Toolbar Settings Lost After Reboot

[Doug V]

Every time I reboot my computer the toolbar layout and
button sizes revert to the same layout, even though I
changed them before shutting down. The Standard Buttons
bar always reverts to large icons and the Links toolbar is
off to the right. When I change the settings to small
icons and relocate the Links bar, the setting changes are
maintained during the current session, but are lost upon
reboot. Any ideas?

I did have a problem with spyware that added toolbars at
one point, but I believe I have cleaned these up with
Spybot and HijackThis. Could this be a residual effect?

Thanks.

Doug V.

 

[Joel]

Not sure if this will work, but have you tried View-
Toolbar-Lock Toolbars before rebooting. I have mine
locked and don't seem to have a problem with resetting.

 

[Doug V]

Locking the toolbar had no effect. After rebooting, the
toolbars were locked, but they were locked to the old
settings, not the new ones.

 

[dnicholson]

I am also having the same exact issue. I just bought a
brand new computer from Hewlett-Packard XP Professional
last week and booted it up for the first time. With out
any additional software loaded it had this problem. I
spent over two hours on the phone with hp's support and
did not get anywhere. I have reloaded the recovery CD's
and still no fix. Locking the toolbar did not fix it.
I went into the registry and tried locking the Toolbars
manually but not effect. It would be nice to find out
what the issue is......Thanks

 

[Doug V]

For the record, I am running IE 6.0.2800.1106IC SP1, with
all the latest fixes on Windows 98, so whatever is causing
this appears to occur on both XP and 98.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/honeycutt/03december01
..asp


I am also having the same exact issue. I just bought a
brand new computer from Hewlett-Packard XP Professional
last week and booted it up for the first time. With out
any additional software loaded it had this problem. I
spent over two hours on the phone with hp's support and
did not get anywhere. I have reloaded the recovery CD's
and still no fix. Locking the toolbar did not fix it.
I went into the registry and tried locking the Toolbars
manually but not effect. It would be nice to find out
what the issue is......Thanks

 

[Mike]

I had the same problem. My PC was an HP. It ran a file
called C:/hp/bin/autotkit.exe at start-up which brought
back the toolbars to their default settings.

If you have an HP try the following:

click on Start and the Run.

type msconfig and hit enter.

under the Advanced tab uncheck the box next to autotkit

click on Apply and then OK

Reboot

The setting should now stick.

Mike

 

[Peter]

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.

-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/hon eycutt/03december01
..asp


I am also having the same exact issue. I just bought a
brand new computer from Hewlett-Packard XP Professional
last week and booted it up for the first time. With out
any additional software loaded it had this problem. I
spent over two hours on the phone with hp's support and
did not get anywhere. I have reloaded the recovery CD's
and still no fix. Locking the toolbar did not fix it.
I went into the registry and tried locking the Toolbars
manually but not effect. It would be nice to find out
what the issue is......Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Locking the toolbar had no effect. After rebooting, the
toolbars were locked, but they were locked to the old
settings, not the new ones.


.

.

 

[Ramesh]

Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd be receiving a copy of the file soon.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.

-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/hon eycutt/03december01
..asp


I am also having the same exact issue. I just bought a
brand new computer from Hewlett-Packard XP Professional
last week and booted it up for the first time. With out
any additional software loaded it had this problem. I
spent over two hours on the phone with hp's support and
did not get anywhere. I have reloaded the recovery CD's
and still no fix. Locking the toolbar did not fix it.
I went into the registry and tried locking the Toolbars
manually but not effect. It would be nice to find out
what the issue is......Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Locking the toolbar had no effect. After rebooting, the
toolbars were locked, but they were locked to the old
settings, not the new ones.


.

.

 

[Peter]

H-P got back to me about Autokit.exe and Autobar.exe.
These load something in IE called HP View, which I think
is some sort of photo/file viewing IE plug in.

-----Original Message-----
Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd be

receiving a copy of the file soon.message news:[email protected]...

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.

