Problems on Vista Premium

[LIT]

I'm not sure if this has been covered before, in previous threads, but here goes.

Over the last few days I've experienced weird things on Vista. My version is Ultimate. Use a Dell quad processor, 4 GB ram.

When I click on a desk top icon, nothing happens. This is after using the computer successfully maybe just an hour previously.

If I go into start menu-all programs and click on one, nothing. If I click task manager, nothing and I cant reboot using start-shut down or restart.

I have to manually close down the computer, i.e. unplug mains power, re-plug and re-start the box. Everything is then fine-for a while, but sure enough, it starts all over again, maybe 24 maybe 48hrs later. It's happened about three/four times in the last week. There's obviously some app either not working or having a fit of some kind.

Any ideas where to go? A caution. As I've mentioned before I'm no expert on these things, so Primer One advice level PLEASE:D

Thanks in advance,

LIT

 

[zigzag3143]

I'm not sure if this has been covered before, in previous threads, but here goes.

Over the last few days I've experienced weird things on Vista. My version is Ultimate. Use a Dell quad processor, 4 GB ram.

When I click on a desk top icon, nothing happens. This is after using the computer successfully maybe just an hour previously.

If I go into start menu-all programs and click on one, nothing. If I click task manager, nothing and I cant reboot using start-shut down or restart.

I have to manually close down the computer, i.e. unplug mains power, re-plug and re-start the box. Everything is then fine-for a while, but sure enough, it starts all over again, maybe 24 maybe 48hrs later. It's happened about three/four times in the last week. There's obviously some app either not working or having a fit of some kind.

Any ideas where to go? A caution. As I've mentioned before I'm no expert on these things, so Primer One advice level PLEASE:D

Thanks in advance,

LIT

sounds uspiciously like a sleep/hibernation problem. Laptop or desktop? 32bit or 64?

do you use auto hide task bar?

ken

 

[LIT]

Ken,

Never use these commands. It's a desktop (never mentioned that, as I've never seen a laptop in a quad config. down here (NZ). 32 bit. Don't auto hide taskbar ( I think). I mean I just right click on the bar at the bottom and up pops the window. Taskbar is locked.

Thom

 

[Frostmourne]

Run a full system scan with malwarebytes and superantispyware. Then run these commands in an elevated command prompt. