SP1 Has Completley Killed Computer
Oct 15, 2008
I was installing the sp1 update and it was going fine until the restart point when there was an error and it froze, after restarting the computer it just flashes with the blue screen of death and reboots and so the cycle continues. I cant run safe mode or anything, I downloaded the Vista x64 boot disk as i didnt recieve and disk with my computer but when it boots of the disk after loading disk contents it blue screens me again. I know there is nothing wrong with the rest of my hardware as i have put in an old xp harddrive and everything runs fine. I know its not a problem with the boot disk because when i unplug my main hd the boot disk loads up as i presume it should but there is no sign of windows on my 2nd hdd so it cant do anything. I dont mind loosing any data on my main harddrive i just dont know how to re-format it as the boot disk won't work and i have no other vista disk.
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Jun 10, 2009
1) I hate the auto refresh feature in Vista much. I always use the list view in Explorer as it is the best way to show hundreds files or more. In the past, the files stays at the end of the list after I move / copy files to a directory untill I press F5. I can select and manipulate these files afterward easily. However, in Vista, the list refresh automatically after file move / copy so that all the files became sorted by name. I usually work with folders containing hundreds or thousands of files and I have a hard time re-selecting or manipulating those files again. Vista is really suck, anybody know of a registry key or other mean that disables the auto refresh feature?
2) In XP or earlier, the total file size and some other useful details are shown at the status bar at the bottom soon after I open a directory with the Windows Explorer. Hey, what's wrong with Vista? Where were those info gone?
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Jun 4, 2008
I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530 (Intel Core2 Duo processor E8200) on Friday, with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. I spent the weekend setting up the PC and exploring Vista (it's the first time I've used it). Everything was working fine until Tuesday morning, when the automatic updates applied SP1. I left the PC on when I went to work as it was installing update 1 of 3 for SP1. When I got home, the PC said that Windows was unable to start as asked if I wanted it to try to repair itself. It tried that four times and said it could not repair the problem. One of the options it gave me was to restore to a previous point (pre SP1). I tried that option but Vista still won't start. I finally resorted to the last option it gave me, which was restoring to the factory setup as it was delivered to me (which reformats the hard drive). After completing this, Vista did start normally. However it immediately told me it had 14 updates to apply, after which I was back to the same problem of Vista not being able to start.
I made three hardware changes to the PC. I installed a second SATA hard drive, I installed a firewire/USB port card, and I installed an old PCI modem. The only reason for the modem is that we have a security system, and you have to use the modem to connect to it to make any program changes. Vista accepted the second hard drive and firewire card fine. It did need to download drivers for the modem, but then said it installed fine. As a last ditch effort (before being on the phone for hours with Dell), I plan to disconnect the second hard drive and remove the firewire and modem cards. Basically restoring the hardware to the way it left the factory. Then I will try restoring the Dell factory image for Vista and seeing if the SP1 update works. I know I could disable automatic updates so that SP1 does not get applied, but I think that will cause all kinds of future headaches. If this last effort doesn't work, and Dell can't help me out, I'll probably roll back to XP. I really don't want to do that, but I'm not going to put up with an unstable OS either.
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Jan 17, 2009
I'm one of those users who has been using Vista with no problems ever since Microsoft gave out RTM copies to beta testers. However, as a writer, I've watched the media completely destroy the public opinion of Vista, leading many to stick with Windows XP or to look for alternatives, even before they had tried Vista. Even with SP1 out, many have not bothered trying Vista on recent hardware and therefore could not realize the fact that it really is worthy of being XP's successor. If I had to lay the blame on one party for Vista's poor public opinion, I wouldn't lay it on Microsoft, I wouldn't lay it on hardware companies incapable of producing good drivers, I wouldn't lay it on the fact that XP is so good, I would lay it on the media for blowing things out of proportions.
Yes, the problem is exaggeration (it's in this article's title too, in case you missed it); bloggers and journalists alike use their personal experiences to prove their point in their writing. The blame doesn't solely lie with us, as Vista was by no means perfect, but we did manage to amplify the problems beyond reason. And if the beta is anything to go by, Windows 7 is going to fly. This is, by far, the best beta operating system the software giant has ever released. The media has locked on to this, and is using exaggeration already, before Windows 7 is even ready for prime time. Full Story: What killed Vista will make Windows 7 fly
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Oct 6, 2009
This got lost beneath the troll trash so I thought I'd repost.
I have a two year old OEM Vista Premium PC. I just installed a number of updates and when I restarted, the PC looks like Win95. In the Performance section I have it set to Best Apperance with every checkbox checked and those settings are ignored. Checking them one at a time doesn't do anything either. I tried going in via the desktop but found no aero settings. It seems the recent updates reset to the PC to Vista "Basic". I thought these setback problems were dealt with two years ago. (If MS didn't have this ridiculous
setback feature, this crap wouldn't happen to legit customers. Idiots!)
