Stupid Computer Question

[Joe Wicked]

Ron,
The only other thing I can think of is the system registry. I had a virus on my work PC that changed the properties for Hidden files The valid settings were 0, 1, or 2 and it changed it to 3. This caused me to not be able to see hidden files on the PC no matter what I did. The virus was of course hidden and I could not get rid of it. Once I knew what it was, I could get rid of it. Maybe something, not necessarily a virus, changed or corrupted that value.

[Ron61]

Joe,

I ran the registry cleaner and also edited it and all values were ok. I also checked it after using the system restore and they are the same. That computer never is on-line except my home page for e-mail and once in a while to CC if I have a PM listed in the e-mail. Anyway it is working and was working ok without the bubble showing, so it must be a glitch in the program that has shown up twice in the 4 years I have had it. I use this computer for 99% of my on-line messing around as it is old enough that I have all the CDs to format and reload it. That one has the Raid 0 setup and I have formatted and reloaded it once just to see that it worked and it seemed to but I like this one best as I can choose which features I want to reload and on the Raid 0 you have everything the company put in reloaded and then spend half a day taking out the junk you don't use or want. I was just curious if anyone else had ran into that problem and couldn't fix it with the option on the task bar or by checking the registry.

Ron

[Joe Wicked]

Hmmmmm, I am curious to the cause. If it wasn't the operator settings and the registry wasn't corrupted, this is weird. I will likely mull it over trying to figure it out today. I run into weird stuff all the time at work and it is good to know how to fix it when something comes up.

It is always awesome when your boss spends half a day trying to fix something and you come in and are done in seconds. I keep a log of weird issues and their fixes for this reason. One of my coworkers gets pissed when he spends days on something and then I come in and it is done. He has changed his tactics to just ask me before he spends time on it. My philosophy on it is the sooner I get it running the sooner production is running again. So lets get it done and get out of the way.

[Ron61]

Joe,

I do the same thing with weird problems that I find but for some reason I never wrote this one down in my log. When I was working I had a large loose leaf notebook almost full of weird things I had found as we then used 7 different types of computers and each had their own weird quirks. I may try to duplicate this when I am messing with that computer and if I figure out what I did I will post it to you.

Ron

[Joe Wicked]

Ron,
Here is something for you. We have trouble using any Dell PC with our programs. The programs seem to work on any PC except a Dell. Go figure that one out. My theory is it is in the Bios. Windows configuration does not seem to matter. I have taken an HP and a Dell and loaded windows with the CD with all default options. The HP will work and the Dell will not. This is one that I have not gotten the solution for. I have spoken with Dell and the only thing I got from them was that they do write their own Bios. They will not talk with me for the most part as I am not the customer. Samsung just doesn't buy Dell to solve the problem, but a lot of our customers do.

[Ron61]

Joe,

That is strange. I have a Dell Laptop, but am not using the same programs that you run. But so far everything that I have loaded into it to try has worked ok. It has XP Home on it as I have the XP Pro on my other computer and thought the Home version would be all I need on the Dell. I don't hardly ever use it any more.
Do you get any error messages or anything that could be used to track the problem or just what kind of failure does it have?

Ron