3 long time problems: folder view/tasbar M.I.A./ No Shut Down, seekadvice.

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urami_

Hello guys

Thank you for taking time to read it.
I have been having many problems with my XP home , tho I got use to some
and I adjust myself to live with them but there are few that become less and less
tolerable with time.
Sorry I combine so many issues in one thread, did not want to post separate for each.

I know it's hard to trouble shoot from far , considering all of us using different tool
and setting and there is just endless possibility to how , what and where things could get
wrong but I take the shot , maybe any of you experience something similar and have idea
how to deal with it.

First, every time I want to shut down my computer it will restart instead.
Start - Turn Off , always restart .
I notice it happen when my ADLS modem is ON , if you turn off the modem prior to turning off the
computer it's ok , but once the modem is on , the computer will never shut off.

Second , going back to windows 98 I had problem with Folder View. Seem to be the same case with my XP
home service pack 1 as well.
I set up my folder to view by details , by type . I usually have few open in the same time to work
on multiple files in different applications.
Very often , 7 out of 10 times when i go to My Computer from desktop short cut , it will change the
view to View By Icons . I set it back the way I like and it never remember it.
In few hours it goes back and messing it up.
It also change the options of the view. I have turn on 'name', 'size', 'type' and 'date modified'.
Out of no where it will show me all possible options that you could have , date created, attributes
etc...
going to Tools - Folder Option - View - Apply To All Folders become really annoying routine.
I read back in 98 years about registry modification and about windows having problem if the
number of folders goes beyond few thousands , I did follow few instructions but the problem
remain regardless what I try.

3rd , is very recent .
Very frequently when i click icon on my desktop or shortcut from my task bar (at the bottom of the
screen) the explorer with suddenly disappear. It's gone for maybe 10 seconds and coming back.
Frequently end up with some error saying explorer.exe error , asking to send error report to microsoft.
It does not close anything programs only explorer stuff like browser and folders.

Any ideas or page I could refer to will be much appreciated.
Thank you very much for reading, have a nice weekend .


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1. Disable everything that reads 'Wake up' in the BIOS settings. Also, I
have seen this behavior if you have a CD/DVD in the drive during a shutdown.

This edit automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from
shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown (Line 76)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

You May Not Be Able to Shut Down Your Windows XP Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;320008

Win XP Restarts Unexpectedly or Restarts When You Shut Down
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q320299

Windows XP Restarts When You Try to Shut Down Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q311806

2. Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number is reached some
settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this to 8000 by adding
this edit to the registry.

Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:

Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then Tools/Folder
Options/View/Apply to All Folders.

3. When those folders disappear, it means explorer.exe crashed. You can
either hit Ctrl/Alt/Delete and restart explorer.exe or better troubleshoot
the issue, starting with running all of these:

Run the edit on line 157
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;827315

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spybot
http://tinyurl.com/btf8

CWShredder (Line 313)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Hijack This
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
 
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