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Apr 17, 2009
I am having trouble with Vista Ultimate (32 bit SP1) and MS Streets & Trips 2008 (S&T). After this week’s automatic up to Vista, S&T will no longer run. Invoking S&T yields this error, Your registry settings for this application were not copied correctly. To correct these settings, run Setup again for this application from the location where you originally installed it.” I did this and that did not correct the problem. I uninstalled and reinstalled S&T and that did not correct the problem. I then turned off “User Account Control” and I can now run S&T. When I turned User Account Control back on the problem returned. Any ideas as to why this is happening and how I can get S&T to run with User Account Control activated? Please note that ALL software on my computer is legitimate, legal and owned by me.
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Apr 1, 2009
Ubuntu will do the same thing to Vista and Windows 7 (Vista SP3). The hilarious thing is that that Frank, Tweedlee Dee, and the nymshifter, Tweedlee Dum Dum, can't do anything about it but cry in their beer.
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Mar 23, 2008
Upgraded from 7300se to 8600gts, and now using a DVI connection instead of VGA. Used to be able to play DVDs through Media Centre or WMP11, but now I recieve the error C00D1163 - that "there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card". I have the newest nVidia drivers, newest soundcard drivers. Any ideas - I'm using Vista Home Premium 32bit. Oh and DVDs play fine through PowerDVD or VLC, but I want to be able to use Media Centre because I have a remote - and also out of principal that I can't fix it!
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Aug 30, 2009
i had the GreenAV virus and was able to successfully remove it, now my windows defender wont turn on. i get this error message "Security Center cant turn on windows defender. Please try again later". Im running vista ultimate 32bit w/ sp 2.
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Sep 30, 2009
Before the computer actually came to the point of "shuting down just before it tried to load the o/s" it literrly kept shuting down on its own randomly for a week or so. Then the blue screen appeard with this error: 0x0000007BC , 0x84C5DBA0, 0x0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 "Run CHKDSK /F and check for Hard Drive Corruption and then restart your computer"
Basically it's telling me the DRIVE is corruptet! Well, I plugged that SATA 2 HDD into my other computer (windows xp), detected it correctly and actually formated the drive and reinstalled XP on it without any types of problem. Does it still mean - SATA 2 is corrupted or broken!? How about the RAM then ... indeed, I did run the MemTest for 7 times and no errors were found. So the RAM are ok in this case, or am I wrong?! Maybe it's the PSU... ermmm no that cannot be 'cos the computer never shuts down, if I leave it run for (e.g 5 hours) and even if it's comes to "overheating" that cannot be the case eather, as its *again" never shuts down when you leave it run on the power.........
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Jun 16, 2009
When I reboot my computer through Windows the computer shuts down correctly, but then the monitor remains black and the bios starts beeping out the error code for "VGA not detected". Why would this be? I am forced to press the power button and wait from 5 to 10 minutes to reboot normally. (I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate x64, have an ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard and a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 280. 800 watts ZION power supply) Is this a BIOS settings or GPU problem? I already reseated the GPU. Could it be a power supply failure?
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Feb 22, 2009
How do I transfer my quickbooks 2007 data on my xp computer to my new vista x64 computer with quickbooks 2007? Can this be done? If so how do I do it?
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May 5, 2008
I would like to export my contacts from my computer to my second computer. Both computers use Windows Mail. I tried exporting the contacts as CSV and vCard files. Using both methods, I was able to import my contacts into my second computer but they weren't neatly organized in files: i.e. business contacts, personal contacts, family, etc. Is there a way to export my contacts so they are still in the correct files and are neatly organized?
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Jul 29, 2009
I have a Vista Laptop that needs to access a printer on an XP computer in my sister's law office. I'm having trouble trying to even have the XP computer show up consistently on my sister's computer. I can ping it every time from the command prompt. I have all firewalls unenabled on both computers. Identical user accounts on both systems. File and Print sharing set up on both. The Link Layer topology is present on the Vista computer. When the laptop sits for a while the XP computer will show up on the map; but, Vista comes up with an error message when I try to access the XP computer.
Beyond that, the map will lose the XP computer on occassion. The Vista computer can access the internet well enough through the router. At this point I can't install the printer on the Vista computer for not being able to access the XP computer from Vista. I've networked Vista computers before on XP networks, and this is the first time I've encountered this problem. Additional info; net view will not show xp computer. Workgroup name is the same for both XP and Vista computer. The restrict anonymous registry key on the XP computer is set at 1. Was originally set at 0. (Norton's Systemwork altered setting)
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Dec 11, 2009
I have a problem: I have a Windows 7 computer that is part of a Domain. By using System Restore, Windows has managed to ruin the trust relationship with the domain. I use a domain logon and am the only administrator on the machine (the Local Administrator is disabled). I cannot log in normally, due to the trust relationship issue. If I disconnect the network cable while logging in, I can (cached credentials), however I cannot change any UAC-protected settings because if I enter my credentials into it, connected to the network or not, UAC will simply show an error "This operation requires elevation". Nothing I try will work.
I cannot disjoin the domain, because those controls are protected by UAC. Logging in from a remote machine using my credentials will give me "Access is denied". Resetting the computer account in AD has no effect. I cannot format and reinstall because this laptop does not boot from CD by default and requires me to install a program to change BIOS settings (don't ask, it's a Toshiba, the usual way is broken). I cannot install this program because I am faced with yet another UAC prompt. I cannot remove the harddrive because of the laptop's design. how to salvage this computer?
