Programs and Features problem

My Programs and Features panel is not working properly. I've never had
a problem with this in the past. I haven't added any new third party
programs or made any settings or configuration changes. The problem started
appx. four or five days ago and the only thing I did was install the updates
KB948531 (Hotfix for Windows) and KB941637 (Hotfix for Office). I have since
uninstalled these updates and rebooted with no change to my problem.
I have provided a link below which shows a screenshot of the problem. I
have searched Microsoft Support and the web for answers with no luck. I did
a System Restore prior to the installation of the two above listed updates
and nothing has changed.
Does anyone have any answers to the problem? If there are no answers
available I will reimage the OS with an earlier saved Acronis backup.
Thank you for any assistance provided.

http://imagegrotto.com/view-Programs...tures13023.JPG

C.B.


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It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
and unfortunate among us.

What isn't working, have you tried to change the view layout?

"C.B." wrote:

> My Programs and Features panel is not working properly. I've never had
> a problem with this in the past. I haven't added any new third party
> programs or made any settings or configuration changes. The problem started
> appx. four or five days ago and the only thing I did was install the updates
> KB948531 (Hotfix for Windows) and KB941637 (Hotfix for Office). I have since
> uninstalled these updates and rebooted with no change to my problem.
> I have provided a link below which shows a screenshot of the problem. I
> have searched Microsoft Support and the web for answers with no luck. I did
> a System Restore prior to the installation of the two above listed updates
> and nothing has changed.
> Does anyone have any answers to the problem? If there are no answers
> available I will reimage the OS with an earlier saved Acronis backup.
> Thank you for any assistance provided.
>
> http://imagegrotto.com/view-Programs...tures13023.JPG
>
> C.B.
>
>
> --
> It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
> and unfortunate among us.
>

Yes, I have tried changing the view layout, restoring defaults and also
making changes in Folders, View tab. I also spent a long time on Microsoft's
websites and the web chasing down this problem to no avail. I reimaged my
system and everything is fine now.
I decided to check my Windows Update panel to determine if the same
problem existed there, and it did. As in my Programs and Features panel I
had the entries on the left side and nothing else. Looking back, I now
remember I had upgraded my Secunia PSI to the latest release candidate
version just prior to these problems. I don't know if that is what caused
the problems but I've decided to not update it again. However, I may change
my mind, upgrade it again just to see what happens. A reimage will only take
me twenty minutes and sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me.
Thank you for your response. I appreciate it.

C.B.

"WolfJT" <> wrote in message
news03BB26F-7A5B-415F-8200-...
> What isn't working, have you tried to change the view layout?
>
> "C.B." wrote:
>
>> My Programs and Features panel is not working properly. I've never
>> had
>> a problem with this in the past. I haven't added any new third party
>> programs or made any settings or configuration changes. The problem
>> started
>> appx. four or five days ago and the only thing I did was install the
>> updates
>> KB948531 (Hotfix for Windows) and KB941637 (Hotfix for Office). I have
>> since
>> uninstalled these updates and rebooted with no change to my problem.
>> I have provided a link below which shows a screenshot of the
>> problem. I
>> have searched Microsoft Support and the web for answers with no luck. I
>> did
>> a System Restore prior to the installation of the two above listed
>> updates
>> and nothing has changed.
>> Does anyone have any answers to the problem? If there are no answers
>> available I will reimage the OS with an earlier saved Acronis backup.
>> Thank you for any assistance provided.
>>
>> http://imagegrotto.com/view-Programs...tures13023.JPG
>>
>> C.B.
>>
>>
>> --
>> It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
>> and unfortunate among us.
>>

Thanks for the update. Go for the upgrade, computing isn't fun if everything
works perfectly.

"C.B." wrote:

> Yes, I have tried changing the view layout, restoring defaults and also
> making changes in Folders, View tab. I also spent a long time on Microsoft's
> websites and the web chasing down this problem to no avail. I reimaged my
> system and everything is fine now.
> I decided to check my Windows Update panel to determine if the same
> problem existed there, and it did. As in my Programs and Features panel I
> had the entries on the left side and nothing else. Looking back, I now
> remember I had upgraded my Secunia PSI to the latest release candidate
> version just prior to these problems. I don't know if that is what caused
> the problems but I've decided to not update it again. However, I may change
> my mind, upgrade it again just to see what happens. A reimage will only take
> me twenty minutes and sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me.
> Thank you for your response. I appreciate it.
>
> C.B.
>
> "WolfJT" <> wrote in message
> news03BB26F-7A5B-415F-8200-...
> > What isn't working, have you tried to change the view layout?
> >
> > "C.B." wrote:
> >
> >> My Programs and Features panel is not working properly. I've never
> >> had
> >> a problem with this in the past. I haven't added any new third party
> >> programs or made any settings or configuration changes. The problem
> >> started
> >> appx. four or five days ago and the only thing I did was install the
> >> updates
> >> KB948531 (Hotfix for Windows) and KB941637 (Hotfix for Office). I have
> >> since
> >> uninstalled these updates and rebooted with no change to my problem.
> >> I have provided a link below which shows a screenshot of the
> >> problem. I
> >> have searched Microsoft Support and the web for answers with no luck. I
> >> did
> >> a System Restore prior to the installation of the two above listed
> >> updates
> >> and nothing has changed.
> >> Does anyone have any answers to the problem? If there are no answers
> >> available I will reimage the OS with an earlier saved Acronis backup.
> >> Thank you for any assistance provided.
> >>
> >> http://imagegrotto.com/view-Programs...tures13023.JPG
> >>
> >> C.B.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
> >> and unfortunate among us.
> >>
>