Network and sound icons missing..


  1. Posts : 33
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #1

    Network and sound icons missing..


    Hey, I've had a weird error with Windows 7. It happened after I tried to remove the watermark and edit user32 (or something like that). I do have the battery icon, but it's missing the battery info. I believe it's a explorer related error, because each time this happens and I go to right click the desktop explorer.exe stops responding.

    Does anybody have any information on this, or how I could repair my system to a state before? System restore is disabled on this machine.
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  2. Posts : 449
    Windows 7 RTM Ultimate - Activated (Technet)
       #2

    Diablosblizz said:
    Hey, I've had a weird error with Windows 7. It happened after I tried to remove the watermark and edit user32 (or something like that). I do have the battery icon, but it's missing the battery info. I believe it's a explorer related error, because each time this happens and I go to right click the desktop explorer.exe stops responding.

    Does anybody have any information on this, or how I could repair my system to a state before? System restore is disabled on this machine.
    Yes....reinstall and then DON'T try and remove the Watermark.
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  3. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #3

    This is 1 of the unpredictable errors encountered when trying to edit system files or use cracks to remove watermarks. You will have to restore the previous versions (right-click each file & choose 'Restore previous version') for all changed files.

    Hopefully your shadow cache will still have the information required to restore. If not then you will have to install again.
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  4. Posts : 33
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I made a backup myself, and restored it after it didn't work. And jeez you're fast at posting. I'm probably going to reinstall anyways. Too many problems are coming up.
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  5. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #5

    That would be best. And after a while you don't notice the watermark anyway (at least, most of us don't ).
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  6. Posts : 33
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I did a format and reinstalled. So far so good! Installed Avast (like you advised - always liked the before-boot scan). I'll let you guys know if theres anything wrong! Thanks guys.
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