System Setting dont get saved???

well hello again. seems that after the restart, the settings still didnt get saved.
why on earth is it still happening ????

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I has the same problem but didn't recognize it since I only have 2 different folders and my screen stayed ok - check this:

http://www.help2go.com/postt5987.html

hi there. tried the above post aswell but i had no luck. disk pass chkdsk /, but still whenever i restart the settings dont get saved. i mean what is going on? never had this problem again or ever seen it.
any advice?

Well, sorry! The registry fix worked for me.

I am out of ideas.

Have you checked the event logs for any spurious errrors? It could be a driver failure that is forcing the use of the old controlset - i.e. the one before you made changes. It's a long shot, but its a possibility. You could also check to make sure you have the most recent drivers for all your hardware etc.

The only other thing I can think of right now is that somehow your computer is using mandatory profiles - which is unusual to say the least for a clean install!

With "show hidden files and folders" option checked, and "hide extensions for known filetypes" unchecked, take a look in c:\documents and settings\%user profile% for ntuser.man, if the file exists then rename it to ntuser.dat - of course you'll need to be logged in to a seperate administrative account to be able to do this.

Have you tried creating a seperate user account and logging into that to make your screen resolution changes etc to see if all users are affected by the same issue?

Just a few random thoughts

hi there, thanks for the reply. the drivers/software/hardware am using are all tested, since am using them over 1 year with no problem. i just had a fresh install a week ago to have a clean system.
anyhow. in regards the ntuser.dat file, it exists in 3 hidden folders, (Default user, LocalService and Network Service) and my own user name. However all of them have different size, eg. 250kb, 256kb for the three hidden and my own user has a massive 6,144KB. could that be the problem? On default user there is no entry of this file. Its name was ntuser.dat not ntuser.man.

anyhow. back later

No, that's normal. NTuser.dat will increase in size along with your profile. Not a mandatory profile problem then

That just leaves testing under a separate user account to see if the same problem occurs, it could be a corruption in your user profile.

hi there, a bit late i answer this anyway. it seems that on new user account it saves everything and specifically the shares and monitor refresh rate. on my primary "problematic" account it doesnt. The thing is that i cant simple switch as main account has many settings on it, as its 6,144KB, instead of 250KB of the new one.
Any recommendations what is the next logical step? is there anyway of fixing this profile?

also on another note, i noticed that sometimes (1 out of 10) my system when restarted, it hangs when the windows startup screen/bar appears. only way around this is to reset pc and restart which seems to load then everything fine. could this relate to the profile thing?

anyhow thanks again

babye