Control Panel is EMPTY, Lost all printers

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Hugues

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I run Vista Ultimate 64 and have problem with the EMPTY CONTROL PANEL, consequently I lost all printers connections. I need help here on how to solve this. I was prompted by Window Live One Care to clean registry and used Eusing Registry Cleaner, and ran it twice. After I noticed the problems with the empty control panel I restored the registries through same Eusing Registry Cleaner. But seems that arm is done and my Control Panel is definitely empty and disappearing after some seconds. As some forums answers were mentioning it, I tried to re-install SP1 but this is not allowed. Seems that similar users with Vista had the the same problem some time ago, but did not find the proper fix.
If no other solution than to re-install O/S can we do this in keeping all data and configuration?
Thanks for your help. H
 

My Computer

System One

Hi Hugues,

You can try a system restore to before it happened. That is if you have SR turned on in the first place. You could also try a repair install if you have the Vista installation disk. A repair install will keep your files/settings.
You could also try running SFC to see if it can get you into a better situation than present.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html?ltr=S
http://www.vistax64.com/software-tools/183170-system-file-check-tool.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Airbot 2.0
    CPU
    Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, 26c idle- 65c full load on air
    Motherboard
    Asus P6X58D Premium -Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
    Memory
    12GB Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 -Fermi
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar D2X
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF Full HD 1080p 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080@60hz
    Hard Drives
    1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache 2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS) Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
    PSU
    Corsair HX1000W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Case Fans -3 230mm, 1 140mm/CPU - Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless MK700
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless MK700
    Internet Speed
    100 MBPS DL 30.17Mbps UL 0.98Mbps
    Other Info
    Windows 7 Processor-7.7 RAM- 7.9 Graphics-7.9 Gaming Graphics- 7.9 HDD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7 Windows Vista=5.9
Go to administrative tools>>services

Once here find print spooler and start it.
You can right click it, go to properties and select for it to start up automatically

You might find more services are disabled, henceforth you are missing a whole heap of stuff. Sounds like virus damage in a way.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    CPU = Can't Power Up!!
    Motherboard
    You mean my mothership?
    Memory
    I had amnesia for as long as I can remember...
    Graphics card(s)
    Nah, Braille bro!
    Sound Card
    Yeah! Very sound!
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Yes, the monitor(s) display indeed! Very good my youn padawan!
    Screen Resolution
    Resolution for gettin a display is pushing "on" for power...
    Hard Drives
    Pretty darn hard! Nearly broke my darn tooth!
    PSU
    PSU = Pimping Sick Undies!
    Case
    Gues I'm a bit of a nut case yup
    Cooling
    Cool me with a beer!
    Mouse
    Eeeek!
    Keyboard
    No, mine has razors on the board to prevent me smashing it.
    Internet Speed
    Dunno, modem doesn't seem to move with a great deal of speed
    Other Info
    Aha! Now this is making more sense to me! Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612) System Model: OptiPlex 755 BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A12 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz Memory: 3324MB RAM (Strange one, I really got 4GB, but it claims 3324... Not u
Hi,

If it still isn't fixed, someone can export the following registry key, zip it and post it up for the OP to merge ( mine is not default)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID

It will be about 4-5mb.

SIW2
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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