re: SysFader will not fade away
Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 8:53 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by David_S
(2 messages posted)
Well - here's my followup, over a year after the original post - I found this forum
by searching '"windows 2000" sysfader shutdown problems' on Google.
I have three variations on the problem for you :-)
Firstly, I know how and when it happened. Shortly after my last clean install, I
was running WinMX, having conigured it to shutdown Windows when all downloads finished.
My download terminated unexpectedly; those who know WinMX will know that its approach
to shutting down is pretty brute-force. I was installing another program (Paint Shop
Pro, as it happens) at the time...
The shutdown problem came back at the very next Windows session, and hasn't gone
away since. Exactly the same progression as everyone else; Sysfader halts a few times,
then Explorer, permanently.
It's pretty clear that the forced shutdown, with the installation going on at the
same time, did the damage. Unfortunately, I can't remember if that coincidence of
events happened last time, but it might well have done.
System File Checker, System Restore and turning off the transition effects haven't
done the trick.
Secondly, it's only when I'm logged on as Administrator that the problem occurs every
time (I was Administrator when it first happened). When we're using our general/family
account, it happens occasionally, but the shutdown, logoff or reboot is clean more
often than not.
Thirdly; do other people have the situation where either the desktop closes, or the
taskbar, but never both?
No solution yet, unfortunately - it may need to be a fresh reinstall.
On Monday, April 28, 2003 at 12:29 pm, jc wrote:
>I just gave up on it. Honestly, if Microsoft can't make something work right, then
>why should I waste my time on it? I can't find it, I can't keep it from loading,
>I can't kill it. Seriously, I have better things to do than chase some bug hunt.
>When I went to XP the problem went away.
>
>I am downloading Red Hat Linux 9 now. I can't wait.
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