Multiple setting don't stick after a reboot

[Guest jtpryan]

I have been noticing over the past few weeks that many settings I have

go away after a reboot. For example, I have the quick link toolbar

turned on and ordered a certain way, After reboot it's gone and when

I turn it back on, it is ordered in the default, although shortcuts I

added to it are there. I just bought a new 22" monitor with a

resolution of 1600 x 1050. All is fine, then I reboot and the fonts

are odd and the highest resolution available to me is 1600 x 900. If

I reload the driver and reboot, it fixes it. It's almost as though

things are not being written to the registry.

 

Ideas?

 

-Jim

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Re: Multiple setting don't stick after a reboot

 

"jtpryan" <jtpryan@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I have been noticing over the past few weeks that many settings I have

> go away after a reboot. For example, I have the quick link toolbar

> turned on and ordered a certain way, After reboot it's gone and when

> I turn it back on, it is ordered in the default, although shortcuts I

> added to it are there. I just bought a new 22" monitor with a

> resolution of 1600 x 1050. All is fine, then I reboot and the fonts

> are odd and the highest resolution available to me is 1600 x 900. If

> I reload the driver and reboot, it fixes it. It's almost as though

> things are not being written to the registry.

>

> Ideas?

>

> -Jim

 

It might be a security program blocking the Registry changes it needs to

make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:

Ad-aware's Ad-Watch

IBM Access Connections

Kaspersky

McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware

Norton AV

Spyware Blaster

Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks

Spybot- Teatimer

Spysweeper

Spyware Doctor

Windows Defender

Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

 

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be

uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you

reinstall Zone Alarm.

 

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.

 

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

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[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Multiple setting don't stick after a reboot

 

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party

applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These include

but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,

SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, AVG Anti-Spyware,

Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware, NOD32, and Zone Alarm

(Free, Pro, & Security Suite).

 

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

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jtpryan wrote:

> I have been noticing over the past few weeks that many settings I have

> go away after a reboot. For example, I have the quick link toolbar

> turned on and ordered a certain way, After reboot it's gone and when

> I turn it back on, it is ordered in the default, although shortcuts I

> added to it are there. I just bought a new 22" monitor with a

> resolution of 1600 x 1050. All is fine, then I reboot and the fonts

> are odd and the highest resolution available to me is 1600 x 900. If

> I reload the driver and reboot, it fixes it. It's almost as though

> things are not being written to the registry.

>

> Ideas?

>

> -Jim