Aw Shit I Ate My Desk Again
Were you perhaps logged in using a temporary profile? This affects Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8, and information technology can happen due to latency or profile abuse. In most cases, rebooting will resolve it. One telltale sign is that your customizations (colors, wallpaper, font choices) are missing when you lot login. Does that audio like the case to you?
If not, do you know of any changes that have occurred with the computer when this change happened? Any recent software install, system refresh or restore, or anything else?
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See if the program can diagnose whatsoever problems and set up them.
Download and run the Modern UI App troubleshooter and check.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/4/F24D0C03-4181-4E5B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3/apps.diagcab
What happens if you lot test with some other user rather than your current user?
Can System Restore offer a solution?
How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating organisation configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista (or 7, or eight).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/#appliesto
See, Control Panel\All Control Console Items\Recovery\ Open System Restore
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Thank you lot Shawn for your suggestion. I didn't observe what flashed on the screen when I logged in yesterday, just took note today. I received a message to the consequence that I was being logged in / continued with a temporary profile and, yep, the customizations were missing. I am in the habit of turning the figurer off (rather than sleep) each evening then that I take to restart each solar day.
Today, I have started the computer in the normal way and again received the bulletin of temporary profile and having looked at your bulletin done a restart. All the chief Apps are back (except to access the desktop), but none of my additions - Google Earth, Printer Drivers, etc., etc. I can still find them if I go searching, but non on the offset screen.
Thanks for your help. At least I am office mode there.
I will now take a look at Linney'southward proffer.
John
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Hello Linney, I ran the UI App troubleshooter and information technology came back with the message that the Display Adaptor Drivers may exist out of date. I am the but user on this computer.
I tried a organisation restore, both through the HP Back up Assistant and via your link, but with the same result.
I wanted to include some screenshots, merely made the bulletin longer than lx,000 characters. The message was that at that place may exist an antivirus plan running stopping access to a file. I turned off my AVG, but then remembered seeing two Kingsoft programs - Antivirus and Shoujizhusou. I don't know where they came from and I can't remove or disable them equally the characters are either Chinese or Japanese. They appeared at the same time as I accepted various Windows and Firefox updates.
Thank you for the suggestions.
Each Organization has taken 45 - fifty minutes and I have only noticed that you have come with some more thoughts. I will attempt them tomorrow.
Thanks again.
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Howdy again Linney
I can't go past the first hurdle on this one. I went in to
" Control Console > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts > Manage accounts "
and found me and a Guest, the Invitee is not enabled . Beneath the box I accept two options : -
Add new User in PC Settings
Set up Family Prophylactic.
I get no response when clicking on the starting time one, just get taken to the Family Rubber set upwards screen for the second.
What now, please?
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Come across if this will assist you with "Add new User in PC Settings"
How to create a new user account in Windows viii
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/create-new-user-business relationship-in-windows-8/
Can you pick out the Chinese programs in Program and Features and uninstall them that manner.
If it gets all as well complicated see these every bit a final resort. They should go rid of those other Anti Virus programs you mention also.
Virtually new machines come up with a recovery partition allowing you lot to go back to the time of purchase, you lot will have to check your user guides (or the manufacturer'southward Web Site) for instructions. Choosing that path requires you to save all valuable data commencement.
These options are built-in to Windows 8 as well.
How to restore, refresh, or reset your PC
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-Us/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc
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Hi Linney,
I have spent the past day or and so backing upwards all my files (documents, photos, videos, etc) on to an external difficult drive in grooming for re-installing windows.
And so, I swipe in from the right, tap Settings, and and then tap Change PC Settings. All that happens is that the panel disappears from the right paw side.
I tried going in from the Apps page, tapping Settings, and and then tapping Modify PC Settings with the same effect.
What is going on? I could observe my fashion around in XP, merely this is driving me nuts.
HELP, - - - pretty please.
Papi
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If y'all can't become to PC Settings read your user guide from HP and try doing this, - Most new machines come with a recovery division allowing you to go dorsum to the time of buy, you volition have to check your user guides (or the manufacturer'southward Web Site) for instructions. Choosing that path requires you to salvage all valuable data first.
If you exercise that then y'all don't demand PC Settings.
If you want to try and get into PC Settings - what is happening when you click on "Change PC Settings", what options exercise yous run into on the left mitt part of the screen after clicking on it? Practise you meet a heading/link called "General"? If so click on that and follow the prompts.
In that location are several means of doing a "Reset" described in this article, The one you are trying to do is lower downwardly in the commodity.
How to Reset Windows 8
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-windows-viii-a.html
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I lost several of my APP.Southward, I demand to get them back.
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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-i-recover-my-apps-from-the-start-screen/9cf2927c-ea7d-42a3-9fac-8e1f9b6e4289
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