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| Thread ID: 109527 | 2010-05-12 02:38:00 | Disappearing desktop icons | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 884157 | 2010-05-12 02:38:00 | OK, here's an interesting one: (Yet) another SeniorNet member has asked me for advice. He has an ASUS laptop, running Vista Home premium. When he boots it up, the desktop appears, together with a number of icons. After a few seconds, all the icons disappear. The sidebar remains visible. If you right-click on the desktop and view, "Show desktop icons" is checked. If you uncheck it and close, there is no change. if you then re-check it, the icons appear! I am guessing there is a startup program that is hiding them for some reason. (Antimalware of some sort?). Looking at the startup list there is a large number of things being started. He has gone away to selectively disable the startups until the problem (maybe) goes away, but I wondered if anyone here had encountered this and knows the solution? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 884158 | 2010-05-12 02:47:00 | Lack of memory maybe? How much ram is on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884159 | 2010-05-12 02:52:00 | Lack of memory maybe? How much ram is on itDon't know, but I would have thought on a computer less than a year old memory should not be a problem. Even if it was stripped down to a price. And how come the icons can be made to re-appear? | Tony (4941) | ||
| 884160 | 2010-05-12 02:59:00 | I have no idea. Altho one site a guy got rid of some viruses after booting in to safe mode then scanning. After he noticed the icons kept disappearing Could be one of these (www.google.co.nz) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884161 | 2010-05-12 03:14:00 | I have no idea. Altho one site a guy got rid of some viruses after booting in to safe mode then scanning. After he noticed the icons kept disappearing Could be one of these (www.google.co.nz)D'oh! I'd come straight home and straight to PressF1 - always my first port of call, even before Google. In fact one of the links you gave me pointed at what looks like the exact problem - something to do with the ASUS power settings. It looks like a very weird set of options that ASUS have provided. If you are interested, look here. (www.bleepingcomputer.com) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 884162 | 2010-05-12 03:18:00 | Hmm interesting one program can cause so many probs ! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884163 | 2010-05-12 03:53:00 | Yeah, although possibly ASUS don't see it as a problem, but a feature. :) Anyway I 've passed the link on to the guy, and we'll see if he manages to fix it. Thanks for the pointer. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 884164 | 2010-05-12 03:56:00 | Sweet ! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884165 | 2010-05-12 05:23:00 | good luck! what is senior net? it sounds like seniors learning how to use pc's. i think thats great! |
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| 884166 | 2010-05-12 05:34:00 | what is senior net? it sounds like seniors learning how to use pc's. i think thats great!That's exactly what it is. It is an international bunch of individual clubs that teach seniors how to use computers. Here (http://www.seniornet.org.nz/) is the NZ Federation website. I belong to the West Auckland club, but there are clubs all over the place. I spent this morning teaching an internet and email class, this afternoon there was a TradeMe class, and tomorrow there is a Word Processing class - for instance. There is a huge range of skills and ages, from relatively junior (like me) up to people their 80s. |
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