Question for Carey

[Connie]

Carey, I tried opening the download as well as saving
it. Each time I restarted my PC. It says it has restored
the tabs to my Registry but the Display is the same and
still shows only the Properties tab. Does it matter where
the download is saved or opened to? I used documents and
settings because that's what came up. What am I doing
wrong? Thanks!

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and
scroll
down to Item #285 (right column) and click on "Restore
All Display
Tabs" to download a registry fix.

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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:

| Something has happened to my Display Panel. Through the
| ControL Panel, I have the Display Properties tab only.
I
| do not have a general tab, settings, advanced or
| appearance tab. I have no idea what has happened. Can
| anyone help me?
..

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Temporarily disable your antivirus program by right-clicking
on your antivirus icon in the notification area and selecting
Disable Auto-Protect. Then run Kelly's fix again and reboot.
If you stall have a problem, perform a thorough virus scan.

Symantec Security Scan Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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:

| Carey, I tried opening the download as well as saving
| it. Each time I restarted my PC. It says it has restored
| the tabs to my Registry but the Display is the same and
| still shows only the Properties tab. Does it matter where
| the download is saved or opened to? I used documents and
| settings because that's what came up. What am I doing
| wrong? Thanks!
|
| Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and
| scroll
| down to Item #285 (right column) and click on "Restore
| All Display
| Tabs" to download a registry fix.
|
| [Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Boot into Safe Mode and try running the repair file.

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Connie" wrote:

| I use AVG 6 and I don't see a way to disable it. I can't
| find auto-protect either. I can uninstall it if I have to
| but there should be an easier way.

 

[Connie]

I tried running it in Safe Mode and it didn't work so I
uninstalled AVG and turned off my Firewall and ran the
repair. I rebooted each time. It still did not restore
the tabs. The tabs are there when I bring it up in Safe
Mode though. I guess I can always go in that way to make
changes but it makes no sense and sure is unhandy. Any
other suggestions? Thanks for all your help, Carey.

 

[David Candy]

A program may be doing it. Don't worry about disabling AVG (it's just a general purpose piece of advice - some AV programs will block the repair tool - AVG obviously doesn't). If kelly's script doesn't help then it may not be a policy causing it. Her repairs are all per user only.

It will probably be a program/driver/service from your video card manufacturer.

The fact it works in safe mode means 1 of 3 things
1. What I just said
2. It's a per user setting/program (can you confirm this by logging onto another account NOT in safe mode) and you fixed an unbroken user or there is a faulty per user program.
3. The same policies that Kelly resets are also valid under local machine. Right click Kelly's file, choose Edit. There are two keys with numerous values.

Type regedit in Start Run in the account you are having problems. Navigate to those keys and make sure those values don't exist or if they do they equal either 0x00000000 or 00 00 00 00 (depending on what component put them there - both are valid and mean 0). Then repeat by navigating to the same keys but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE rather than HKEY_CURRENT_USER and check they are absent or =0.

Then type msconfig in Start Run and click diagnostic startup and reboot. Does it go away during a diagnostic startup.

Also look on both the Startup tab in msconfig and services tab for something related to your video card (or monitor I suppose).

 

[Connie]

I knew better than to mess with this and now I have more
problems than I did. I have the only account. Checking
the values under regedit, both keys are set to "default"a
and say 'value not set'. I typed msconfig and changed to
diagnostic. The problem still exists BUT I had it set for
selective startup and now it's set to normal start up and
I cannot change it. I can choose selective start up and
check the boxes but I cannot APPLY. I no longer care
about the Display Panel. I will make changes in Safe
Mode. How do I get it back to a selective start up?
Please!

-----Original Message-----

A program may be doing it. Don't worry about disabling

AVG (it's just a general purpose piece of advice - some
AV programs will block the repair tool - AVG obviously
doesn't). If kelly's script doesn't help then it may not
be a policy causing it. Her repairs are all per user only.

