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Folder View repair - no joy
Mike Maltby wrote (re missing thumbnails):
Select Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SPI and Internet Tools in Add/Remove Programs, and then from the menu that opens select Repair. . . Thanks for the advice but none of it worked (no newer updates found). Run: regsrv32 thumbvw.dll hasn't worked either. It seems there's no toolbar script on my pc configured to activate thumbnails in the namespace. FYI, I installed a display driver update from Nvidia 2 wks ago, but missed saving my previous display profiles. Nvidia update has desktop manager full of confusing options, but uncertain if update is reversible. There's now a conflict with Zone Alarm and forced pc shutdowns are common. RE thumbnails - all I need, I suppose, is the appropriate script. --Jeremy Stanford |
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If you think that the Nvidia update may be linked to the problem, are you
able to re-install the original video drivers? Do you have the original disk? If so, uninstall the Nv utilities and then 'Remove' any/all display drivers and monitors shown in Device Manager. But do it in Safe Mode, rather than just trying to 'update' in Normal Mode. (It makes a cleaner job and gets rid of conflicting registry entries, which can often cause other issues) Mart "Jeremy Stanford" wrote in message ... Mike Maltby wrote (re missing thumbnails): Select Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SPI and Internet Tools in Add/Remove Programs, and then from the menu that opens select Repair. . . Thanks for the advice but none of it worked (no newer updates found). Run: regsrv32 thumbvw.dll hasn't worked either. It seems there's no toolbar script on my pc configured to activate thumbnails in the namespace. FYI, I installed a display driver update from Nvidia 2 wks ago, but missed saving my previous display profiles. Nvidia update has desktop manager full of confusing options, but uncertain if update is reversible. There's now a conflict with Zone Alarm and forced pc shutdowns are common. RE thumbnails - all I need, I suppose, is the appropriate script. --Jeremy Stanford |
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(no newer updates found).
I'm not certain how that is relevant when repairing Internet Explorer via Add/Remove Programs however you seem to have far greater problems than just being, presumably, unable to see thumbnails. Since your problems apparently stem from your updating your NVidia drivers what happens when you use system restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before these problems began? BTW the standard fix for repairing thumbnails is not to repair IE (although that should fix them)but rather to reregister thumbvw.dll as follows: At a command prompt such as Start | Run type: REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL and press enter. This should re-register thumbvw.dll and hopefully add back the necessary missing registry entries. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jeremy Stanford wrote: Mike Maltby wrote (re missing thumbnails): Select Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SPI and Internet Tools in Add/Remove Programs, and then from the menu that opens select Repair. . . Thanks for the advice but none of it worked (no newer updates found). Run: regsrv32 thumbvw.dll hasn't worked either. It seems there's no toolbar script on my pc configured to activate thumbnails in the namespace. FYI, I installed a display driver update from Nvidia 2 wks ago, but missed saving my previous display profiles. Nvidia update has desktop manager full of confusing options, but uncertain if update is reversible. There's now a conflict with Zone Alarm and forced pc shutdowns are common. RE thumbnails - all I need, I suppose, is the appropriate script. --Jeremy Stanford |
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Folder View repair - no joy
-----Original Message-----
(no newer updates found). I'm not certain how that is relevant when repairing Internet Explorer via Add/Remove Programs You mentioned it in your initial advice. however you seem to have far greater problems than just being, presumably, unable to see thumbnails. True. Since your problems apparently stem from your updating your NVidia drivers what happens when you use system restore to roll your system back System Restore - yes, it hasn't been operative for months, I'll be coming back on this ...! BTW the standard fix for repairing thumbnails is . . . Start | Run type: REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL Mike Maltby MS-MVP See my previous response Run: regsrv32 thumbvw.dll hasn't worked either. Your advice IS appreciated. I'll try reversing the downloaded Nvidia update - suspect Nvidia won't supply old format, so must trust I have the old driver available. --Jeremy Stanford |
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-----Original Message-----
It would have helped if you'd stuck then to the original thread and I and others could have seen your post in context. :-) Apologies - using "expanded view" now. I've now solved the absent thumbnails problem, and replaced display driver, by a less orthodox route. I found myself with the Windows Recovery CD in place during a restart so opted for (No.2) a reinstall of Windows with old files intact. However, System Restore still won't operate. The message as always is "...not able to create a restore point. Please restart and [run again]". I have tried to fix it previously... removing H,S,R attributes and renaming... but the replacement folder still didn't work. Some history - one year ago Windows entry stopped and only DOS was available. A local 'expert' reinstalled the hard drive by copying it, he said. So I have an old hidden drive that isn't identified by Windows. Certainly, I have half the memory available than before, now 128MB RAM 46% free. I cannot tell when SysRestore went duff - it is only called upon when needed. Might this be the source of the SysRestore problem? --Jeremy Stanford |
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Folder View repair - no joy
Jeremy,
Your system restore problem. First, check that you don't have a wininit.ini file. If you do, rename this to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works then you possibly have a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time you boot your system. One known example is tgcmd.exe from the late lamented @Home another is a program called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I understand that disabling it in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your system but enable you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED needs to be "switched off" whilst using SR to either create or restore to a previous checkpoint. McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new wininit.ini file each time the system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 - "Error Message: System Restore Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092). If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running SCANREG /FIX from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that the system will re-boot so don't have any applications open when doing this. I suggest this because the same message is also displayed when the registry has been corrupted in some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage. Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and allow you to create a manual check point. Finally you may want to carry out a quick test of system restore to check that all is now OK; a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file. b) Create a manual checkpoint c) Delete the shortcut d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created. Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages? -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jeremy Stanford wrote: Apologies - using "expanded view" now. I've now solved the absent thumbnails problem, and replaced display driver, by a less orthodox route. I found myself with the Windows Recovery CD in place during a restart so opted for (No.2) a reinstall of Windows with old files intact. However, System Restore still won't operate. The message as always is "...not able to create a restore point. Please restart and [run again]". I have tried to fix it previously... removing H,S,R attributes and renaming... but the replacement folder still didn't work. Some history - one year ago Windows entry stopped and only DOS was available. A local 'expert' reinstalled the hard drive by copying it, he said. So I have an old hidden drive that isn't identified by Windows. Certainly, I have half the memory available than before, now 128MB RAM 46% free. I cannot tell when SysRestore went duff - it is only called upon when needed. Might this be the source of the SysRestore problem? |
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Folder View repair - no joy
Mike/Jeremy
Since the system has been restored using the CD, I suspect that the 290700 patch is no longer applied... and all the other patches need checking as well A scan with Belarc Advisor should sort out the wheat from the chaff! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "Mike M" wrote in message ... Jeremy, Your system restore problem. First, check that you don't have a wininit.ini file. If you do, rename this to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works then you possibly have a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time you boot your system. One known example is tgcmd.exe from the late lamented @Home another is a program called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I understand that disabling it in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your system but enable you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED needs to be "switched off" whilst using SR to either create or restore to a previous checkpoint. McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new wininit.ini file each time the system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 - "Error Message: System Restore Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092). If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running SCANREG /FIX from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that the system will re-boot so don't have any applications open when doing this. I suggest this because the same message is also displayed when the registry has been corrupted in some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage. Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and allow you to create a manual check point. Finally you may want to carry out a quick test of system restore to check that all is now OK; a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file. b) Create a manual checkpoint c) Delete the shortcut d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created. Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages? -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jeremy Stanford wrote: Apologies - using "expanded view" now. I've now solved the absent thumbnails problem, and replaced display driver, by a less orthodox route. I found myself with the Windows Recovery CD in place during a restart so opted for (No.2) a reinstall of Windows with old files intact. However, System Restore still won't operate. The message as always is "...not able to create a restore point. Please restart and [run again]". I have tried to fix it previously... removing H,S,R attributes and renaming... but the replacement folder still didn't work. Some history - one year ago Windows entry stopped and only DOS was available. A local 'expert' reinstalled the hard drive by copying it, he said. So I have an old hidden drive that isn't identified by Windows. Certainly, I have half the memory available than before, now 128MB RAM 46% free. I cannot tell when SysRestore went duff - it is only called upon when needed. Might this be the source of the SysRestore problem? |
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Which is perhaps why I suggested that the poster then try using system restore
after using scanreg /fix. g I agree that a check using Belarc would at least sort out which patches are broken and need to be reinstalled. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Noel Paton wrote: Mike/Jeremy Since the system has been restored using the CD, I suspect that the 290700 patch is no longer applied... and all the other patches need checking as well A scan with Belarc Advisor should sort out the wheat from the chaff! |
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Folder View repair - no joy /SystRestore
Mike Maltby,
Have tried all recommendations - but no wininit.ini or tgcmd.exe files; ACCESS DENIED search returns too many folders and files to identify anything wrong; and scanreg /fix hasn't fixed it. I currently have several recurring error messages on startup or later. 1.Vsmon has caused error - will close. 2.Tapisrv has caused error - will close. 3.Error in Wind\Sys\NvCpl.dll - missing entry NvStartup. 4.You are using Selective Startup. [Yet all are unchecked] The first two may be with Zone Alarm but reinstall of ZA has made no difference. The second follows my Windows reinstall from CD.. I'm concerned that fixing this may return the updated display driver that I don't want. I can't figure the fourth. I have run Belarc Adviser. I would like to know if any reinstalls may improve SYSRestore and if I need to install *all* the Win updates. FYI, all details as follows: DataAccess Q318203 on 20/05/2003 (details...) Q329414-25 on 20/05/2003 (details...) DirectX DX819696 (details...) Reinstall! Internet Explorer Q330994 (details...) Q813489 (details...) Q818529 (details...) Q824145 (details...) Q828750 (details...) Q832894 (details...) Q837009 (details...) SP1 (SP1) Windows Media Player WM320920.1 (details...) Reinstall! Windows Media Player (continued) WM828026 (details...) Reinstall! WinME UPD273017 (details...) UPD273991 (details...) Reinstall! UPD287564 (details...) UPD290700 (details...) Reinstall! UPD314757 (details...) Reinstall! UPD323172 (details...) Reinstall! UPD323255 (details...) Reinstall! UPD329048 (details...) Reinstall! UPD329115 (details...) Reinstall! UPD811630 (details...) Reinstall! UPD812709 (details...) Reinstall! UPD825119 (details...) Reinstall! UPDQ823559 (details...) P.S. Sorry my probs. are dominating the newsgroup. --Jeremy Stanford |
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