Re: SP2 and Control Panel problems - delete programs function
From: WinGuy (no_spam_at_nomail.bot)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:45:04 GMT
Ok, it was a long shot anyhow and I assume the problem persists if you boot
without that external drive connected. Might check the registry entries at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
and look at the key entries for visible signs of registry corruption. What
happens, say, if you uninstall and then reinstall something displaying the
problem like Adobe (or the next registry section entry, mentioned above,
that follows one that DOES display properly)? If that corrects things partly
then registry corruption is a possibility. If you find corruption then
there's a shareware util available at
http://www.easydesksoftware.com/moresoft.htm
called Registry Drill that might be of help. It's kinda complicated to use,
though, and be sure to have a restore point to go back to (or bettery yet,
an image backup of the boot drive!)
Cleaning up that area of the registry might restore most, if not all of the
Add/Remove listing problem. Probably best to export the branch first, of
course!
Yesterday I suffered Ad-awareSE and/or Spybot hurting the Registry on a ME
machine (which scanned ok before the cleaning of near 300 found problems
remaining after AVG healed the singular downloader virus that was found).
I've seen before what looks like registry damage being caused by one or both
of those utils when they are asked to remove more than something around 100
problems or more per session run. Using the ME registry scanner appeared to
fix things up, though, in this case (it ran automatically at boot and
reported that the repair was being made). Did suffer a one time blue screen
before the scan, though, and none since. The point is that sometimes the
malware utils either seem to cause minor registry damage themselves during
extensive cleaning operations, or maybe the malware did (in this case
removal of malware resulted next boot in Spybot Resident being linked, via a
registy entry, to a malware DLL that had been deleted, probably by
Ad-aware!) So maybe you've got some minor registry damage, too.
"apms43@DELETE_CAPS_yahoo.com"
<apms43DELETECAPSyahoocom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52D47393-99A5-47F9-BABB-BFDE93588C30@microsoft.com...
> Checked the system event logs - in fact before submitting the note - only
> thing that is flagged/red - is a problem with an external USB drive - see
> below - and then 2x occasions only - it doesn't like to be booted with the
> large external (250GB) USB drive connected with a duplicated system image
(I
> use as a recovery image)....
>
> Otherwise the only other informationals are on miscellaneous thinigs like
> print function error, or DHCP networking errors (my D-Link router is
&^$%^%^%
> not stable).
>
> red System event flagged...
> "The volume ID for M: has been reset, since it was a duplicate of that on
> C:. This volume ID is used by Distributed Link Tracking to automatically
> repair file links, such as Shell Shortcuts and OLE links, when for some
> reason those links become broken"
>
> So I will try the diagnostic suggestion though and disconnect the CD -
will
> advise on the outcome ... although other notes to this posting suggest a
> 'wierdness' to the problem ..
>
> Thanks to all for the inputs ...
> Tom
>
>
> "WinGuy" wrote:
>
> > "apms43@DELETE_CAPS_yahoo.com"
> > <apms43DELETECAPSyahoocom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:16E0F231-D06E-4F8A-9C86-79DB50B96461@microsoft.com...
> > > With SP2 installed (XP Pro) - the control panel Function - Delete
> > Programs -
> > > has become mostly unusable ....
> > >
> > > Symptoms: - the normal alphabetic and complete listing of the
installed
> > > programs now lists the programs
> > >
> > > a) very partially - after the 'A"'s such as Adobe -- there is a long
BLANK
> > > scroll down before getting to the "F's" - with nothing (it's blank)
> > > in-between showing
> > > b) it's not a load timing function trime - i've been very patient
> > > c) using display by other criteria show shows the same effect -
however
> > with
> > > different programs (ie sort by size, dateg usage, etc).
> > >
> > > What has happened here --- what has SP2 done - and how to correct it
> > please.
> > >
> > > The installation went smoothly - I've had no other problems - and
indeed
> > the
> > > system seems to load and run faster.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance - Tiom
> >
> > This sort of sounds like a weird problem I've seen a few times when a CD
> > drive begins to fail. SP2 might be making such a failure more noticable.
> > Check the Event Viewer for any errors, report back to this newsgroup any
> > that you find having yellow or red icon associated entries. If using
Pro,
> > turn on event log for all failures (Control Panel, Administrative Tools,
> > Local Security Policy, Local Policy, Audit Policy) -- this is (very,
very
> > stupidly) not available in XP Home version. If you see any IDE or CD
> > problems in Event Viewer then unplug the power cord and remove the CD
drive
> > flat data ribbon cable (note the orientation of the side havig a red
stripe
> > on the cable) of the CD drive and try again. I've seen a CD drive fail
so
> > miserably that the HDD itself gets messed up (apparently affects the
> > electronics of the controller chip) and unplugging the ribbon cable has
> > stopped such problems (in which case the CD drive must be replaced).
Just a
> > hunch, let us know if this suggestion was on target or not.
> >
> >
> >
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