Guest jtpryan Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 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 Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Multiple setting don't stick after a reboot "jtpryan" <jtpryan@gmail.com> wrote in message news:e1e918a7-c6bd-4043-8038-1690dc6e06d0@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >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. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Do not reply with email
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 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). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ 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
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