Re: Icons not working on desktop
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Inland. I ran the scan, now should I be getting the information or if there was a problem will it just fix it? I would like to know the findings.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/12/14 03:56 PM
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You almost have to sit there and watch it as it is doing the scan. There won't be a "report" at the end.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/12/14 06:31 PM
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I didn't know that, Jenny! Learned something new here again!
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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Hi. Smooth is not what I'd call the way my PC is running. I cannot use Mozilla, IE, AOL, CCleaner but was actually able to get to GB using Bing after a few minutes and 3 blank window pages popped up. I don't think this is a good sign. I haven't checked anything else. The pc seemed to freeze up and I thought I was going to have to manually shut it down when finally the task manager came up.
Exactlly how far back can you do a restore?
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/12/14 09:46 PM
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Bing is not a browser - it is a search engine used by IE. So you must have reached GB using IE.
Depends on when the last restore point was made. If I'm remembering correctly, this has been going on for a very long time which probably predates any restore points. I wonder if this computer has a recovery partition where you can restore it to factory condition.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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I use the Bing desktop, search box is on my destop and I love it as well as their desktop wallpaper.
This has gone on a very long time and can't believe that the scandisk didn't give a positive boost to my pc. If I do a complete restore and take it back to factory condition won't I loose all of my files, downloads, documents, games, favorites etc., etc.?I say alot, all! I am so mentally exhausted with this pc problem and with my husbands recent medical issue. If there is an easy, stress free fix for the pc, please let me know. I'm exhausted and not wanting to go to bed yet will get an iced coffee to keep me going a bit longer. Thanks.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/13/14 01:11 AM
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I don't use the Bing desktop, but I do use the search engine. Do you know which browser is your default? Yes, you will lose everything if you do a factory restore, but it would still beat having a computer that doesn't work and causes nothing but headaches.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/13/14 11:59 AM
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She will have to verify, but if I remember correctly, this is an HP desktop and they do not ship the OS DVD with the computer.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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That's what I was hoping...
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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Strange, the pc seems to be working ok today. The disks that I've found thus far are the recovery disk I made P6115y 09/2009, 3 recovery disk, and something made 03/2010 Bootable Diagnostic media. There could certainly be more disks hiding around here somewhere. Please, what is a "restore partition", I've heard of it but not familiar with it.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/13/14 04:56 PM
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Some computer manufacturers set aside a portion of the hard drive and put an exact copy of your operating system and whatever else they included on your computer when it was new on that partition. They call it the "restore partition." If you ever need to, you can reset your computer back to exactly like when your first brought it home. In other words, you can reset it to "brand new." It's often the easiest - and sometime the only - way to get rid of viruses and other problems.
Does that help?
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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Yes it does. However if that's the case then why do they recommend that you make a copy when you purchase your PC? I think my pc's restore partition is FACTORY_IMAGE (D:). Again I will lose all my information that I have stored on my pc, it will be like NEW! What happens if I've changed some of the hardware, how will that work? Next, won't my back up provide me with all my files, documents and downloads?
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/13/14 05:25 PM
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If you've taken a manual backup of your files, yes, you will be able to restore and reinstall them. Some OEM's (like HP) allow you to make a set of recovery discs to restore the PC, others let you restore directly from the recovery partition. The end result is the same, you get an off-the-shelf (like new) PC. If you've changed hardware, like a video card, it may cause issues with the recovery - but, not to the point that it would be impossible to restore. You would have to manually install drivers for the new hardware. Edit - One other thing to consider is this - you will have a "ton" of Windows updates to apply after the restore
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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11/13/14 05:33 PM
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As Inland says, yest to restore files, documents and downloads. BUT you will need to reinstall any programs.
And, egads, the updates - I just did one and it took almost 2 days just for the updates with my slow internet connection!
I just thought of something... I assume you have the Vista SP2 update installed on this computer? I worked one one about a year ago that did not have the update installed and that was the cause of many of the issues on the machine.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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Yes it does. However if that's the case then why do they recommend that you make a copy when you purchase your PC? If your hard drive goes bad, whatever is on the restore partition isn't going to do you much good. But you should be able to boot to the backup discs and restore from those to a new hard drive. won't my back up provide me with all my files, documents and downloads? Depends on when you made the backup.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop
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You guys must know by now that I do not use the correct wordage, ( I just call things what I think they are called) not to mention that I don't post everything I need to. The backup that I was referring to is the backup that goes into my EHD weekly. Or at least it did until it got full two months ago ! lol I do appreciate the fact that you haven't given up on me in all these years.
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