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SuperL

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Okay. I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 that has had the same Windows Vista Home Basic that it came factory-installed with since roughly September of 2008. However, I recently had to do a clean install of Vista because of some problems concerning random BSOD's and other maladies.

The reinstall has worked fine so far. No BSOD's since the reinstall, Safe Mode is working okay, and the system is generally functioning okay. However there is one problem that is threatening to impede functionality.

Programs like iTunes and Firefox installed okay, and in general work fine, except for one problem; when I go to Open or Save As, nothing happens. The programs don't crash and I haven't seen any error messages, but the windows where I can browse folders and find files to open, locations to save never appears. What can I do to fix this, if anything?
 

My Computer

System One

Hello and welcome to the forum.

When did you do the factory restore or was it a system restore...

Do you have the full version of your os or a set of system recovery disk's.

When was the last time you ran a full updated scan using your system AV...

Do you have malwarebytes installed on your system if not I recommend downloading there free version it picks up things that a lot of anti-virus does not here is that link. Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz) Modem: 56K WinModem/ Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader Media Drive
Did system restore last night.

Set of System Recovery discs.

MBAM is on my computer and fully functional.

Paint and Notepad can save and open files just fine, so I'm assuming that the problem is the result of some screwy security setting or registry than malware.

or at least I hope I don't need to reinstall the OS AGAIN. That was an ordeal I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz) Modem: 56K WinModem/ Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader Media Drive
Hello

Don't give up so fast. Can you take a look and tell me all of the restore dates that are saved on your system...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz) Modem: 56K WinModem/ Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader Media Drive

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz) Modem: 56K WinModem/ Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader Media Drive
SuperL said:
Okay. I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 that has had the same Windows Vista Home Basic that it came factory-installed with since roughly September of 2008. However, I recently had to do a clean install of Vista because of some problems concerning random BSOD's and other maladies.

The reinstall has worked fine so far. No BSOD's since the reinstall, Safe Mode is working okay, and the system is generally functioning okay. However there is one problem that is threatening to impede functionality.

Programs like iTunes and Firefox installed okay, and in general work fine, except for one problem; when I go to Open or Save As, nothing happens. The programs don't crash and I haven't seen any error messages, but the windows where I can browse folders and find files to open, locations to save never appears. What can I do to fix this, if anything?
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Suggestions :

1. Try Internet Explorer > make it the default > can you browse to the desired folder with IE ?

2. Create another user account exactly same as the one you are now using ( assuming it would be an admin acct.) > see if the same problem persists.
 

My Computer

System One

None of those things fixed the problem.

I should re-emphasize that every other single solitary aspect about this OS is working 99% fine. Programs start, safe mode works like a charm, I haven't gotten a single BSOD since the re-install, MBAM comes up clean. IT's just this one thing that's giving me problems, and it's a biggie.
 

My Computer

System One

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