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Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new
installation there are a hundred things to set, install, modify, etc. In the process of getting rid of annoyances, I modified some setting to stop automatic upgrades and installs. But I went one step too far, I guess. This Lenovo laptop always ends up with two "unknown" drivers that are needed. I downloaded every driver on the Lenovo site for this computer, but somehow I cant get those two fixed. The last time I installed to this computer, I just went online and let them automatically install, which worked great. I dont normally allow stuff to install without my approval, but there is little choice here. Plus I think these are mostly drivers from reliable sites like Microsoft or Lenovo. Anyhow, I went to a WIFI last night and found that whatever setting I modified is not allowing, or even giving me the option to download those drivers. My only options are to install them from a local source. (On the computer or a floppy or other plug-in media). I'm hoping that one of you who are much more familiar with XP will know which setting I modified that is not allowing me to download the drivers. I just can not remember where it was located, or what I changed. But after spending hours tweaking, one tends to have a brain fart. I used TweakUI, and did the rest manually. I only edited the registry to remove balloon popups, which is adding one line. (Dword) Nothing else was touched in the registry. Anyone know what I did, and how to fix it? Thanks |
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Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:33:29 -0400, wrote in
Anyone know what I did, and how to fix it? Take a look here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...river-problems -- I kill-file all messages posted through Google Groups. |
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Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
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I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new installation there are a hundred things to set, install, modify, etc. In the process of getting rid of annoyances, I modified some setting to stop automatic upgrades and installs. But I went one step too far, I guess. This Lenovo laptop always ends up with two "unknown" drivers that are needed. I downloaded every driver on the Lenovo site for this computer, but somehow I cant get those two fixed. The last time I installed to this computer, I just went online and let them automatically install, which worked great. I dont normally allow stuff to install without my approval, but there is little choice here. Plus I think these are mostly drivers from reliable sites like Microsoft or Lenovo. Anyhow, I went to a WIFI last night and found that whatever setting I modified is not allowing, or even giving me the option to download those drivers. My only options are to install them from a local source. (On the computer or a floppy or other plug-in media). I'm hoping that one of you who are much more familiar with XP will know which setting I modified that is not allowing me to download the drivers. I just can not remember where it was located, or what I changed. But after spending hours tweaking, one tends to have a brain fart. I used TweakUI, and did the rest manually. I only edited the registry to remove balloon popups, which is adding one line. (Dword) Nothing else was touched in the registry. Anyone know what I did, and how to fix it? Thanks [Repost - ES server problem prevents propagation...] IE settings are inherited by Firefox. So both browsers may be subject to the same restriction. http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/901/ User Key: [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\Zones\3] System Key: [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\Zones\3] Value Name: 1803 Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) (0 = downloads enabled, 3 = downloads disabled) See if your 1803 is set to 3. In the GUI, this might correspond to one of the slider settings (like High) for Internet Zone or something. I don't know what Zone3 is, but it might be Internet (untrusted). It appears my Zone3 is set to 0 (download OK) and my Zone4 is set to 3 (download Disabled). The GUI would be a more intelligent way to set things - if you had a mapping from low-medium-high slider value, to what registry settings are involved. Paul |
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Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:18:10 -0400, Paul wrote:
wrote: I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new installation there are a hundred things to set, install, modify, etc. In the process of getting rid of annoyances, I modified some setting to stop automatic upgrades and installs. But I went one step too far, I guess. This Lenovo laptop always ends up with two "unknown" drivers that are needed. I downloaded every driver on the Lenovo site for this computer, but somehow I cant get those two fixed. The last time I installed to this computer, I just went online and let them automatically install, which worked great. I dont normally allow stuff to install without my approval, but there is little choice here. Plus I think these are mostly drivers from reliable sites like Microsoft or Lenovo. Anyhow, I went to a WIFI last night and found that whatever setting I modified is not allowing, or even giving me the option to download those drivers. My only options are to install them from a local source. (On the computer or a floppy or other plug-in media). I'm hoping that one of you who are much more familiar with XP will know which setting I modified that is not allowing me to download the drivers. I just can not remember where it was located, or what I changed. But after spending hours tweaking, one tends to have a brain fart. I used TweakUI, and did the rest manually. I only edited the registry to remove balloon popups, which is adding one line. (Dword) Nothing else was touched in the registry. Anyone know what I did, and how to fix it? Thanks [Repost - ES server problem prevents propagation...] IE settings are inherited by Firefox. So both browsers may be subject to the same restriction. http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/901/ User Key: [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\Zones\3] System Key: [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\Zones\3] Value Name: 1803 Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) (0 = downloads enabled, 3 = downloads disabled) See if your 1803 is set to 3. In the GUI, this might correspond to one of the slider settings (like High) for Internet Zone or something. I don't know what Zone3 is, but it might be Internet (untrusted). It appears my Zone3 is set to 0 (download OK) and my Zone4 is set to 3 (download Disabled). The GUI would be a more intelligent way to set things - if you had a mapping from low-medium-high slider value, to what registry settings are involved. Paul I went there, and there is no 1803. Not in ANY zone. There are other numbers. I then went to IE and set everything low (wide open). I still dont get the option to install the drivers from online. I used to **** and moan that every time I did anything, the computer was trying to go online. Now it wont even attempt to go online. I did finally find the settting though. It was in ControlPanel/System. So everything works again. |
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Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:18:10 -0400, Paul wrote: wrote: I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new installation there are a hundred things to set, install, modify, etc. In the process of getting rid of annoyances, I modified some setting to stop automatic upgrades and installs. But I went one step too far, I guess. This Lenovo laptop always ends up with two "unknown" drivers that are needed. I downloaded every driver on the Lenovo site for this computer, but somehow I cant get those two fixed. The last time I installed to this computer, I just went online and let them automatically install, which worked great. I dont normally allow stuff to install without my approval, but there is little choice here. Plus I think these are mostly drivers from reliable sites like Microsoft or Lenovo. Anyhow, I went to a WIFI last night and found that whatever setting I modified is not allowing, or even giving me the option to download those drivers. My only options are to install them from a local source. (On the computer or a floppy or other plug-in media). I'm hoping that one of you who are much more familiar with XP will know which setting I modified that is not allowing me to download the drivers. I just can not remember where it was located, or what I changed. But after spending hours tweaking, one tends to have a brain fart. I used TweakUI, and did the rest manually. I only edited the registry to remove balloon popups, which is adding one line. (Dword) Nothing else was touched in the registry. Anyone know what I did, and how to fix it? Thanks [Repost - ES server problem prevents propagation...] IE settings are inherited by Firefox. So both browsers may be subject to the same restriction. http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/901/ User Key: [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\Zones\3] System Key: [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\Zones\3] Value Name: 1803 Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) (0 = downloads enabled, 3 = downloads disabled) See if your 1803 is set to 3. In the GUI, this might correspond to one of the slider settings (like High) for Internet Zone or something. I don't know what Zone3 is, but it might be Internet (untrusted). It appears my Zone3 is set to 0 (download OK) and my Zone4 is set to 3 (download Disabled). The GUI would be a more intelligent way to set things - if you had a mapping from low-medium-high slider value, to what registry settings are involved. Paul I went there, and there is no 1803. Not in ANY zone. There are other numbers. I then went to IE and set everything low (wide open). I still dont get the option to install the drivers from online. I used to **** and moan that every time I did anything, the computer was trying to go online. Now it wont even attempt to go online. I did finally find the settting though. It was in ControlPanel/System. So everything works again. What was the setting exactly ? I've got seven tabs in my System control panel, and a bunch of paths below that. I can't figure out what you might have used. Paul |
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