Quick start broken and freezes computer

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Chad Harris

I'm using Win XP Pro SP1 and IE6 SP1. Everything working well, but all of a
sudden *when I click the Quick Launch part of the task bar, I get a freeze,
maximum CPU and I can't bring up the shortcuts there.* I searched but maybe
missed a fix on Kelly's or Doug Knox's site. I also couldn't find a regedit
at Winguides to help or in Jerry Honeycutt's book.

I haven't made any significant changes to my knowledge, although I did
follow steps in this article to look at what would come up when I put
"dcomcnfg" in the run box, and it turned on MS DTC which seemed to slow
things down (might not have been cause) so I turned this off. What does MS
DTC do? Could this have any connection (doubt it) to my problem with the
quick launch part of the task bar. I've checked settings in taskbar
properties (no help); I've checked that I don't have the taskbar
locked--locked and unlocked it; and I've rebooted several times with no help
from that.

Would appreciate very much help in fixing this. I can't access quick launch
shortcuts and have to just type them in manually to reach them with IE.

Tia,

Chad Harris
 
Kelly said:
Hi Chad,

See if this helps. Start/Run: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

____________________________________________________________________________
_________
Thanks very much Kelly--unchecking and checking quick start seemed to help
Click to expand...
and this has done the trick consistently. I wonder if there is a list of
these *magic commands in the run box that you are able to use so effectively
to fix a wide variety of problems* and how to context them. They seem to
be one more very effective tool besides the regedits and VB scripts in the
Tweaks section on your site. Do they cause regedits or just correct a
corrupt .dll or a .dll that isn't registered.

Appreciate the specific effective help as always.

Chad Harris
 
Have seen some of this before, but knew I wouldn't know the context for all
the commands. I'm going to spend more time with this more carefully, and
appreciate it plus the excellent links on your site. *Some* of the Win 9X
run box commands must extrapolate to XP. *My 64 dollar question* is that
while I understand the regsvr32 command reregisters .dlls, how do you know
*which commands register which.dlls to fix which specific problem--I see
you use them often and is their a site or book reference. Appreciate there
is so much good info and so many great links in A-Z. Also and this may not
be the sharpest question, are their a number of factors that can cause them
to become unregistered, and if they are shared how can one be specific so
that you don't negatively impact or change other .dlls or can registering
one .dll affect a number of situations since they are libarary items that
are shared?

Sorry for long question. Thanks for the nice help.

Chad Harris

___________________________________________________________________
 
Trial and error. Chose a likely dll, regsvr it, see what happens. Only COM dlls can be registered (or installed). Many standard system ones are both normal dlls and Com dlls.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
Kelly said:
Hi Chad,

Will try to do a write-up for you, when I have the extra time. Am in the
middle of a move right now. :o) Drop me a note after the 15th.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Registry Edits, Tips and Tricks for XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Chad Harris said:
Have seen some of this before, but knew I wouldn't know the context for all
the commands. I'm going to spend more time with this more carefully, and
appreciate it plus the excellent links on your site. *Some* of the Win 9X
run box commands must extrapolate to XP. *My 64 dollar question* is that
while I understand the regsvr32 command reregisters .dlls, how do you know
*which commands register which.dlls to fix which specific problem--I see
you use them often and is their a site or book reference. Appreciate there
is so much good info and so many great links in A-Z. Also and this may not
be the sharpest question, are their a number of factors that can cause them
to become unregistered, and if they are shared how can one be specific so
that you don't negatively impact or change other .dlls or can registering
one .dll affect a number of situations since they are libarary items that
are shared?

Sorry for long question. Thanks for the nice help.

Chad Harris

___________________________________________________________________
Kelly said:
Most welcome, Chad. As for that particular command, for many users
depending on other edits, it restores use of the Quick Launch icons. As per
your question, some of it can be answered here:

Run and Rundll32 Commands
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rundll

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm



Hi Chad,

See if this helps. Start/Run: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
Click to expand...
____________________________________________________________________________
_________
Thanks very much Kelly--unchecking and checking quick start seemed to
help
and this has done the trick consistently. I wonder if there is a list of
these *magic commands in the run box that you are able to use so
effectively
to fix a wide variety of problems* and how to context them. They
Click to expand...
seem
to
be one more very effective tool besides the regedits and VB scripts in the
Tweaks section on your site. Do they cause regedits or just correct a
corrupt .dll or a .dll that isn't registered.

