Desktop display changed

Posted: 01-20-2009, 05:19 PM
This morning when I turned on my computer (WinXP SP3), my display had
changed from Classic to Windows XP, and my font size had also changed to the
default setting. I changed them back to what I wanted but am wondering what
happened. Everything was normal when I turned off the computer last night.
The only thing that occurred beforehand was that Norton had run its usual
Monday night scan.

Any idea of what happened--and what I can do to keep it from happening
again?

Thanks much!

Jo-Anne


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RE: Desktop display changed
Posted: 01-21-2009, 01:44 AM
an occasional glitch sometimes happens with computers, ie one bit off and it
changes an instruction, or causes corruption in a file somewhere, this is why
they strongly suggest you have a strong backup program in place for all those
important pictures and data.

"Jo-Anne" wrote:
> This morning when I turned on my computer (WinXP SP3), my display had
> changed from Classic to Windows XP, and my font size had also changed to the
> default setting. I changed them back to what I wanted but am wondering what
> happened. Everything was normal when I turned off the computer last night.
> The only thing that occurred beforehand was that Norton had run its usual
> Monday night scan.
>
> Any idea of what happened--and what I can do to keep it from happening
> again?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Jo-Anne
>
>
>
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Jo-Anne
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Re: Desktop display changed
Posted: 01-21-2009, 02:32 AM
Thank you for your reassurance! I know strange things happen once in a
while--and I do full backups regularly with Acronis True Image Home, which I
hope is substantial protection against a major glitch.

Jo-Anne

"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> an occasional glitch sometimes happens with computers, ie one bit off and
> it
> changes an instruction, or causes corruption in a file somewhere, this is
> why
> they strongly suggest you have a strong backup program in place for all
> those
> important pictures and data.
>
> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>
>> This morning when I turned on my computer (WinXP SP3), my display had
>> changed from Classic to Windows XP, and my font size had also changed to
>> the
>> default setting. I changed them back to what I wanted but am wondering
>> what
>> happened. Everything was normal when I turned off the computer last
>> night.
>> The only thing that occurred beforehand was that Norton had run its usual
>> Monday night scan.
>>
>> Any idea of what happened--and what I can do to keep it from happening
>> again?
>>
>> Thanks much!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>>
>>

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Re: Desktop display changed
Posted: 01-21-2009, 02:58 AM
[Is this the PC with OE compacting issues? Have you used or restored any of
these Acronis backups and did the backup include your OE data?]

Jo-Anne wrote:
> Thank you for your reassurance! I know strange things happen once in a
> while--and I do full backups regularly with Acronis True Image Home, which
> I
> hope is substantial protection against a major glitch.
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Re: Desktop display changed
Posted: 01-21-2009, 04:27 AM
No, the PC with the screwed up display is my old desktop computer; it's the
new laptop that has compacting issues. And I didn't restore to the laptop
any of my Acronis backups.

I installed individual programs on the new laptop, and I used OEQB to
"restore" my Outlook Express identities and files to it.

Jo-Anne

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> [Is this the PC with OE compacting issues? Have you used or restored any
> of these Acronis backups and did the backup include your OE data?]
>
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> Thank you for your reassurance! I know strange things happen once in a
>> while--and I do full backups regularly with Acronis True Image Home,
>> which I
>> hope is substantial protection against a major glitch.
>

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