Uninstall button missing in Windows Vista

By Nisse Pettersson at January 03, 2010 07:44
Filed Under: Technical
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When you click the application you wish to uninstall in Add/remove programs under control panel you need to reset the folder views in vista. Follow these steps.

  1. Open RegEdit
  2. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\
  3. Remove Bags registry key
  4. Remove BagMRU registry key
  5. Close RegEdit
  6. Log off, restart
  7. Login and go to folder options, make sure remember each folder's view settings
  8. Restart computer.

This 8 steps is quite simple. I found the solution on this blog.



Transient Multimon Manager

By Nisse Pettersson at October 15, 2009 01:45
Filed Under: Technical
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My work laptop is a HP 6730b and i'm not that pleased with it. Especially when I place it in the dock and power it up. The problem is that I need to have the laptop open and to login with the laptop. Then I can close the lid. If I don't follow this procedure I wont get the desired effect. I've thought this is a HP problem since I did not experience this at all with my last Fujitsu Lifebook.

Then I found some articles about Transiet Multimon Manager and how this is a service in Vista that helps me with my displays or at least it tries to help me.

Toms hardware explains this service in short.
Transient Multi-Monitor Manager or  Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) is a cool Windows Vista Feature that simplifies the setup of display configurations on mobile computers.Windows Vista Transient Multimon Manager is targeted at improving the user experience of connecting and disconnecting external displays Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) can place a mobile computer display (for example, a laptop computer display) into clone view when a new monitor is detected.TMM is enabled by default in Windows Vista. TMM automatically finds external displays at boot, it can also remember settings of the same external display if you connect it later.If you are not using an external monitor, or don't switch back and forth always then turn TMM off.This is the 2-3 second delay followed by a blank black screen as Windows Vista searches for monitor changes when you startup Vista.

So I need to start my computer without having it in the docking station and then logon and afterwards place it in the dock. Before I had to restart my computer to get the external screen working.

Conclusion is that Microsoft have made feature that work for persons who have a docking station at work and then work at home sometimes and always shutting their PC down. I use my computer alot and when I leave one customer i hibernate or put the computer in sleep mode. So this is a nice feature for some but not implemented right. In other words a normal windows feature.