My Control Panel items have disappeared

Might anyone be able to tell me why my Control Panel items have disappeared,
and what I can do to get them back? I haven't made any changes to the
computer except to install some games. I noticed the missing items today,
but I haven't done anything to the computer today.

Try this:
1) Launch services.msc from a run command
2) Find the SLUNotify service & stop it
3) Find the Software Licensing service & stop it (it may say that ReadyBoost
needs that service to run; stop it anyway)
4) Restart both services, starting with Software Licensing
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Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Steven Hanson" <> wrote in message
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> Might anyone be able to tell me why my Control Panel items have
> disappeared, and what I can do to get them back? I haven't made any
> changes to the computer except to install some games. I noticed the
> missing items today, but I haven't done anything to the computer today.

Steven Hanson;479615 Wrote:
> Might anyone be able to tell me why my Control Panel items have
> disappeared,
> and what I can do to get them back? I haven't made any changes to the
> computer except to install some games. I noticed the missing items
> today,
> but I haven't done anything to the computer today.

Hi Steve,

You might try this solution to see if it will help you.

'Icons are missing from Control Panel, or you cannot start Control
Panel, the Welcome Center, or games in Windows Vista'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936686/en-us)

Shawn


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Thank you, Andre. This simple fix worked.

Steven

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Try this:
> 1) Launch services.msc from a run command
> 2) Find the SLUNotify service & stop it
> 3) Find the Software Licensing service & stop it (it may say that
> ReadyBoost needs that service to run; stop it anyway)
> 4) Restart both services, starting with Software Licensing
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Steven Hanson" <> wrote in message
> news:60E3AD19-402E-44C1-AE44-...
>> Might anyone be able to tell me why my Control Panel items have
>> disappeared, and what I can do to get them back? I haven't made any
>> changes to the computer except to install some games. I noticed the
>> missing items today, but I haven't done anything to the computer today.
>
>

Thank you very much for the link, Shawn.

Steven

"brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Steven Hanson;479615 Wrote:
>> Might anyone be able to tell me why my Control Panel items have
>> disappeared,
>> and what I can do to get them back? I haven't made any changes to the
>> computer except to install some games. I noticed the missing items
>> today,
>> but I haven't done anything to the computer today.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> You might try this solution to see if it will help you.
>
> 'Icons are missing from Control Panel, or you cannot start Control
> Panel, the Welcome Center, or games in Windows Vista'
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936686/en-us)
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> OM\")
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

You are welcome Steve.
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Steven Hanson" <> wrote in message
news:274A8927-54B7-430F-9173-...
> Thank you, Andre. This simple fix worked.
>
> Steven
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Try this:
>> 1) Launch services.msc from a run command
>> 2) Find the SLUNotify service & stop it
>> 3) Find the Software Licensing service & stop it (it may say that
>> ReadyBoost needs that service to run; stop it anyway)
>> 4) Restart both services, starting with Software Licensing
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Steven Hanson" <> wrote in message
>> news:60E3AD19-402E-44C1-AE44-...
>>> Might anyone be able to tell me why my Control Panel items have
>>> disappeared, and what I can do to get them back? I haven't made any
>>> changes to the computer except to install some games. I noticed the
>>> missing items today, but I haven't done anything to the computer today.
>>
>>
>

Steven Hanson;479682 Wrote:
> Thank you very much for the link, Shawn.
>
> Steven
>
> "brink" <> wrote in message
> news:...

Your welcome Steven.

I am glad that Andre's solution worked for you. Thank you for the
feedback.

Shawn


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