Appreciate the specific effective help as always.

Chad Harris

I'm using Win XP Pro SP1 and IE6 SP1. Everything working well, but
all
of
a
sudden *when I click the Quick Launch part of the task bar, I get a
freeze,
maximum CPU and I can't bring up the shortcuts there.* I searched but
maybe
missed a fix on Kelly's or Doug Knox's site. I also couldn't find a
regedit
at Winguides to help or in Jerry Honeycutt's book.

I haven't made any significant changes to my knowledge, although I did
follow steps in this article to look at what would come up when I put
"dcomcnfg" in the run box, and it turned on MS DTC which seemed to
slow
things down (might not have been cause) so I turned this off. What
does
MS
DTC do? Could this have any connection (doubt it) to my problem with
the
quick launch part of the task bar. I've checked settings in taskbar
properties (no help); I've checked that I don't have the taskbar
locked--locked and unlocked it; and I've rebooted several times with
no
help
from that.

Would appreciate very much help in fixing this. I can't access quick
launch
shortcuts and have to just type them in manually to reach them with
IE.

Tia,

Chad Harris
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That would be tremendous Kelly. I am trying to context these commands some
reasonable amount of understanding"--just so even if I can't have a lot of
facility with them, I can at least understand a bit what they are for.

Thanks very much for your help and time when it's convenient. Thanks much
for the info David.

Chad Harris

______________________________________________________________________
 
Get filemon and regmon from ww.sysintenals.com and monitor your own regsvr's
--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
Chad Harris said:
That would be tremendous Kelly. I am trying to context these commands some
reasonable amount of understanding"--just so even if I can't have a lot of
facility with them, I can at least understand a bit what they are for.

Thanks very much for your help and time when it's convenient. Thanks much
for the info David.

Chad Harris

______________________________________________________________________
Kelly said:
Hi Chad,

Will try to do a write-up for you, when I have the extra time. Am in the
middle of a move right now. :o) Drop me a note after the 15th.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Registry Edits, Tips and Tricks for XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Chad Harris said:
Have seen some of this before, but knew I wouldn't know the context for all
the commands. I'm going to spend more time with this more carefully, and
appreciate it plus the excellent links on your site. *Some* of the Win 9X
run box commands must extrapolate to XP. *My 64 dollar question* is that
while I understand the regsvr32 command reregisters .dlls, how do you know
*which commands register which.dlls to fix which specific problem--I see
you use them often and is their a site or book reference. Appreciate there
is so much good info and so many great links in A-Z. Also and this may not
be the sharpest question, are their a number of factors that can cause them
to become unregistered, and if they are shared how can one be specific so
that you don't negatively impact or change other .dlls or can registering
one .dll affect a number of situations since they are libarary items that
are shared?

Sorry for long question. Thanks for the nice help.

Chad Harris

___________________________________________________________________
Most welcome, Chad. As for that particular command, for many users
depending on other edits, it restores use of the Quick Launch icons. As
per
your question, some of it can be answered here:

Run and Rundll32 Commands
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rundll

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm



Hi Chad,

See if this helps. Start/Run: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
Click to expand...
____________________________________________________________________________
_________
Thanks very much Kelly--unchecking and checking quick start seemed to
help
and this has done the trick consistently. I wonder if there is a list
of
these *magic commands in the run box that you are able to use so
effectively
to fix a wide variety of problems* and how to context them. They seem
to
be one more very effective tool besides the regedits and VB scripts in
the
Tweaks section on your site. Do they cause regedits or just correct a
corrupt .dll or a .dll that isn't registered.

Appreciate the specific effective help as always.

Chad Harris

I'm using Win XP Pro SP1 and IE6 SP1. Everything working well, but
all
of
a
sudden *when I click the Quick Launch part of the task bar, I
Click to expand...
get
a
freeze,
maximum CPU and I can't bring up the shortcuts there.* I searched
but
maybe
missed a fix on Kelly's or Doug Knox's site. I also couldn't
Click to expand...
find
a
regedit
at Winguides to help or in Jerry Honeycutt's book.

I haven't made any significant changes to my knowledge, although I
did
follow steps in this article to look at what would come up when I
put
"dcomcnfg" in the run box, and it turned on MS DTC which seemed to
slow
things down (might not have been cause) so I turned this off. What
does
MS
DTC do? Could this have any connection (doubt it) to my problem
with
the
quick launch part of the task bar. I've checked settings in taskbar
properties (no help); I've checked that I don't have the taskbar
locked--locked and unlocked it; and I've rebooted several times with
no
help
from that.

