Recent content by Siciliano

SOLVED (the correct way). Guys, believe it or not, I figured out what the exact problem was on my own through sheer luck when I stumbled upon it - this entire issue was caused by ONE CHECKMARK BOX not being ticked... Start Menu.. Options.. Customize.. SEARCH PROGRAMS AND CONTROL...

Solved... FYI - someone over at MS TechNet posted a solution - simply create another user account, and switch to that. Believe it or not, that worked!!! :p Now, on the other user account, I have a weird issue with all the desktop icons displaying a "tickable" checkbox in the top left area...

Is this what you wanted to see? I also forgot to mention problem # 2 - firefox is partially freezing every now and then, forcing me to end the firefox.exe process in task manager. It just happened now... this could however be a problem with firefox itself and this new theme I'm experimenting with.

Yes, I'm doing this all from the start menu search (by clicking the bottom left start orb). Something is definitely wrong with it. =( lol I just noticed your sig! Yes, unfortunately for me I did do an upgrade. I've been using 7 for a few days pretty extensively now, and that's the only...

Ok, then something is wrong because when I type "fi", firewall doesn't come up. At the very top, is Documents (2316), with only 3 suggestions which are FAR off from Windows firewall. "pa" brings up a bunch of things, starting with documents, but paint is nowhere on the list... the same results...

I'm talking about the start button (orb) search built into the start menu - it's HORRIBLE! :confused: I just installed 7 the other day, and I immediately noticed the search is severely lacking when compared to Vista. One major thing that seems to be missing is searching the control panel...