Correct DanS......you win,,,,after 8 re-installs and back-ups I quit with HP
support....that is the limit of their capabilities with Windows. Oh so glad
to see someone gets this "stupid" little problem, who knows....maybe its a
really major one ???

"DanS" wrote:
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> =?Utf-8?B?TWljayBNdXJwaHk=?= <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in news:39BB94F2-A1D4-4DB7-BCD5-A920736D1632@microsoft.com:
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> > Clean reinstall Vista after backing up your Data.[/color]
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> I'd venture a guess that HP told hime the same thing 20 minutes into the
> support call.
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> > "KOLLIE BOY" wrote:
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> >> Try one last time...I will keep this as simple as possible, I have
> >> no icon file, so, no icons to choose for folders,files,etc.... it is
> >> a Vista Home Premium,32bit,media-center. Have done all proceedures
> >> from HP/Microsoft/with no success. Would appreciate any help. (if
> >> you do not understand issue, DONT reply) Programs from net sites not
> >> accepted by Vista........ready,set.....GO ![/color][/color]
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