What version of Vista/7? 32bit or 64bit? What verions of Office? 2003/7/10? 32bit?
Do these machines have Blu-tooth? Just taking a flying guess here - under some combination of the above conditions, we've experienced some very weird problems with printing, and your problems sound similar. Kurt On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:14, Gary Cordell <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a question about the underpinnings of Vista and Win7 that requires > some explanation. (And yes, I have tried all of the fixes online for this > problem that have been presented so far.) > > THE PROBLEM: > This showed up with Vista/Win7, and I have been tracking it for over a year > now. We have about 60 computers in our domain, and about 10 show this > problem. Occasionally (intermittently, sneakily) on bootup the Devices and > Printers control panel comes up empty— only on some computers-- but once it > starts on one it tends to repeat. The empty panel is a symptom—you don’t > have to open the D&P panel for this to cause problems. If you try to use a > device that should be there but is not (like a printer), it hangs. > If you reboot enough it will finally populate (up to 6 reboots). The only > consistent workaround I have found is to disable our antivirus during the > bootup. (And I have been working with our AV support on this, but it is too > intermittent to make much headway). Sometimes it just goes away for a few > weeks, but it always comes back. > THE QUESTION: > Where does the data that is used to populate the D&P panel come from? Is it > kept in a file, and if so what is the filename and path? Or is it kept in > the Registry? > My working assumption for this problem is that the loading of the data for > the D&P panel is somehow blocked or lost during bootup. I suspect our proxy > server or AD might be involved. I just need to know what to monitor. > Thanks, Gary > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