It will probably be a program/driver/service from your video card manufacturer.

The fact it works in safe mode means 1 of 3 things
1. What I just said
2. It's a per user setting/program (can you confirm this

by logging onto another account NOT in safe mode) and you
fixed an unbroken user or there is a faulty per user
program.

3. The same policies that Kelly resets are also valid

under local machine. Right click Kelly's file, choose
Edit. There are two keys with numerous values.

Type regedit in Start Run in the account you are having

problems. Navigate to those keys and make sure those
values don't exist or if they do they equal either
0x00000000 or 00 00 00 00 (depending on what component
put them there - both are valid and mean 0). Then repeat
by navigating to the same keys but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
rather than HKEY_CURRENT_USER and check they are absent
or =0.

Then type msconfig in Start Run and click diagnostic

startup and reboot. Does it go away during a diagnostic
startup.

Also look on both the Startup tab in msconfig and

services tab for something related to your video card (or
monitor I suppose).

--
--------------------------------------------------------- -
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h tml

"Connie" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

 

[David Candy]

I can't get mine to not Apply. Have you unticked anything.

It's probably your video driver anyway. Video drivers are used in Diagnostic but not in Safe Mode (there is a special MS video drive used then).

 

[David Candy]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Controls Folder
<Desk or Display>
shellex
PropertySheetHandlersThis is where drivers add pages to control panel applets.
--
----------------------------------------------------------
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.html

I can't get mine to not Apply. Have you unticked anything.

It's probably your video driver anyway. Video drivers are used in Diagnostic but not in Safe Mode (there is a special MS video drive used then).

 

[Connie]

If I switch from Normal to Diagnostic, Apply comes up.
Then I can choose selective start up and check the
appropriate boxes and Apply. However, it reverts right
back to Normal start up and doesn't apply the new
settings. I have no idea what the video card is or how to
find out. The only thing I see in start up that might be
video is ImgIcons?? I know what everything else is and
it's not video. How can I find out and if the video card
is the problem, what can I do about it?

-----Original Message-----
I can't get mine to not Apply. Have you unticked anything.

It's probably your video driver anyway. Video drivers

are used in Diagnostic but not in Safe Mode (there is a
special MS video drive used then).

--
--------------------------------------------------------- -
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h tml

"Connie" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

I knew better than to mess with this and now I have more
problems than I did. I have the only account. Checking
the values under regedit, both keys are set to "default"a
and say 'value not set'. I typed msconfig and changed to
diagnostic. The problem still exists BUT I had it set for
selective startup and now it's set to normal start up and
I cannot change it. I can choose selective start up and
check the boxes but I cannot APPLY. I no longer care
about the Display Panel. I will make changes in Safe
Mode. How do I get it back to a selective start up?
Please!

-----Original Message-----

A program may be doing it. Don't worry about

disabling
AVG (it's just a general purpose piece of advice - some
AV programs will block the repair tool - AVG obviously
doesn't). If kelly's script doesn't help then it may not
be a policy causing it. Her repairs are all per user only.

It will probably be a program/driver/service from

your
video card manufacturer.

The fact it works in safe mode means 1 of 3 things
1. What I just said
2. It's a per user setting/program (can you confirm

this
by logging onto another account NOT in safe mode) and you
fixed an unbroken user or there is a faulty per user
program.

3. The same policies that Kelly resets are also valid

under local machine. Right click Kelly's file, choose
Edit. There are two keys with numerous values.

Type regedit in Start Run in the account you are

having
problems. Navigate to those keys and make sure those
values don't exist or if they do they equal either
0x00000000 or 00 00 00 00 (depending on what component
put them there - both are valid and mean 0). Then repeat
by navigating to the same keys but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
rather than HKEY_CURRENT_USER and check they are absent
or =0.

Then type msconfig in Start Run and click diagnostic

startup and reboot. Does it go away during a diagnostic
startup.

