Win2k Hibernate trashes shell icons.

[mike]

Win2kSP4
Dell inspiron 3700 laptop.
When the system comes out of hibernation, the system shell icons are
usually, but not always, trashed.
These include the window minimize/maximize/close buttons in the upper
corner of the window, up/down arrows at the end of scroll bars,
checkboxes, radio buttons etc. Looks like vertical lines are superimposed
on the icons. Sometimes, it's a few lines, sometimes completely obliterates
the icon.
The program icons are unaffected.

Deleting shelliconcache does NOT fix it.
The shelliconcache file saved from a good display is identical
to the one in existence when the icons are trashed.
Rebuilding icons in tweakui does NOT fix it.
Running SFC did NOT fix it.
Applying the update rollup does NOT fix it.

Rebooting does fix it, but that kinda defeats the
reason to hibernate.

I have seen this problem on other laptop computers.
It's intermittent. Sometimes it doesn't happen for days.
Other times, it happens almost every time.
This did not always happen, but I don't know exactly
when it started. This laptop goes unused for months at a time.
Programs and the OS tend to update themselves
spontaneously, even when you've taken steps to prevent it.

Ideas?

[Mike Walsh]

mike wrote:
>
> Win2kSP4
> Dell inspiron 3700 laptop.
> When the system comes out of hibernation, the system shell icons are
> usually, but not always, trashed.
> These include the window minimize/maximize/close buttons in the upper
> corner of the window, up/down arrows at the end of scroll bars,
> checkboxes, radio buttons etc. Looks like vertical lines are superimposed
> on the icons. Sometimes, it's a few lines, sometimes completely obliterates
> the icon.
> The program icons are unaffected.
>
> Deleting shelliconcache does NOT fix it.
> The shelliconcache file saved from a good display is identical
> to the one in existence when the icons are trashed.
> Rebuilding icons in tweakui does NOT fix it.
> Running SFC did NOT fix it.
> Applying the update rollup does NOT fix it.
>
> Rebooting does fix it, but that kinda defeats the
> reason to hibernate.

I always reboot after returning from hibernation. The biggest problem I have had is the network will often not work, and sometimes an application will do strange things without a reboot. Hibernation is useful e.g. a UPS can quickly shutdown a PC without corrupting files or you can quickly shut down a laptop in an airport.

> I have seen this problem on other laptop computers.
> It's intermittent. Sometimes it doesn't happen for days.
> Other times, it happens almost every time.
> This did not always happen, but I don't know exactly
> when it started. This laptop goes unused for months at a time.
> Programs and the OS tend to update themselves
> spontaneously, even when you've taken steps to prevent it.

Use ZoneAlarm firewall to keep applications from updating or reporting home.

--
Mike Walsh

[mike]

That's the theory...but not always the practice.
Some apps won't run unless you let them access the web...and they
can use that opportunity to sneak in anything they want.
I've had thunderbird update itself even tho I told it never to check
for updates.

But, what I was asking was how do I diagnose the problem and figure
out what's hozing my icons in this particular machine in this particular
case. With all the bloat and antivirus and firewall and...and..and
that machines have to run these days makes the boot from scratch take
WAY too long.