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Hi Cyco,
As a genuinely lucky chap, I am running windows Vista!
And every time I ask it to do something using windows explorer it tells me
"WINDOWS EXPLORER HAS STOPPED WORKING" and needs to restart!
This is really doing my head in now as it is taking me hours to drag and drop my music!
Any ideas what may be causing this and how to prevent it!? (apart from refraining from using the PC as a PC)
Kind Regardations,
Nanu
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Posted: 2007-09-29 21:20:45
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Ahhhh, say what you like about M$ products, they have the most adorable error messages...
First of all, try turning 'User Account Control' off in control panel - user accounts. Reboot and see if it starts behaving itself.
From what I can gather, this error is equivalent to the old XP 'explorer has caused a fault in module xxxxx' which a classic symptom of spyware infestation. If you haven't got a decent antispyware app yet, now would be a good time to start downloading some free trials (if it'll let you!).
If your PC turns out to be clean, the next thing is to try a standard system restore like you would do in XP. If that doesn't work, or you have system restore turned off, try booting from the vista disk and doing a system restore from there (it won't wipe all of your stuff).
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Posted: 2007-09-30 12:54:08
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On 2007-09-28 11:54:54, Cycovision wrote:
I have a similar problem with my AverTV USB digital tuner and I think it could be a compatibility problem with my ATI graphics card. It only started doing it when I upgraded from an X600 to an x1800. Oddly enough, it can be solved by opening a video player such as winamp and playing a short movie clip, the green 'interference' (for want of a better word) disappears. Trouble is, I have to do this every time I want to watch tv
I won't lie to you, I have no idea why opening winamp solves the problem in my case. I think it's to do with switching graphics modes but strangely, setting up a profile for the TV tuner app that changes the mode automatically doesn't work. I've tried two lots of official ATI drivers, DNA drivers and Omega drivers with the same results, so I don't think it's a driver issue.
I still spend a bit of time searching for the answer to this problem occasionally so if I find anything, I'll let you know
What about it only recording 60% of the actual picture?
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Posted: 2007-09-30 17:10:44
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^^^^^^^
'I don't know' is the honest answer
The fact that it records it instead of just displaying it primarily suggests either a problem with the input signal (your telly cable) or yet another duff card.
But not necessarily. This is the problem with TV cards, there are so many entirely separate things that can go wrong.
If you were a customer, I would have visited your house, checked all the connections etc, played with the PC and would then probably be able to advise you better. To be honest, I'd most likely have tried a brand new TV card from my own supplier and taken it from there. If everything else is ok, then it must be the computer. You're looking at a compatibility problem.
To narrow it down I'd then install windows on a seperate hard drive (to protect your data) and install only the required drivers for graphics, sound, network and TV Card. If the card still doesn't work, it's either a duff card (in which case I'd try another) or it's a hardware compatibility problem. I'd start using different graphics cards, turning off on-board sound and installing PCI sound cards etc. Of course, all of this would be done in the workshop.
As I said, I'll see what I can dig up but google is surprisingly sparse when it comes to telly card problems. Most of the self-righteous gimps on the tech forums always start ranting about drivers etc. because they don't know what's really wrong either!
[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2007-09-30 16:39 ]
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Posted: 2007-09-30 17:20:53
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@Cycovision, need some assistance mate.
I am trying to install XP on my laptop and i am booting off the cd, it boots off in english loading all files, then a few minutes later all the text appears in chinese? it still loads xp but in chinese text? any ideas why not english!!
i have used this cd before and it worked fine.
Cheers.
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Posted: 2007-09-30 17:37:53
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Unlikely, but worth checking:
Is there a language option in BIOS? It may have gotten reset to a default, non-english language and the boot disk is getting it's preferred language from that?
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Posted: 2007-09-30 17:42:47
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will try now and see what happens!
really weird this is.
cheers
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Posted: 2007-09-30 17:44:58
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just checked bios, nothing in there, loaded defaults, booted off cd again starts off in english then chinese again! weird happenings ??
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Posted: 2007-09-30 17:56:29
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Dude, i need a fast/portable external HDD (2.5")....
but i dont want 'another' USB one. i have a Firewire400 port and an expresscard slot, so either i.....
A: get a e-SATA adaptor for the slot, and then get a HDD
or
B: just get a Firewire 2.5" HDD/enclosure and get my own HDD...
any thoughts on this one Cyco?
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Posted: 2007-10-03 00:03:44
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I'd go for the Firewire enclosure and separate drive. Whenever you start using adapters (even simple ones), there's more things to go wrong! Most good quality caddies are USB and Firewire compatible anyway, of course, in case you ever want to plug to it into a different computer.
Firewire is quick enough for most people anyway.
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Posted: 2007-10-03 10:45:23
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