Re: Thumbnail security problem?

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/16/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:19:59 -0000

Hector Santos wrote:
> I don't think you can't close down Explorer, which is by the way, what
> controls your desktop, without restarting.

You can if you are running Windows NT4, 2000, XP, or 2003 fairly trivially.
You can call up task manager, open the process list, and close all instances
of explorer.exe.

Then once thats done, go to file / new task, type 'explorer' without the
quotes into the box provided, hit enter, and you are back running again. You
may lose all your "tray icons" doing this so its not something i'd suggest
doing for fun, but as IE and Explorer share some of the same processes I'm
suggested that someone who can replicate the problem (I still can't!) try
this to see if it makes a difference.

As you've now rebooted between the start and end of replicating the problem,
you've confirmed what I was hoping to find out anyway, as you say its
permanent somewhere rather than temporary.

As I said, I don't doubt theres a problem, I am happy to accept that I'm the
exception rather than the rule in being unable to see it, but that makes
trying to help nail it down rather difficult. 

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Rob Moir
Microsoft MVP for servers & security
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