-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/ho

n

eycutt/03december01
..asp


"dnicholson" <[email protected]>

wrote
in message

I am also having the same exact issue. I just bought a
brand new computer from Hewlett-Packard XP Professional
last week and booted it up for the first time. With out
any additional software loaded it had this problem. I
spent over two hours on the phone with hp's support and
did not get anywhere. I have reloaded the recovery CD's
and still no fix. Locking the toolbar did not fix it.
I went into the registry and tried locking the Toolbars
manually but not effect. It would be nice to find out
what the issue is......Thanks



.

.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Will you be able to send a copy of these files to me?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------

H-P got back to me about Autokit.exe and Autobar.exe.
These load something in IE called HP View, which I think
is some sort of photo/file viewing IE plug in.

-----Original Message-----
Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd be

receiving a copy of the file soon.message news:[email protected]...

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.

-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/ho

n

eycutt/03december01
..asp


"dnicholson" <[email protected]>

wrote
in message

I am also having the same exact issue. I just bought a
brand new computer from Hewlett-Packard XP Professional
last week and booted it up for the first time. With out
any additional software loaded it had this problem. I
spent over two hours on the phone with hp's support and
did not get anywhere. I have reloaded the recovery CD's
and still no fix. Locking the toolbar did not fix it.
I went into the registry and tried locking the Toolbars
manually but not effect. It would be nice to find out
what the issue is......Thanks



.

.

 

[Guest]

sure, where should I send them?

-----Original Message-----
Will you be able to send a copy of these files to me?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972

message news:[email protected]...

H-P got back to me about Autokit.exe and Autobar.exe.
These load something in IE called HP View, which I think
is some sort of photo/file viewing IE plug in.

-----Original Message-----
Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd

be
receiving a copy of the file soon.message news:[email protected]...

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.

-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to

identify
the culprit

Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/h

o

n wrote
in message
.

.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

To:
ramesh @ mvps . org

Thanks.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------

-----Original Message-----
Will you be able to send a copy of these files to me?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972

message news:[email protected]...

H-P got back to me about Autokit.exe and Autobar.exe.
These load something in IE called HP View, which I think
is some sort of photo/file viewing IE plug in.

-----Original Message-----
Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd

be
receiving a copy of the file soon.message news:[email protected]...

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.

-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to

identify
the culprit

Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them. SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/h

o

n wrote
in message
.

.

 

[Peter]

Tried and got back a faoled message due to size or
something. The exe's are 70k each.

-----Original Message-----
To:
ramesh @ mvps . org

Thanks.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------

sure, where should I send them?

-----Original Message-----
Will you be able to send a copy of these files to me?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972

message news:[email protected]...

H-P got back to me about Autokit.exe and Autobar.exe.
These load something in IE called HP View, which I think
is some sort of photo/file viewing IE plug in.

-----Original Message-----
Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd

be
receiving a copy of the file soon.message news:[email protected]...

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.
-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify
the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in
startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them.
SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest
definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/

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I
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[Ramesh [MVP]]

No problem. Thanks anyway.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------


Tried and got back a faoled message due to size or
something. The exe's are 70k each.

-----Original Message-----
To:
ramesh @ mvps . org

Thanks.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------

sure, where should I send them?

-----Original Message-----
Will you be able to send a copy of these files to me?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972

message news:[email protected]...

H-P got back to me about Autokit.exe and Autobar.exe.
These load something in IE called HP View, which I think
is some sort of photo/file viewing IE plug in.

-----Original Message-----
Still no idea what Autokit.exe is related with. I shd

be
receiving a copy of the file soon.message news:[email protected]...

I too have an H-P and the same problem. This worked but
my PC now boots in diagnostic mode, no biggie, it doesn't
seem to run any differently.

Does anyone know what Autokit.exe does? I called H-P and
they had no idea.
-----Original Message-----
Disable all startup programs from MSCONFIG, to identify
the culprit
Uncheck the entry "AUTOTKIT.EXE" [if present in
startup]

Also, scan the system for parasites and remove them.
SpyBot S&D searches
your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

&

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest
definitions installed)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/

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