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Oct 27, 2009
I have been searching far and wide for a solution to my networking problem. I have 2 computers that i connect directly to each other by ethernet cable. Both computers also connect to the internet via wifi. So, on each computer, I have my Wireless connection, and the 'unidentified network' link between the two computers. The problem is that the 'unidentified network' settings never save, so when ever i restart either of the computers, I have to make the unidentified network private again, and there is no way that i can see to actually save the unidentified network settings in a profile. Also, to prevent the computer to computer connection from broadcasting over the wifi connection, i have to disconnect the wireless from one of the computers. I have tried making the wifi a public network and the ethernet connection private, but it never seems to work. anyone out there know what i can do?
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Apr 14, 2008
I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic installed. Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and install my Ultimate on the Dell?
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Jul 29, 2009
- 2 Vista computers with Windows mail, networked through the internet;
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Sep 8, 2009
I am stumped as to an issue I am having using remote desktop. I have several machines in the office that have been using RD for a while without issue. All are XP SP 3 machines. I have a new Vista Ultimate machine that I am trying to remote to with an XP machine. I have set up RD on the Vista Machine, Firewall is checked, forwarded to the correct port, set the port rule on the router...all the typical issues I am aware of. Everytime I try to connect I get "This computer can't connect to the remote computer. Try connecting again. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator." I can ping the Vista machine and I can remote from the vista machine to any RD enabled machine.
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Feb 10, 2009
I just installed the drive last night. It is formatted and I can access
it if I type it's letter, F: into My Computers address bar or if I try
to access it through DOS. However it just has no icon in My Computer.
Interesting part uis that after typing F: into My Computer's address
bar, it suddenly appears in the folder list on the left. It stays there
until I close and re-open My Computer, then it's gone again.
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Mar 26, 2008
How do I know if I need SP1 on my computer?
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Jun 5, 2008
I have Vista Ultimate and have a laptop as well as a PC. Do I really have to
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run more than one computer at a location is that true?
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Apr 18, 2008
Vista Home Premium installed. Have had it reboot itself 4 times because Windows Explorer encountered an error. And have tried to install +/- 12 programs from original disks (more than halfstating they are Vista compatible) plus latest version of Office.org notone will install. All, apparently, have a corrupt .exe file. (Incidentally,
I'm using old computer running XP at time of writing).
I'm taking the tower back tomorrow, and will request either XP OS, or a refund. Consumer protection gives me the right to receive a refund on goods which do not serve the purpose for which they were advertised and purchased.
After spending a whole afternoon on this crap OS, I'm pissed off big time and convinced Micro$oft obviously realised XP was working too well.
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Jan 7, 2009
I accidentally clicked on the switch button next to lock in the start menu, and the screen went off, i tried every button on the keyboard and cannot get the computer to wake up. i hold down the power button for a few seconds to turn off the computer, and when i turn the computer back on, the fan starts running and the led light on, but still no screen, like its still in the sleep mode.
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Apr 28, 2009
decided to re do my computer. While i was gone for a few days he set up my computer so he could access it remotely from his laptop. All of my registry and O.S. files are rearranged and changed for his convience, ive done atleast 15 system recoveries and searched the web on how to get my computer right.
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Jun 14, 2009
i have Windows Vista Ultimate. I activated it once. Now i am going to buy a new PC and i want to activate my Vista on this new PC. Is it possible, or i have to buy a new Vista for that?
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Dec 23, 2009
I connected my computer to my TV using a VGA cable. How do I set it up in Vista Home Premium?
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Jan 2, 2009
whenever i turn my computer on it starts out fine it goes strait to the desktop and
then a few seconds latere the monitor turns off and the power button starts to flash, when i push the power button it brings me to a welcome screen and the user icon says locked, when i click that it brings me to the desktop again and then everything is fine....what can i do to stop this as it does this to me everytime i turn off then turn it on the next day......
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Jul 29, 2009
Have changed power unit but computer will not start at all. How should I diagnose from here? Could this be CMOS battery? M/B is socket 939 about 2 years old.
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Mar 10, 2009
I know I can only have one registered copy and that's on my computer but is it possible to have a working Vista on a friend's computer but without having to register it? I have the upgrade version of home premium SP1. I remember reading that it's possible to install Vista without registering for a certain amount of time and that the time can be extended. I figure they can't use windows update but I think the Vista HP SP1 by itself is rather stable regardless. I was going to have them use the Windows 7 Beta but it can't be downloaded anymore from Microsoft's site and I don't want to use torrents. They'd have bought Vista themselves by now but with a kid on the way and moving, they can't shell out the dough right now and their comp is acting up.
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Jun 25, 2008
i have wasted 54 cd tring to back up my computer. everytime i get to the 17Th cd and put a new cd just to make sue that there is no problem with the cd/s.
i never had this before. the computer well not get done backing up my computer. it just freeze up. then said can not back up your computer. what should i do. i have vista. the computer i have is a t3604 emachines.
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