A blank Icon after an Internet Explorer upgrade
Every once in a while, when we upgrade Internet Explorer, an issue arises where the icon turns into the blank default icon instead of changing to the new one.
I’ll add a screenshot the next time I run into it, but here is the answer for going from ie6 to ie7. I have only seen this happen going from ie7 to ie8 a couple of times and only in XP. The same resolution seems to work in that case as well.
Go into the registry and look for the registry key…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\DefaultIcon
I’ll bet yours looks as mine did and has…
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe,-7.
Installing Microsoft UAA on XP SP3
Today I had an issue with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 with HD audio/modem devices that are not recognized even after installation of proper drivers. This happens because they require that the Microsoft Universal Audio architecture driver be installed first.
After a long search, I found a registry trick that allows the Microsoft UAA driver to install.
The file name that is actually needed is kb888111xp2.exe which Microsoft does not publicly available, but it can be found on the Internet. An alternative is to download the driver for your audio device from the hardware manufacturer and extract it from the download. In some cases, the driver will actually install it, sometimes not.