Would appreciate very much help in fixing this. I can't access
quick
launch
shortcuts and have to just type them in manually to reach them with
IE.

Tia,

Chad Harris
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for the tip David. It's always an excellent site with great apps; I
will. Hope it will extrapolate into knowing which commands to use when.

Chad Harris
____________________________________________
Get filemon and regmon from ww.sysintenals.com and monitor your own regsvr's
 
Search google for regsvr32, what it puports to do will give you an idea of what does what, then trial and error. PS exe that register use (eg winword)
winword /reg (sometimes /r or /register)

Non applications that are exe files (out of process servers that can't be used stand alone) just running them does it - rare these days.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
Chad Harris said:
Thanks for the tip David. It's always an excellent site with great apps; I
will. Hope it will extrapolate into knowing which commands to use when.

Chad Harris
____________________________________________
Get filemon and regmon from ww.sysintenals.com and monitor your own regsvr's
--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
Chad Harris said:
That would be tremendous Kelly. I am trying to context these commands some
reasonable amount of understanding"--just so even if I can't have a lot of
facility with them, I can at least understand a bit what they are for.

Thanks very much for your help and time when it's convenient. Thanks much
for the info David.

Chad Harris

______________________________________________________________________
Kelly said:
Hi Chad,

Will try to do a write-up for you, when I have the extra time. Am in the
middle of a move right now. :o) Drop me a note after the 15th.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Registry Edits, Tips and Tricks for XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Have seen some of this before, but knew I wouldn't know the context for
all
the commands. I'm going to spend more time with this more carefully, and
appreciate it plus the excellent links on your site. *Some* of the
Click to expand...
Win
9X
run box commands must extrapolate to XP. *My 64 dollar question* is
that
while I understand the regsvr32 command reregisters .dlls, how do you know
*which commands register which.dlls to fix which specific problem--I see
you use them often and is their a site or book reference. Appreciate
there
is so much good info and so many great links in A-Z. Also and this may
not
be the sharpest question, are their a number of factors that can cause
them
to become unregistered, and if they are shared how can one be specific so
that you don't negatively impact or change other .dlls or can
registering
one .dll affect a number of situations since they are libarary items that
are shared?

Sorry for long question. Thanks for the nice help.

Chad Harris

___________________________________________________________________
Most welcome, Chad. As for that particular command, for many users
depending on other edits, it restores use of the Quick Launch icons. As
per
your question, some of it can be answered here:

Run and Rundll32 Commands
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rundll

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm



Hi Chad,

See if this helps. Start/Run: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
Click to expand...
____________________________________________________________________________
_________
Thanks very much Kelly--unchecking and checking quick start seemed
to
help
and this has done the trick consistently. I wonder if there is a list
of
these *magic commands in the run box that you are able to use so
effectively
to fix a wide variety of problems* and how to context them. They
seem
to
be one more very effective tool besides the regedits and VB
Click to expand...
scripts
in
the
Tweaks section on your site. Do they cause regedits or just
Click to expand...
correct
a
corrupt .dll or a .dll that isn't registered.

Appreciate the specific effective help as always.

Chad Harris

I'm using Win XP Pro SP1 and IE6 SP1. Everything working well,
but
all
of
a
sudden *when I click the Quick Launch part of the task bar, I get
a
freeze,
maximum CPU and I can't bring up the shortcuts there.* I searched
but
maybe
missed a fix on Kelly's or Doug Knox's site. I also couldn't find
a
regedit
at Winguides to help or in Jerry Honeycutt's book.

I haven't made any significant changes to my knowledge,
Click to expand...
although
I
did
follow steps in this article to look at what would come up
Click to expand...
when
I
put
"dcomcnfg" in the run box, and it turned on MS DTC which
Click to expand...
seemed
to
slow
things down (might not have been cause) so I turned this off.
What
does
MS
DTC do? Could this have any connection (doubt it) to my problem
with
the
quick launch part of the task bar. I've checked settings in
taskbar
properties (no help); I've checked that I don't have the taskbar
locked--locked and unlocked it; and I've rebooted several times
with
no
help
from that.

Would appreciate very much help in fixing this. I can't access
quick
launch
shortcuts and have to just type them in manually to reach them
with
IE.

Tia,

Chad Harris
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