Toolbars Being Reset

E

Eric

I have a user who has an address toolbar, and some other
toolsbars at the bottom. Starting yesterday, rebooting
his computer resets all those toolbars (one goes away,
the address one shrinks). How do I get it to stay the
same?
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

Eric,

Lock the toolbar and close IE. If the settings are not saved, read below:

If you are using a HP/Compaq PC, click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG. Go to Startup tab and uncheck the entry named "Autotkit.exe" [if exists]. Restart Windows. If this does not help, download the fix from HP [Only for HP computers with Windows XP]

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Customized View Settings on the Internet Explorer Toolbar Revert to Default Settings After Restarting the Computer
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software2/COL5097/pv-17688-1/SP24040.exe

[From HP: This update fixes an issue causing a user's customized settings in Internet Explorer to be undone when restarting the PC. Removes AutoTKit from the PC startup process]

Other option is to reset the Toolbar position in the registry using this fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm

[Close all browser windows and apply the fix]

Deletes "ITBarLayout" value in the following registry key; Resets Toolbar, Addressbar positions to defaults.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]

Another possibility: Search your computer for a file called fash.exe. Rename this file to something else, say old_fash.exe. Before that you may need to terminate any running instances of this application from Task Manager.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

I have a user who has an address toolbar, and some other
toolsbars at the bottom. Starting yesterday, rebooting
his computer resets all those toolbars (one goes away,
the address one shrinks). How do I get it to stay the
same?
 
K

Kelly

Toolbar or Taskbar?

/xp_tweaks.htm

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


Eric,

Lock the toolbar and close IE. If the settings are not saved, read below:

If you are using a HP/Compaq PC, click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG. Go to
Startup tab and uncheck the entry named "Autotkit.exe" [if exists]. Restart
Windows. If this does not help, download the fix from HP [Only for HP
computers with Windows XP]

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Customized View Settings on the Internet
Explorer Toolbar Revert to Default Settings After Restarting the Computer
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software2/COL5097/pv-17688-1/SP24040.exe

[From HP: This update fixes an issue causing a user's customized settings in
Internet Explorer to be undone when restarting the PC. Removes AutoTKit from
the PC startup process]

Other option is to reset the Toolbar position in the registry using this
fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm

[Close all browser windows and apply the fix]

Deletes "ITBarLayout" value in the following registry key; Resets Toolbar,
Addressbar positions to defaults.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]

Another possibility: Search your computer for a file called fash.exe. Rename
this file to something else, say old_fash.exe. Before that you may need to
terminate any running instances of this application from Task Manager.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

I have a user who has an address toolbar, and some other
toolsbars at the bottom. Starting yesterday, rebooting
his computer resets all those toolbars (one goes away,
the address one shrinks). How do I get it to stay the
same?
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

IE Toolbar settings.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Toolbar or Taskbar?

--
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


Eric,

Lock the toolbar and close IE. If the settings are not saved, read below:

If you are using a HP/Compaq PC, click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG. Go to
Startup tab and uncheck the entry named "Autotkit.exe" [if exists]. Restart
Windows. If this does not help, download the fix from HP [Only for HP
computers with Windows XP]

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Customized View Settings on the Internet
Explorer Toolbar Revert to Default Settings After Restarting the Computer
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software2/COL5097/pv-17688-1/SP24040.exe

[From HP: This update fixes an issue causing a user's customized settings in
Internet Explorer to be undone when restarting the PC. Removes AutoTKit from
the PC startup process]

Other option is to reset the Toolbar position in the registry using this
fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm

[Close all browser windows and apply the fix]

Deletes "ITBarLayout" value in the following registry key; Resets Toolbar,
Addressbar positions to defaults.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]

Another possibility: Search your computer for a file called fash.exe. Rename
this file to something else, say old_fash.exe. Before that you may need to
terminate any running instances of this application from Task Manager.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

I have a user who has an address toolbar, and some other
toolsbars at the bottom. Starting yesterday, rebooting
his computer resets all those toolbars (one goes away,
the address one shrinks). How do I get it to stay the
same?
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

toolsbars at the bottom

Umm. I misunderstood the question probably.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

IE Toolbar settings.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Toolbar or Taskbar?

--
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


Eric,

Lock the toolbar and close IE. If the settings are not saved, read below:

If you are using a HP/Compaq PC, click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG. Go to
Startup tab and uncheck the entry named "Autotkit.exe" [if exists]. Restart
Windows. If this does not help, download the fix from HP [Only for HP
computers with Windows XP]

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Customized View Settings on the Internet
Explorer Toolbar Revert to Default Settings After Restarting the Computer
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software2/COL5097/pv-17688-1/SP24040.exe

[From HP: This update fixes an issue causing a user's customized settings in
Internet Explorer to be undone when restarting the PC. Removes AutoTKit from
the PC startup process]

Other option is to reset the Toolbar position in the registry using this
fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm

[Close all browser windows and apply the fix]

Deletes "ITBarLayout" value in the following registry key; Resets Toolbar,
Addressbar positions to defaults.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]

Another possibility: Search your computer for a file called fash.exe. Rename
this file to something else, say old_fash.exe. Before that you may need to
terminate any running instances of this application from Task Manager.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

I have a user who has an address toolbar, and some other
toolsbars at the bottom. Starting yesterday, rebooting
his computer resets all those toolbars (one goes away,
the address one shrinks). How do I get it to stay the
same?
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

Eric,

If you're referring to the Taskbar (Toolbars in the Taskbar) settings, read below:

It's might be caused by a malware BlazeFind.

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"

(Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes)

Close Registry Editor and restart Windows.

If the entry is correcly set and the problem persist, reset the Taskbar state to defaults using this fix:
Line 164. Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

I have a user who has an address toolbar, and some other
toolsbars at the bottom. Starting yesterday, rebooting
his computer resets all those toolbars (one goes away,
the address one shrinks). How do I get it to stay the
same?
 

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