Registry problem, something is deleting stuff from HKCU\...\Windows\Run
- Thread starter Bludd
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Ah I must be brain dead. Yes I forgot about the OS difference.
By the way I think that was a cool bit of investigative work on figuring out that nwiz.exe thing!
Hehe, don't give me the credit, thanks to Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell www.sysinternals.com because they made the utility.
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Uninstalling the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager apparently solves the problem, but the XFX guys didn't tell me this. They couldn't duplicate the issue and wanted me to reinstall my goddamn OS, because it is my fault and not their fault even though I provided a screenshot where nwiz.exe was caught red handed when it deleted the key.
The desktop manager is bundled with the driver, automatically installed and deletes a legit registry key it didn't create on Windows startup. Great stuff.
I've found at least one other person who has this problem too
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=301054
The desktop manager is bundled with the driver, automatically installed and deletes a legit registry key it didn't create on Windows startup. Great stuff.
I've found at least one other person who has this problem too
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=301054
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Not sure what you think "the XFX guys" can do about it, considering they don't actually MAKE these drivers... Nvidia does.
And if this issue is so rare it only happens to a couple people (or at least so few that only a few post about it on the intertubes) then chances are it's the kind of bug that's produced by a wonky windows install, and a spring cleaning and fresh install will fix your issue.
And if this issue is so rare it only happens to a couple people (or at least so few that only a few post about it on the intertubes) then chances are it's the kind of bug that's produced by a wonky windows install, and a spring cleaning and fresh install will fix your issue.
As I said earlier, they have more clout than me with nvidia. They can escalate this issue and communicate directly with nvidia engineers.Not sure what you think "the XFX guys" can do about it, considering they don't actually MAKE these drivers... Nvidia does.
And if this issue is so rare it only happens to a couple people (or at least so few that only a few post about it on the intertubes) then chances are it's the kind of bug that's produced by a wonky windows install, and a spring cleaning and fresh install will fix your issue.