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Windows 7

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Peppers Mum

Flightless Bird
Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install Windows
7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the upgrade
but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all setup and
windows mail installed for my husband and customized everything to my
preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted, it loses all of my
settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are gone, icons are back to
default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.

Cheers Jan
 
R

remove

Flightless Bird
Peppers Mum wrote:
> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install Windows
> 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the upgrade
> but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all setup and
> windows mail installed for my husband and customized everything to my
> preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted, it loses all of my
> settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are gone, icons are back to
> default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
>
> Cheers Jan
>

Because you did a CLEAN install
 
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remove

Flightless Bird
remove wrote:
> Peppers Mum wrote:
>> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
>> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install
>> Windows 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the
>> upgrade but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all
>> setup and windows mail installed for my husband and customized
>> everything to my preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted,
>> it loses all of my settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are
>> gone, icons are back to default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
>>
>> Cheers Jan
>>

> Because you did a CLEAN install




Yes I realise I fell for it
 
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Peppers Mum

Flightless Bird
In article <1rKdnX3GJNWcCs7WnZ2dnUVZ8rti4p2d@bt.com>, "welsh(remove)
wizard29"@hotmail.com says...
>
> remove wrote:
> > Peppers Mum wrote:
> >> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
> >> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install
> >> Windows 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the
> >> upgrade but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all
> >> setup and windows mail installed for my husband and customized
> >> everything to my preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted,
> >> it loses all of my settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are
> >> gone, icons are back to default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
> >>
> >> Cheers Jan
> >>

> > Because you did a CLEAN install

>
>
>
> Yes I realise I fell for it


Yes but I am saying that everytime I set everything up the way I like,
after re-boot it is gone back to no e-mail settings, no favourites etc.
 
S

Student

Flightless Bird

>Yes but I am saying that everytime I set everything up the way I like,
>after re-boot it is gone back to no e-mail settings, no favourites etc.



Could this be due to an an illegal copy of Windows 7?
 
C

Charles Tomaras

Flightless Bird
"Peppers Mum" <peppersmum@tel.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25bd24cdbb0c39b2989680@news.telus.net...
> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install Windows
> 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the upgrade
> but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all setup and
> windows mail installed for my husband and customized everything to my
> preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted, it loses all of my
> settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are gone, icons are back to
> default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
>
> Cheers Jan


Not sure of your exact situation but the first thing that comes to mind is
that it might some how be related to User Settings. Try deleting all of your
existing users and create a new user. Log in under that new user name, make
some adjustments to your settings and see if they stick around.
 
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Peppers Mum

Flightless Bird
In article <_M2dnT7VFazwK87WnZ2dnUVZ_gZi4p2d@giganews.com>,
student@yahoo.com says...
>
> >Yes but I am saying that everytime I set everything up the way I like,
> >after re-boot it is gone back to no e-mail settings, no favourites etc.

>
>
> Could this be due to an an illegal copy of Windows 7?


Bought and paid for.
 
A

Al Smith

Flightless Bird
Charles Tomaras wrote:
>
> "Peppers Mum" <peppersmum@tel.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.25bd24cdbb0c39b2989680@news.telus.net...
>> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
>> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install Windows
>> 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the upgrade
>> but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all setup and
>> windows mail installed for my husband and customized everything to my
>> preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted, it loses all of my
>> settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are gone, icons are back to
>> default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
>>
>> Cheers Jan

>
> Not sure of your exact situation but the first thing that comes to mind
> is that it might some how be related to User Settings. Try deleting all
> of your existing users and create a new user. Log in under that new user
> name, make some adjustments to your settings and see if they stick around.
>
>
>

Yeah, her setting are probably still there, she's just logging in
as a different user from the one for whom the settings were set.

-Al-
 
V

Vinal the sinister sheep-peeper

Flightless Bird
Some short-order head-shrinker named Al Smith wrote in
news:xmY4n.62062$PH1.24082@edtnps82:

> Charles Tomaras wrote:


>> "Peppers Mum" <peppersmum@tel.com> wrote


>>> I did not do the
>>> upgrade but rather the clean install


> Yeah, her setting are probably still there, she's just logging in as a
> different user from the one for whom the settings were set.


How does that work if a clean install has been performed, you completely
fucked in the head, tickle-brained fuckchop?

Perhaps you should put fuck.brained dot in front of your email address,
you flap-eared pisswit.

--
A test sig
 
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Peppers Mum

Flightless Bird
In article <xmY4n.62062$PH1.24082@edtnps82>, invalid@address.com says...
>
> Charles Tomaras wrote:
> >
> > "Peppers Mum" <peppersmum@tel.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.25bd24cdbb0c39b2989680@news.telus.net...
> >> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
> >> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install Windows
> >> 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the upgrade
> >> but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all setup and
> >> windows mail installed for my husband and customized everything to my
> >> preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted, it loses all of my
> >> settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are gone, icons are back to
> >> default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
> >>
> >> Cheers Jan

> >
> > Not sure of your exact situation but the first thing that comes to mind
> > is that it might some how be related to User Settings. Try deleting all
> > of your existing users and create a new user. Log in under that new user
> > name, make some adjustments to your settings and see if they stick around.
> >
> >
> >

> Yeah, her setting are probably still there, she's just logging in
> as a different user from the one for whom the settings were set.
>
> -Al-


Neither pc gives me a logon prompt - the OS just loads straight to
Windows.
 
B

Bob Hatch

Flightless Bird
Peppers Mum wrote:
> In article <xmY4n.62062$PH1.24082@edtnps82>, invalid@address.com says...
>> Charles Tomaras wrote:
>>> "Peppers Mum" <peppersmum@tel.com> wrote in message
>>> news:MPG.25bd24cdbb0c39b2989680@news.telus.net...
>>>> Hi all - I have a new HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium running
>>>> wirelessly off my upstairs desktop. I decided to buy and install Windows
>>>> 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop. I did not do the upgrade
>>>> but rather the clean install route. I had the desktop all setup and
>>>> windows mail installed for my husband and customized everything to my
>>>> preferences. But everytime the computer is rebooted, it loses all of my
>>>> settings, e-mail account is gone, favourites are gone, icons are back to
>>>> default, etc. Does anyone have any advice. TIA.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers Jan
>>> Not sure of your exact situation but the first thing that comes to mind
>>> is that it might some how be related to User Settings. Try deleting all
>>> of your existing users and create a new user. Log in under that new user
>>> name, make some adjustments to your settings and see if they stick around.
>>>
>>>
>>>

>> Yeah, her setting are probably still there, she's just logging in
>> as a different user from the one for whom the settings were set.
>>
>> -Al-

>
> Neither pc gives me a logon prompt - the OS just loads straight to
> Windows.


If that's the case you've most likely not created a user account that
the settings can be saved to.



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