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10-13-2008
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| Master | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view  Quote: Originally Posted by ruddervader  John, Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I just spent 4 hrs. in a chat with Microswamp Support and got nada. I was going to try a repair installation but don't have a Vista SP1 dvd. I guess I could uninstall SP1 and try the repair. Man this is frustrating! Thanks again for all your hard work! Hi, This is a bit of effort, but useful to have for the future - and when SP2 arrives Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD Hope it's of use SIW2 |
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10-14-2008
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| Guest | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view ruddervader wrote: Quote: > John, > Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I just spent 4 hrs. in a chat with > Microswamp Support and got nada. I was going to try a repair > installation but don't have a Vista SP1 dvd. I guess I could uninstall > SP1 and try the repair. Man this is frustrating! > Thanks again for all your hard work! "Hi Yo Silver, away!" Longshot...but I'm wondering if you might have an issue with corruption in your User Account. Might be worth a try to create a new user account just to see if the issue persists. Windows Vista - Create a user account http://tinyurl.com/27waj4 or... http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...36e531033.mspx -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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10-14-2008
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| Member | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view John, Yup, tried that and had the same symptoms. MS Support is supposed to contact me again tomight for another chat session, maybe they can get it sorted out. I will post back any success! Thanks! |
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10-14-2008
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| Member | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view Quote: Originally Posted by SIW2 Quote: Originally Posted by ruddervader John, Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I just spent 4 hrs. in a chat with Microswamp Support and got nada. I was going to try a repair installation but don't have a Vista SP1 dvd. I guess I could uninstall SP1 and try the repair. Man this is frustrating! Thanks again for all your hard work! Hi, This is a bit of effort, but useful to have for the future - and when SP2 arrives Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD Hope it's of use SIW2 SIW2, I had already looked at Shawn's tutorial and may try that when I have time. It looks like a great resource! Unfortunately I don't have the original DVD for this machine so I would have to sort out the SATA drivers as well. Thanks for the suggestion! |
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10-14-2008
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| Guest | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view ruddervader wrote: Quote: > John, > Yup, tried that and had the same symptoms. MS Support is supposed to > contact me again tomight for another chat session, maybe they can get > it sorted out. I will post back any success! > > Thanks! Yes...please let us know if you find a fix. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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10-15-2008
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| Guest | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view Is your problem isolated right now to JPGs simply not working correctly? Or is there more to it than that? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "ruddervader" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:3332cbad72b95a508e896a9b2d593250@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > John, > Yup, tried that and had the same symptoms. MS Support is supposed to > contact me again tomight for another chat session, maybe they can get it > sorted out. I will post back any success! > > Thanks! > > > -- > ruddervader |
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10-18-2008
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| Member | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view John, Well, after a week of beating my head against the keyboard I still have not found a solution that works. I spent three nights with our friends from India at MS Support and while they were very supportive they could not figure out a fix. At their suggestion I uninstalled Vista SP1 and my anti-virus (F-Prot). I have gone to Organize, View, Folder Options and checked and unchecked "Always show icons, never thumbnails" about a hundred times (With and without restart). I have gone to Control Panel, Ease of Acess, Make it easier to focus on tasks, and checked and unchecked "Remove background Images" as well. I have posted HJT logs on What The Tech, run spyare, adware and anti-virus scans in normal and safe mode and "As Administrator". I think I had an "Adware-Alert" attack which I cleaned up with MBAM. All scans are clean now. I ran Regedit and checked in "Windows Current Version", "Policies", "System" in both Local Machine and Current User and found no reference to wallpaper or desktop background. This problem affects all users (created new user and Administrator). This issue seems to have migrated into a desktop background issue. I can see thumbnails in all my file folders now but I can't see thumbnails if I "Personalize ", "Desktop Background". I can see Solid Colors (and can change them) but if I choose Windows Wallpaper from the Drop Down I only see generic icons or place holders. They are highly pixelated icons. If I choose Pictures folder I get the same thing. If I click on browse I can see the thunbnail view but no matter what I click on I can't set it as background. (Except for the few bmp files I have in My Picures). I can never right click on a thumnail or any image and "Set as Desktop Background". I have Adobe Photoshop and Gimp installed but they were on here long before this problem started. BTW WindowsMedia Player seems to function normally. I still feel that there is some obscure basic setting that I am overlooking or the malware attack changed some fundamental Registry Setting that I am not aware of. There seems to be scores of similar issues posted around the net but I have failed to discover a definitive answer for this particular combination. Maybe I should start a new thread as "Can't change Desktop Background"? I apoligize about the lengthy rant. ruddervader |
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10-19-2008
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| Guest | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view Thanks for the update. When you discover the fix please share it with this newsgroup. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk ================================= Quote: > John, > Well, after a week of beating my head against the keyboard I still > have not found a solution that works. I spent three nights with our > friends from India at MS Support and while they were very supportive > they could not figure out a fix. At their suggestion I uninstalled > Vista SP1 and my anti-virus (F-Prot). > > I have gone to Organize, View, Folder Options and checked and > unchecked "Always show icons, never thumbnails" about a hundred times > (With and without restart). > > I have gone to Control Panel, Ease of Acess, Make it easier to focus > on tasks, and checked and unchecked "Remove background Images" as > well. > > I have posted HJT logs on What The Tech, run spyare, adware and > anti-virus scans in normal and safe mode and "As Administrator". I > think I had an "Adware-Alert" attack which I cleaned up with MBAM. > All scans are clean now. > > I ran Regedit and checked in "Windows Current Version", "Policies", > "System" in both Local Machine and Current User and found no reference > to wallpaper or desktop background. > > This problem affects all users (created new user and Administrator). > > This issue seems to have migrated into a desktop background issue. I > can see thumbnails in all my file folders now but I can't see > thumbnails if I "Personalize ", > "Desktop Background". I can see Solid Colors (and can change them) but > if I choose Windows Wallpaper from the Drop Down I only see generic > icons or place holders. They are highly pixelated icons. If I choose > Pictures folder I get the same thing. If I click on browse I can see > the thunbnail view but no matter what I click on I can't set it as > background. (Except for the few bmp files I have in My Picures). > I can never right click on a thumnail or any image and "Set as Desktop > Background". > > I have Adobe Photoshop and Gimp installed but they were on here long > before this problem started. > BTW WindowsMedia Player seems to function normally. > > I still feel that there is some obscure basic setting that I am > overlooking or the malware attack changed some fundamental Registry > Setting that I am not aware of. > > There seems to be scores of similar issues posted around the net but I > have failed to discover a definitive answer for this particular > combination. > > Maybe I should start a new thread as "Can't change Desktop > Background"? > > I apoligize about the lengthy rant. > > ruddervader |
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10-20-2008
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| Member | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view John, Fix? Is no fix! Sorry John, I fold. I backed up my files to an external hard drive and restored the Dell to factory settings. I had two weeks of my life invested in this little fiasco and just had to move on. Happy to report that the little beast is chuckling along and I have almost got it back to where it should be. Sorry I couldn't find a soultion to share with the forum. "Sadder but wiser" ruddervader |
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10-20-2008
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| Guest | Re: Thumbnails won't display in folder view ruddervader wrote: Quote: > John, > Fix? Is no fix! > Sorry John, I fold. > I backed up my files to an external hard drive and restored the Dell > to factory settings. I had two weeks of my life invested in this > little fiasco and just had to move on. > Happy to report that the little beast is chuckling along and I have > almost got it back to where it should be. > Sorry I couldn't find a soultion to share with the forum. > > "Sadder but wiser" > > ruddervader Well...at least you are back in shape. Thanks for the update. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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