Recent content by wpcoe

This is really wonky: the wild card now is whether I have an internet connection established when I start, link to, relink to, or "refresh" the network. (Besides the "Private" setting not being "sticky" the other telltale sign is that I cannot modify the Network Name.) I have a single...

linney: You were on the right track about the firewall. Although I did not uninstall Comodo Firewall, and had "merely" turned it off, I found later that the "Comdo Firewall Driver" kept getting re-checked in the Properties for the network card. But that was only 50% of the problem. The other...

I just did a clean install of Vista Business on my notebook which previously ran WinXP Pro. I routinely synch files between the notebook and my Visa Business desktop computer via a direct-cable LAN connection. With Vista on the desktop and XP on the notebook, it was a one-sided network, with...

I just created a new user, and it appears my user profile was corrupted, as displaying recent docs and recent apps both work as advertised for the new user. I read the procedure to copy all my old settings to the new user profile, but I need to create yet a *third* user profile to do it, but I...

Well, I rolled back my system to Sept 5 via System Restore, exported some Start Menu-related keys that seemed like likely candidates, undid the System Restore and applied the keys: My Start Menu now has a couple items on it, although it won't add any more, and the height is now the previous...

PS: Based on an idea I read online, I also ran sfc (System File Checker) and it found no errors.

Here's the attached .gif file that wouldn't post above:

EVERY program listed there has an empty/blank REG_SZ string. Does that exclude them from populating the "recent" list??? Now, beyond all the above, I noticed another quirk: see attached "recent-programs.gif" file: there is no check box for displaying the recent documents. All that is there...

linney: Going to the first link you provided, shell:recent shows correctly as C:\Users\wpcoe\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent, with a special (i.e. not the standard plain yellow folder) icon. I'm perhaps confused by the second link you provided. My...

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-.......\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced was basically the same list of string values as in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced so I changed Start_TrackDocs, Start_TrackProgs and Start_ShowRecentDocs all...

smah: Not to worry, you opened my eyes to some other oddities which are related to "show recent docs," as well. When I went in to check on the registry settings in your and linney's replies, I found that the Start_TrackDocs, and Start_ShowRecentDocs settings were not "sticking" in the...

smah: I hadn't realized "show recent docs" was broken as well! I originally only noticed the "show recently opened programs" was broken. I changed Start_TrackDocs, Start_TrackProgs and Start_ShowRecentDocs all from 0 to 1, rebooted, and neither recently opened programs nor recent docs appear...

I'm running as admin. Thanks for the suggestion!

If I <right-click> on the task bar, click on "Properties," and select the "Start Menu" tab, the "Store and display a list of recently opened programs" box is unchecked. If I check it and click OK, the setting doesn't "stick". When I return to the Start Menu tab, the box is unchecked. If I click...

wahnula and tf1: Thanks for the feedback. I feel a bit better about giving this a try. To the credit of the store where I usually shop, I asked them if I could return the RAM if it weren't compatible, and their stance was: "Bring your computer here. We'll try it and you pay only if it works.