opening on properties / shutdown [Archive]

Galen

May 24th 05, 03:26 PM

"elocm" <mail> wrote in message
...
> can someone plse help me. i hve a slight problem with my pc. i am running
> win98se the problem is that when i try to go into my computer to open up
> on
> properties nothing happens. this also happens on network neighborhood as
> well.
>
> i have tryed to go into my control panel to open up the sounds panel (
> just
> to see if it was a program issue ) but once again nothing not to sure what
> is going on. when i try to shut down or restart once again nothing.
>
> so if anyone has had this problem or knows what is going on yr help will
> be
> appreciated.
>
> thks
>
>

Assuming you've gone through the normal maint. routine the next question
would be can you open these things in safe mode? (Well, that's what I'd ask
at any rate.) Reboot, pound the snot out of the F8 key until the startup
menu appears (if you don't have it set to load by default) and select safe
mode. Do the things open in there? If so then you might want to take a look
here and see about getting your PC cleaned up from malware:

http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Galen
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if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel
that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

PCR

May 24th 05, 09:53 PM

The Properties you speak of are both items in Control Panel. "My
Computer, Properties" is "Control Panel, System". "Network Neighborhood,
Properties" is "Control Panel, Network". Therefore, better investigate
your Control Panel...

(1) Is "NoSetFolders" found in the following Registry key? Then, delete
it, or modify it to all zeros...

"START button, Run, RegEdit", & navigate to...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp
lorer

That is,
(a) Click plus signs, beginning at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" & ending with
"Policies".
(b) Click "Explorer" in the left pane, & look in the right pane.
(c) R-Clk "NoSetFolders", if there, in the R-pane, & select "Modify".
(d) Change it to zeroes: 00 00 00 00.
(R-Arrow to left of "01", use delete key, type "00".)
(e) Exit, & it may be necessary to reboot.

WARNING: Do not get carried away in the Registry. It is very important
to the proper functioning of Windows. Muss it badly, & you must boot to
DOS & "Scanreg /Restore". Then, choose the date of the last successful
boot from the five offered.

The rest of this is just informational...

......Start of Other things that may be done there.......
Right-click the right pane and select New, Binary Value, & name it:

NoClose To disable Shut Down.
NoFavoritesMenu To remove Favorites.
NoFileMenu To remove the File Menu in Explorer.
NoFind To remove Find.
NoLogOff To remove Log Off.
NoRecentDocsHistory To disable the Documents compilation process.
NoRecentDocsMenu To remove Documents.
NoRun To remove Run.
NoSaveSettings To prevent some few settings getting saved to the
Registry.
NoSetFolders To disable Control Panel and Printer folders.
NoTrayContextMenu To disable Taskbar context menu.
NoViewContextMenu To disable (all?) context menus.

Double-click the new entry, select modify, and add this value: 01 00 00
00.
To reverse the action, change the value to: 00 00 00 00
.......End of Other things that may be done there.......

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q130234
Save Settings On Exit Option Enabled by Default
....Quote.............
....snip...
Setting the NoSaveSettings field to 1 prevents your settings from being
saved. When you set this value, the following items are not saved when
you exit Windows:

Changed icon positions on the desktop.
Windows that are open when you exit.
The size and position of the taskbar.
....End quote.......

(2)
(A)
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US
Search: "Control Panel"; Title only; Exact match; finds many,
including...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299923&Product=w98
How to Troubleshoot Control Panel Issues in Windows
(299923) - When you attempt to open Control Panel (click Start , point
to Settings , and then click Control Panel ), it does not open as you
expect. One or more of the following may occur: You receive an error
message similar to the following: Program has...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;192806
How to Run Control Panel Tools by Typing a Command
(192806) - This article describes how to run Control Panel tools in
Windows by typing a command at a command prompt or in the Open box.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;149648&Product=w98
Description of Control Panel (.cpl) Files

(B) Here is how to Extract RUNDLL32.EXE, if necessary...

RUNDLL32.EXE
Desc: Run a DLL as an App
Loc: C:\WINDOWS
Size: 24,576 bytes
Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM
Ver: 4.10.1998

That is old enough (Win98SE) never to have been modified by an update.
So, extract it with SFC.

(1) "START, Run, SFC"
(2) Bolt "Extract one file from installation disk"
(3) Enter "RUNDLL32.EXE" in the "Specify..." box.
(4) Click "Start". It should offer to "Save file in C:\WINDOWS".
If not, make it so.
(5) In "Restore from", if not already pre-filled, browse to
(a) Installation CD (likely the Win98 folder) or
(b) The folder that has your cabs on the hard drive, likely
"C:\WINDOWS\options\cabs\".
(5) Click "OK"

If it discovers the file already exists, it will offer to back it up.
May as well do so. If it discovers the file is "in use", it will request
that you reboot to complete the install.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"elocm" <mail> wrote in message
...
| can someone plse help me. i hve a slight problem with my pc. i am
running
| win98se the problem is that when i try to go into my computer to open
up on
| properties nothing happens. this also happens on network neighborhood
as
| well.
|
| i have tryed to go into my control panel to open up the sounds panel
( just
| to see if it was a program issue ) but once again nothing not to sure
what
| is going on. when i try to shut down or restart once again nothing.
|
| so if anyone has had this problem or knows what is going on yr help
will be
| appreciated.
|
| thks
|
|