For Control Panel, try this:
Try this:
1) Launch services.msc from a run command
2) Find the SLUNotify service & stop it
3) Find the Software Licensing service & stop it (it may say that ReadyBoost
needs that service to run; stop it anyway)
4) Restart both services, starting with Software Licensing
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry

"Zakspeed" wrote in message
news:7RTTi.140590$th2.19146@pd7urf3no...
I earlier posted for info or tips on fixing the empty or disappearing
control panel and now i noticed my desktop properties is having the same
issue.
I tried the following fix but it didnt work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936686/en-us
the only way to fix it very temporarily is to shut down and restart under
system properties is the software liscene service. this is getting VERY
annoying, is there any permament solutions?
thanx