bcastner
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2002-09-25
Chevy Chase, MD
clubs: 
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to FourWheelKid
Re: [XP Home] Black Start Menu
There was an issue with Kelly's-Korner where the Registrar failed to renew the site registration; despite the fact that Kelly had a subscription term remaining of three years with the Registrar.
DTS-L had the same issue with this Registrar. It was an on and off mess for several weeks. |
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FourWheelKid
join:2006-03-03
Broussard, LA | reply to Vathral
Just wanted to mention that Kelly's Korner is back up  |
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danPuters
join:2008-05-16 | reply to Vathral
I've hit exactly the same problem. A dodgy stick of RAM caused it too. Have you had any luck getting it back to normal? |
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auggy
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-24
Brockville, ON | reply to Vathral
Does it make any difference if you stop and then restart the "Themes" service? |
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
Kreplachista
clubs:
 ·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| reply to ChiTang
said by ChiTang  :System restore! Disabled. After the mess it has made for me in the past, no way. The laptop doesn't have any image software but my desktops does.
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ChiTang
Premium,MVM
join:2002-08-23
Alhambra, CA | reply to Vathral
System restore! |
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
Kreplachista
clubs: | reply to auggy
Yeah. Still shows up on a new user. Tried to see if the ntuser.dat file would help. |
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auggy
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-24
Brockville, ON
1 edit | reply to Vathral
Does the same black start menu exist in another user account (create one if necessary)? |
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
Kreplachista
clubs:
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| reply to Vathral
Darn. Didn't work either 
»web.archive.org/web/200708111142···eaks.htm
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AB
Premium
join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA
| reply to Vathral
Kelly's Korner is gone! 
A sad day for XP tweakdom, if it's permanent. |
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
Kreplachista
clubs:
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
1 edit | reply to Vathral
No good on the control panel thing.
It seemed that alot of people had this problem and there was a site with a registry hack that would completely reset start menu stuff. The site is gone however
[cache]
»72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:LoW···=1&gl=us
#31 - Disable Changes Made to the Start Menu - Undo
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AB
Premium
join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA
| reply to Vathral
said by Vathral :said by AB :Do you have a Logitech camera or camera drivers on that machine? said by Vathral :I have no installed anything recent except for removing one of the defective memory stick, the other one is fine with no errors from memtest, and from google searches, I do not use anything logitech :P Yep, right in front of my face and I never saw it. Good thing it wasn't a snake. 
Sorry about that. Good luck to you. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to Vathral
2 things to try , first increase the icon size and restart pc , then set them to normal size.
2nd if you have a logitech web cam , there is a driver bug with them. Set the control panel as a menu and see if it fixes it.
My solution was to change the Start Menu to not have control panel as a menu item and swap it back to a link.
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
Kreplachista
clubs:
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| reply to Vathral
said by AB :Do you have a Logitech camera or camera drivers on that machine? said by Vathral :I have no installed anything recent except for removing one of the defective memory stick, the other one is fine with no errors from memtest, and from google searches, I do not use anything logitech :P =====
said by anthrorules :Did you try switching between the XP Start Menu and the Classic Start Menu options via Properties in Task Bar? said by Vathral :It shows up fine in Class Start Menu mode and would use that instead but if there is an underlying problem, I would like to get it solved. =====
:P
Doesn't show up right in safe mode either, just tried it
Repair install was the first thing I wanted to try but theres another problem involving the disc drive. I think I should just put this 3 year old lappy to rest.
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anthrorules
Premium
join:2003-09-14
Rollinsville, CO | reply to Vathral
Did you try switching between the XP Start Menu and the Classic Start Menu options via Properties in Task Bar? |
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Cudni
La Merma - Vigilado
Premium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire | reply to Vathral
maybe consider xp repair
Cudni |
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auggy
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-24
Brockville, ON | reply to Vathral
Does the same problem occur if you restart the computer in Safe Mode? |
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AB
Premium
join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA | reply to Vathral
Do you have a Logitech camera or camera drivers on that machine? |
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
Kreplachista
clubs:
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| reply to Cudni
Nothing from what I saw. The first time I removed the ram, when Windows finished loading there was a message on the line that Registry has fixed some problems. No real details anywhere I could work from :/
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Cudni
La Merma - Vigilado
Premium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire | reply to Vathral
what did chkdsk fix?
Cudni |
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