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feusnerm

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March 22nd, 2007 17:00

Precision m65 forgets settings

Hi,
I have a new Precision M65 laptop with XP. Most of the time when I start up, it will automatically reset a bunch of important settings and I want it to stop! I am logging in on an administrator account.

Specifically, it makes these changes:
-turns off Windows Firewall service
-uninstalls SigmaTel audio driver preventing mic input and playing mp3s
-changes Appearance from Win XP style to Win Classic


The XP->Classic switch happens automatically within a few minutes of logging in.

Reinstalling the audio driver works temporarily. Playing an mp3 in WMP will work after reinstalling the sigmatel drivers until WMP is closed and restarted. Running "netsh winsock reset" and restarting re-enables the firewall but then everything gets reset again after I log in ...

Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks!
  • feusnerm

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    Posted March 22nd, 2007 19:00

    it also disabled my CD autoplay settings. All of these problems happen at the same time, so they must be related. Thanks again
  • micaradu

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    Posted April 2nd, 2007 08:00

    I think a windows fresh install will solve these problems.I dont think it's a hardware related issue.