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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.

My Acer notebook computer has two RAM slots, and came installed with 2 x 512MB PC4300 SO-DIMMs. (The FSB is 533Mhz.) I replaced one of the 512MB SO-DIMMS with a 1GB SO-DIMM, and now am considering replacing the other one. The max RAM capacity of the mobo is 2GB. The problem is, the shops...

Thanks tlcscousin and Linney for two great suggestions! I've been meaning to re-configure my machine as a dual-boot Vista/XP after I changed the mobo/processor, so this gave me the incentive to re-install WinXP. Alas, the same error message in WinXP. I don't have time right now to extract the...

Ok, I just re-discovered msinfo32 from a command prompt. For Serial Ports, it shows: Name PCI SoftV92 Speakerphone Modem Status OK PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_2F00&SUBSYS_200414F1&REV_01\4&476FCB2&0&10F0 Maximum Input Buffer Size Not...

Thanks, Linney. Some of those suggestions sounded/looked quite promising, but none succeeded at letting me query, much less use, my modem. Have *you* typed "modem" in Help and Support? There are such valuable treasures as "Using IDSN," "Parts of a computer," and "Exploring the Internet."...

I have a generic internal modem, identified as PCI SoftV92 Speakerphone Modem in my Vista Business desktop computer. For the first time in months, today I tried to use the modem. Right-clicking on the modem in Device Manager, choosing Properties, and clicking on "Query Modem" on the Diagnostics...