icon names etc. disappeared

Jo-anne

Exactly the same thing has happened to me and same overnight on 4th Nov. Like you I have run malware software and antivirus and found nothing. A hard reboot fixes the problem but it recurrs when the laptop has been on for some time. Never had problems like this ever. I did sytem restore hasnt fixed it. I removed programmes which were using a lot of virtual memory and freed up hard disk space none of its has worked.

Has anyone else had this since Nov 5th and have you found a fix?

karen

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This is very interesting, Karen! I'm beginning to wonder if there might be a
heat problem with our laptops (see my posts and Paul's in this newsgroup
about my wireless connection being lost). If I mostly keep my laptop turned
off, it works fine when I use it. If I leave it on for a while, this
happens. I also recently lost my wireless connection to my home network with
this computer, although I can get onto the internet by plugging the laptop
directly into my router.

Of course, malware is a possibility too. Sometimes the regular anti-malware
programs don't catch it...

I hope someone can help! I was just about to try System Restore when I read
your post. I think I'll hold off for now.

Jo-Anne


----- Original Message -----
From: "karen gardiner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: icon names etc. disappeared


> Jo-anne
>
> Exactly the same thing has happened to me and same overnight on 4th Nov.
> Like you I have run malware software and antivirus and found nothing. A
> hard reboot fixes the problem but it recurrs when the laptop has been on
> for some time. Never had problems like this ever. I did sytem restore
> hasnt fixed it. I removed programmes which were using a lot of virtual
> memory and freed up hard disk space none of its has worked.
>
> Has anyone else had this since Nov 5th and have you found a fix?
>
> karen
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe
> Visual Studio Async CTP Overview
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...-overview.aspx

"karen gardiner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jo-anne
>
> Exactly the same thing has happened to me and same overnight on 4th Nov.
> Like you I have run malware software and antivirus and found nothing. A
> hard reboot fixes the problem but it recurrs when the laptop has been on
> for some time. Never had problems like this ever. I did sytem restore
> hasnt fixed it. I removed programmes which were using a lot of virtual
> memory and freed up hard disk space none of its has worked.
>
> Has anyone else had this since Nov 5th and have you found a fix?
>
> karen
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe
> Visual Studio Async CTP Overview
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...-overview.aspx