Also look on both the Startup tab in msconfig and

services tab for something related to your video card (or
monitor I suppose). ---
-

'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h

tml

"Connie" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message news:[email protected]...

I tried running it in Safe Mode and it didn't work

so
I

uninstalled AVG and turned off my Firewall and ran the
repair. I rebooted each time. It still did not restore
the tabs. The tabs are there when I bring it up in Safe
Mode though. I guess I can always go in that way to make
changes but it makes no sense and sure is unhandy. Any
other suggestions? Thanks for all your help, Carey.

-----Original Message-----
Boot into Safe Mode and try running the repair file.

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-
us;315222&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

---------------------------------------------------

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"Connie" wrote:

| I use AVG 6 and I don't see a way to disable it. I
can't
| find auto-protect either. I can uninstall it if

I
have

to
| but there should be an easier way.

.

.

.

 

[Connie]

Ok. I found it. It says
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Controls
Folder\Desk\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PlusPack CPL
Extension. Now what do I do with that info, David?

-----Original Message-----
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Controls Folder
<Desk or Display>
shellex
PropertySheetHandlersThis is

where drivers add pages to control panel applets.

--
--------------------------------------------------------- -
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h tml

I can't get mine to not Apply. Have you unticked anything.

It's probably your video driver anyway. Video drivers

are used in Diagnostic but not in Safe Mode (there is a
special MS video drive used then).

--
--------------------------------------------------------- -
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h tml

"Connie" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

I knew better than to mess with this and now I have more
problems than I did. I have the only account. Checking
the values under regedit, both keys are set to "default"a
and say 'value not set'. I typed msconfig and changed to
diagnostic. The problem still exists BUT I had it set for
selective startup and now it's set to normal start up and
I cannot change it. I can choose selective start up and
check the boxes but I cannot APPLY. I no longer care
about the Display Panel. I will make changes in Safe
Mode. How do I get it back to a selective start up?
Please!

-----Original Message-----

A program may be doing it. Don't worry about

disabling
AVG (it's just a general purpose piece of advice - some
AV programs will block the repair tool - AVG obviously
doesn't). If kelly's script doesn't help then it may not
be a policy causing it. Her repairs are all per user only.

It will probably be a program/driver/service from

your
video card manufacturer.

The fact it works in safe mode means 1 of 3 things
1. What I just said
2. It's a per user setting/program (can you confirm

this
by logging onto another account NOT in safe mode) and you
fixed an unbroken user or there is a faulty per user
program.

3. The same policies that Kelly resets are also valid

under local machine. Right click Kelly's file, choose
Edit. There are two keys with numerous values.

Type regedit in Start Run in the account you are

having
problems. Navigate to those keys and make sure those
values don't exist or if they do they equal either
0x00000000 or 00 00 00 00 (depending on what component
put them there - both are valid and mean 0). Then repeat
by navigating to the same keys but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
rather than HKEY_CURRENT_USER and check they are absent
or =0.

Then type msconfig in Start Run and click diagnostic

startup and reboot. Does it go away during a diagnostic
startup.

Also look on both the Startup tab in msconfig and

services tab for something related to your video card (or
monitor I suppose). ---
-

'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h

tml

"Connie" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message news:[email protected]...

I tried running it in Safe Mode and it didn't work

so
I

uninstalled AVG and turned off my Firewall and ran the
repair. I rebooted each time. It still did not restore
the tabs. The tabs are there when I bring it up in Safe
Mode though. I guess I can always go in that way to make
changes but it makes no sense and sure is unhandy. Any
other suggestions? Thanks for all your help, Carey.

-----Original Message-----
Boot into Safe Mode and try running the repair file.

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-
us;315222&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

---------------------------------------------------

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"Connie" wrote:

| I use AVG 6 and I don't see a way to disable it. I
can't
| find auto-protect either. I can uninstall it if

I
have

to
| but there should be an easier way.

.

.

.