »

If the dos one isnt working then try the live cd trick (last video on this page)
http://www.tweaking.com/articles/pages/tweaking_com_registry_backup_online_help,3.html

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: DVD/CD will play in WMP. Not recognized as burning drive.

« on: May 23, 2013, 05:33:30 PM »

Is the drive able to read normal cds/dvds fine?

And just to confirm, you put the drive in another system and it burned fine?

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Best Free Driver Update Software Download

« on: May 23, 2013, 05:32:15 PM »

I never use software like that. I always download the drivers myself.

If you have a store bought machine you can just go to their product page to grab the drivers.

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Windows 7 vs 8

« on: May 23, 2013, 05:31:31 PM »

I would get one with Windows 7.

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Windows 7 vs 8

« on: May 22, 2013, 02:05:56 PM »

UAC = User Access Control
It is what pops up every time you want to run something as administrator. Suppose to help keep viruses out, doesnt come close lol

And yes stick With 7 for now.

MS has a long history of every other IS being good and the other bad.

Windows 3.1 = Bad (Only because it was the first of its kind)
Windows 95 = Good (Good as it was the starting point of home PCs growing like nothing else)
Windows 98 - Bad (Lots of new things since 95 but unstable and a lot of bugs and missing things)
Windows 98 SE = Good (Bugs worked out and became the most use OS before XP, and was levels better than 95)
Windows ME = Bad (Why the hell they put this out I don't know, but was one of the most unstable and unliked OS's besides vista)
Windows XP = Good (By SP3 XP was rocking and was on almost 95% of pcs)
Windows vista = Bad (Event though they fixed a lot of bugs and made it more stable the damage was done and still not as good as 7)
Windows 7 = Good (What vista should have been, but they pushed vista out to quick, kinks worked out, lower memory usage and faster core.)
Windows 8 = Bad (New UI changes back fired, they are trying to get a piece of the app store pie, seems to be their test bed for so many new things. The worse thing you can do is change the interface that generations have learned on, like taking a bullet in the foot on purpose. Change is good yes, but make change an option, no so drastic)
Windows 9 = Unknown (Will be out in a few years. MS has a way of learning from the last OS since they like to use every other one as a test bed for new things, then keep what worked and dump what didn't)

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Computer Help / Re: Windows store can't connect to the server

« on: May 22, 2013, 01:13:44 PM »

The Windows 8 app store is one of the easiest things I have seen to break, am I am being serious. If there is even a folder missing it needs it will fail (Instead of making the folder it needs) and if you touch any permissions at all in the registry the app store will break.

And of course MS has zero information on what the app store needs or uses so I havent been able to make any fixes for it yet.

When the app store breaks you are only left with the option of doing a repair install (Which keeps all your data) and MS even included Windows 8 restore mode.

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Windows 7 vs 8

« on: May 22, 2013, 01:06:43 PM »

MS is going to release Windows 8.1 later this year and will be a free update for Windows 8 users. BUT we don't know what UI changes they have made, people are saying the start menu will be back but disabled by default.

Who knows. I went back to 7 because the UI was annoying and they would have to do more than give the start menu back to fix that since I was using classic shell anyways for a start menu.

Windows 8 is a little faster than 7 but it is also way easier to break because of their stupid app store lol

Oh and you cant fully turn off UAC anymore in 8 because of the app store. You have to use a reg key to fully turn off the UAC (Which I always turn off, does nothing but teach users to click ok on everything that pops up) BUT if the UAC is off you cant download and use any apps from their app store.

Annoying things like that is why I went back to 7.

Shane

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Computer Help / Re: Computer Management.ink

« on: May 22, 2013, 01:01:38 PM »

Try this reg fix I use on systems. Works on xp and newer

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Fix Manage Computer From Crashing When Running it From The Right Click Of My computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command]
@=hex(2):6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,\
  00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

Shane