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Posted by JoeM on January 24, 2006, 5:22 pm
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Could be the temp directory, I have now narrowed the problem down to NSW06
which does have a disk cleanup program, Which may be the problem. Thanks
> This happens to me if I use ANY anti-spyware app that purports to have
> successfully cleaned out the temp directory. Oddly enough, once I get
> this
> error and I delete everything left in the temp directory that isn't in
> use,
> all the add-in buttons come back.
>
> Weird.
>
> "JoeM" wrote:
>
>> I have tried that but did not work. I suspect that is was MSAS that
>> caused
>> the problem, but not sure. I have also tried to reproduce it but it
>> seems
>> to happen at random on different machines(but all machies that have had
>> the
>> problem had MSAS installed)
>>
>> > Scroll down for my reply....
>> >
>> >>Thanks, weird problem. The only thing I can come up with is that MSAS
>> >>prevented it at some point. But MSAS is no longer on the computer and
>> >>should be causing a problem.
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>>Here is the situation, I have 3 username on a computer, and each
>> >>>>username
>> >>>>has administrator rights. On the first username I download and
>> >>>>installed
>> >>>>MSN Desktop Search and MSN Weather. I went into each username and
>> >>>>set
>> >>>>up
>> >>>>MSN Desktop search and entered the zip for the weather. I had
>> >>>>install
>> >>>>MSAS
>> >>>>on this machine to make sure there was no Spyware on the machine.
>> >>>>After
>> >>>>I
>> >>>>did a scan on each username, I found the first username no longer
>> >>>>shows
>> >>>>the
>> >>>>MSN Weather in the toolbar. When I go into setup in the toolbar it
>> >>>>does
>> >>>>not
>> >>>>show MSN Weather. I checked the other two usernames and they show
>> >>>>the
>> >>>>MSN
>> >>>>Weather and it is working fine. On the first username I tried to do
>> >>>>a
>> >>>>repair of MSN Weather but that did not work. If anyone can give me
>> >>>>any
>> >>>>ideas or advice I will try it.
>> >>>>
>> >>> Hi Joe, I'm not going to be real useful at the moment, but I'll see
>> >>> if I
>> >>> can
>> >>> come up with any suggestions and get back to you tomorrow. I haven't
>> >>> encountered
>> >>> this problem and I don't run any multiple User ID computers, but I
>> >>> can
>> >>> certainly
>> >>> add one or two and test it out.
>> >>> -steve
>> >
>> > Joe:
>> > Sorry that I'm still not going to be much help. I set up additional
>> > User
>> > IDs and
>> > was unsuccessful at duplicating your issue. It works on each ID. On the
>> > ID
>> > that
>> > no longer has the weather add-in, perhaps you can install it again to
>> > get
>> > the
>> > functionality beack. I can't imagine why it was disabled, but I have
>> > seen
>> > reports of add-ins disappearing for no apparent reason.
>> > -steve
>> >
>> > --
>> > Stephen Boots
>> > MVP MSN.COM
>> > sboots@mvps.org
>>
>>
>>
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