Some Techno geek needs to help me...

[Ramius]

Howdy...
I am running Win XP Pro with SPII and every program which views my files (Winamp, Windows Explorer, Firefox etc) All close down when I switch from Details to thumbnails view...What the hell can cause this. I am ready to cry...

[Teflon]

Howdy...
I am running Win XP Pro with SPII and every program which views my files (Winamp, Windows Explorer, Firefox etc) All close down when I switch from Details to thumbnails view...What the hell can cause this. I am ready to cry...

Just do a system restore to a previous day where you had no problems.

[Ramius]

Just do a system restore to a previous day where you had no problems.

1.) Don't have system Restore active (its evil)
2.) Its been happening since I installed XP pro w/ SPII

[SPORK]

Obligitory get mac/linux comment.

[Teflon]

1.) Don't have system Restore active (its evil)
2.) Its been happening since I installed XP pro w/ SPII

I have XP pro/sp2 corp edition, i have no problems.

I would install windows again.

[raster]

Haven't heard of that one, I'll check it out tomorrow for you.

[White trash]

I thought you were a teckno geek, Ramius?

[Ramius]

I thought you were a teckno geek, Ramius?

Shhhh...Don't say it so loud. I just wanted to see if there was any better solution to me placing WinXP back on.

Looks like I will just do a reformat...life as a crouton.

[Biff]

I had a similar problem when I installed SP2 and my system was running Zone Alarm. Apparently sometimes, but not always. Don't know if this leads you anywhere of use.....

[Ramius]

I had a similar problem when I installed SP2 and my system was running Zone Alarm. Apparently sometimes, but not always. Don't know if this leads you anywhere of use.....

You could be on to something. I don't use Zone alarm, but I do use Nortons Internet security, as well as the on board firewall. I will disable the onboard. Will update if fixed.

[raster]

Ramius: just disabling norton internet security wont tell you if that is the problem especially if it is damaged. Symantec has a NIS removal tool if you have a problem removing it.

[Ramius]

Ramius: just disabling norton internet security wont tell you if that is the problem especially if it is damaged. Symantec has a NIS removal tool if you have a problem removing it.

Hell, I would never get rid of Norton, I was meaning I will disable the onboard one.

[raster]

Hell, I would never get rid of Norton, I was meaning I will disable the onboard one.

Sometimes you have to remove it to see if it is the problem, I am guessing you have the copy and No. to put it back on. I would do that before formatting and reinstalling.

BTW what is the onboard firewall, I am thinking your talking about the xp firewall?

[Ramius]

Sometimes you have to remove it to see if it is the problem, I am guessing you have the copy and No. to put it back on. I would do that before formatting and reinstalling.

BTW what is the onboard firewall, I am thinking your talking about the xp firewall?

Yeah, XP firewall is what I am referring to.

No need to worry about back ups, I have back up of back up, however, I managed to lose Schindlers List!!!

[raster]

Try reseting any scripting settings in IE, reset all IE defaults, Yes IE does intergrate with windows explorer.

I had a system where no explorer windows would view correctly, uninstalled NAV, worked fine, ran the NAV removal tool and reinstalled NAV.

But then it could be sun spots in the wrong place