Prgramme Running with no evidence

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hi seann,

u removed the program from the registry but did you checked the startup
programs ..there is a possibility that either that program or its conflicting
program is running at the back end
-just go to start>run>msconfig>startup tab
-chech the programs that are getting loaded in the startup

Do reply incase if it fixes up your problem



"Sean 3DD" wrote:

> Good evening, afternoon or morning
>
> The system: New (6 weeks) 17" widescreen notebook, 1.7 centrino, 2Gb RAM,
> 128 Mb Graphics card, OS XP Home edition.
>
> The problem: I had all the software loaded and running sucessfully,for a
> couple of weeks, the photo manipulation package (Serif Photoplus) worked
> normally and was 'assigned' as the 'open with' programme for jpegs, bmp s
> etc. Last week it simply stopped 'responding' or so I thought. Double
> clicking had no effect, either through short cuts or the programme file
> itself, no error messages, just a couple of seconds of HD activity and
> nothing. Task Manager says it is not running.(rather shows no evidence)
>
> Try to unistall, error message states that the Programme is running and
> needs to be closed before continuing. Reboot, then unistall, the icon
> associations are still linked.
>
> Remove all references to software through Regedit, association are gone,
> reload software (updated version and old) each time after uninstall manually
> search for and remove references in Registry. But still the problem persists,
> the software loads, and runs in the background, with absolutly no evidence
> at all.
>
> One last point, I have an identical duplicate system, it works normally on
> it. One other piece of software has a 'rendering' and programme locking
> problem, on the same system and not on the duplicate (thought it might be a
> 'graphics type problem') but all ther graphic processed work normally.
>
> Any ideas, sorry about the length (is it still evening, afternoon or morning)
>
> regards
>
> Sean 3DD