Add or remove programs error

[Alan Edwards]

Add/Remove- part of program list is blank.

Go here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

Go down to here on that page:

"Add or Remove - White Space"

....Alan

 

[Guest]

Hi zzron,

A number of potential fixes for the "white space" problem are provided by
Wesley Vogel in this post:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/dc2df2690f23aec5



Regards,

 

[Rock]

When I open the "Add or remove programs" applet in Control Panel it opens
with a huge gap in the middle. Half the programs (A to L) appear in the
normal manner but I have to cursor dowm more than 100 pages to find the
rest of the programs. What can I do to eliminate this gap? Any help would
be much appreciated.

Check the system date, you are posting a day in the future.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Good catch. I would not have answered if I had noticed.

....Alan

 

[zzron]

When I open the "Add or remove programs" applet in Control Panel it opens
with a huge gap in the middle. Half the programs (A to L) appear in the
normal manner but I have to cursor dowm more than 100 pages to find the rest
of the programs. What can I do to eliminate this gap? Any help would be much
appreciated.

I am using Windows XP and IE 7.

Ron in Brisbane Australia

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help Alan. I will follow up this lead.

Ron

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help. I will follow up this lead.

Ron

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your comment. In Australia we show our dates as dd/mm/yyyy. In
some other countries dates are shown as mm/dd/yyyy. I hope this explains the
apparent discrepancy.
Ron

 

[Alan Edwards]

No, that doesn't explain it. I am in Australia and I see your original
post (as zzron) as being a day out, (I answered you the day before
you posted it) though you appear to have changed the date since (as
Ron)

....Alan

 

[Rock]

Thanks for your comment. In Australia we show our dates as dd/mm/yyyy.
In
some other countries dates are shown as mm/dd/yyyy. I hope this explains
the
apparent discrepancy.
Ron

No that's not what's causing the problem. Your systems date/time is wrong.
You're posting from the future.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My system date and time are correct. Eastern Australian Standard Time
is ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
Ron

No, your messages *are* coming through in the future. If your system date
and time are correct then you are set for wrong time zone.

It doesn't matter that Eastern Australian Standard Time is ten hours ahead
of Greenwich Mean Time. If your computer has the date, time, and time zone
properly set, everyone's newsreaders see your messages with the date and
time proply corrected to their local time.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Oops! My system date and time were correctly set but my time zone was
set to Pacific instead of Brisbane. I purchased this computer quite
recently and did not check the dealer's settings.

As I suspected.

Thanks for your help in sorting this little problem out.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

[Rock]

Oops! My system date and time were correctly set but my time zone was set
to
Pacific instead of Brisbane. I purchased this computer quite recently
and
did not check the dealer's settings.

Thanks for your help in sorting this little problem out.

Ron

Ok, finally you took our word for it. Lol..have fun.

 

[zzron]

My system date and time are correct. Eastern Australian Standard Time is ten
hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
Ron

 

[Guest]

I followed up on a number of the suggestions offered without success.
However I have now solved the problem by running a "Repair " installation of
Windows XP.

I am grateful to those who offered me help.

Best Wishes

Ron