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I searched the forums, but i haven't seen any problem such as mine. I first saw it with the Help and Support program, but it has also appeared in Combat Arms (game) and in Internet Explorer. See attachments to see what i mean. If you need any further information, just post what.Thank you in advance.

How long has it been like it and can you remember what you were doing when you first noticed it happening.?

How long have you had the computer, is it a desktop or laptop, if it's a new machine has it been like this since new and have you installed any new software or hardware in between the time it was OK and the time it went wrong ?

uhm, i dont know when it exactly started happening, but i first saw it in December right after install of Rocketdock. I bought this gateway laptop in the summer of 2007. And it wasnt like this before. I dont know what other software i installed between the times it was OK and wasnt since i dont really know when it started. But wait, ill check uninstall programs in control panel to see the install dates...

Ok, these are the ones installed since November 24 2008. In chronological order. Avast Antivirus, Ventrilo, Command and Conquer: The First Decade, MSXLML 4.0 SP2 Parser and SDK (idk what this is), Firefox (3.0.5) World of Warcraft, Google Chrome, Rocketdock 1.3.5, Audacity 1.3.7 (unicode). There are more afterwards bit i dont think they affected my system.

Heeeeelp

Well heres what id do.

1. Run all your antivirus and spyware cleaners.
2. Uninstall google chrome.
3. Run and install any windows updates.
4. Create a new user, login to that account and see if the problem is still there.
5. Run vista startup repair.
6. Clean all temporary files.
7. Defrag the entire system using PerfectDisk 10 including the boot time files.

Or you could just back up your data and reinstall vista.

Hi,

Open elevated command prombt and type sfc /scannow then hit enter. Don't forget to put ur installation dvd in ur drive. This may work for u...

What version of IE are you using? Click Help/About and post the results.

If it's IE7 try going to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced and click the Reset button.
Close IE and re-open it.
Re-enable all the add-ons under Tools/Manage Add-ons.

If it's IE8 beta uninstall it now then go to Internet Explorer 8 webpage and download the final version.
Try that Reset option above if it is the final version.

Try these registry entries

giffile_fix.reg

ico_file_assoc_fix.reg

bmp.reg



Merge it by double clicking it.