As you can see from the screenshot above, the default icons for Drive C and D are both missing.

This issue usually happens when you install a third-party tweaking program to change the original drive icons or this could also be caused by a virus or other forms of malware. For the regular user, this could be a daunting task but don’t worry because this tutorial will show you how to restore the default drive icons in a few short steps.

DISCLAIMER:
This process involves editing the system registry, so make sure you read and follow instructions. Editing and deleting the wrong registry key could mess up your computer. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Open regedit (click on Windows logo and type “regedit” on the Search bar and hit ENTER)



2. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionexplorer

(Click on the small arrow on the left side to expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and scroll down to SOFTWARE and click on the small arrow to expand it. Repeat same procedure until you get to explorer)


3. In explorer, look for a key named “DriveIcons“, right click on it and click on Delete. (my screenshot doesn’t have that key because my default icons are not missing)
4. Log off or restart your computer.

That should do it! If you followed instructions correctly, the default drive icons should be restored after you log back to your computer.

Anyone else experience this problem on your Windows Vista-powered computer? What did you do to fix it? In case you know of a different way of solving this issue, please share it with us.

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Yes folks, I’m back! Being away from blogging and the blogosphere for almost 3 months seemed like an eternity. I’m sure most of you are wondering what happened to me or where I’ve been. Well its been really hectic these past couple of months for me. First, my parents came from the Philippines, then my in-laws from Maryland, then my sister-in-law and her family from Indonesia came too. It was a family reunion of sorts. Having guests, especially family means having to go out a lot like visit relatives and friends, eating out, seeing places and stuff. So the months of June and July was basically spent on those activities.

Just when I was really looking forward to get back to blogging I had another setback. Actually, I’ve been having minor problems or issues with it after I updated it to Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I started getting the dreaded BSOD (blue screen of death) everytime I restarted my computer or after it booted up from hibernate mode. At first, I was able to fix it by doing a System Restore but this time, even that failed. Even though I knew that the problem was caused by a conflict with one of the device drivers I couldn’t do anything because I couldn’t even boot in Safe Mode and try to update the device drivers.

I could’ve reformatted it and reinstalled Vista easily but the problem was I didn’t have any backups for some of the files that I had in my laptop. I know I always talk about the importance of backups and for this instance, I didn’t practice what I preached. It’s quite a long and complicated story but to make it short, I bought an external hard drive and a hd enclosure, backed up my files, reformatted my hard drive, reinstalled all the programs and configurations and got my computer back working.

Even though it was quite an ordeal, for me it was a blessing in disguise because I learned some new things during this experience and I was also able to do something that I’ve always wanted to do when I first got this laptop. I was able to make my laptop do a dual boot of Windows Vista and Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition without having to create a partition. How did I do that? I’ll talk about that and other things like customizing my desktop to look like a Mac on future posts so watch out for it.

Anyways, in the next few days I’ll be busy replying to your emails and comments, blog hopping and of course coming up with new posts. I’m also thinking of a site redesign or new blog theme but I guess that could wait. Lastly, I’d like to express my heartfelt thanks to you my regular readers and blogging friends for your continued support, patience and understanding. Have a nice day everyone and thank you for your time!

Pinoy Blogosphere

• PinoyBlogero has made a list of all blog contests in the Pinoy Blogosphere for the month of February. All but one contest has already ended so if you’re interested, you can still join and get a chance to win those cool prizes.
• Prerequisite updates for the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 are causing problems to some users. Installing the prerequisite updates have either caused an endless reboot on some systems or the computer doesn’t boot at all. I’m running Windows Vista here on my laptop and fortunately, I didn’t experience any of these issues.
• Lost your printer’s install CD or need to update your printer drivers? Jhay share some tips on how to install and where to get the latest drivers for your printer.
• Sonnie Santos shares his experiences withdrawing PayPal funds from Banco De Oro, EON and Xoom. It seems like PayPal users in the Philippines are still having a hard time to access or withdraw their funds. I hope that PayPal and the local banks would work together, do something about it and make some improvements.
• Be careful with spammers stealing your online identity. Silkenhut, shares a recent experience with a comment spammer who stole the identity of one of his regular readers/commenters – Jehzeel Laurente. It’s a good reminder to be more careful when moderating comments on your blog.

Around the Web

• Most blogs that have paid hosting are on a shared hosting package meaning that they share the same server with several other blogs. Ever wonder how many other sites share the same server as you do? With SEOlogs’ Reverse IP DNS Domain Check Tool, you can find out how many sites are sharing the same server with your blog. Via Adesblog.
• Wanna know how to add your bio info on your WordPress posts? A recent guest post on Hack WordPress, will show you how to do just that by adding a few lines of code. Btw, this is more ideal for multi-authored blogs compared to single user blogs.
• If you want to be an authority in your niche, check out Maki of DoshDosh.com’s post about how to become an authority on your niche with eight content development tactics.
• Another guest post, this time in Blogging-Ads that talks about 5 Web 2.0 tools that will help increase blog productivity.

Btw, thanks to Nick of PinoyDreamer for his recent blog review of JaypeeOnline. If you’re a Pinoy blogger and would want a free blog review, check out PinoyDreamer’s Free Pinoy Blog Reviews.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or want your article to be featured in the next Weekend Roundup, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message via the contact page.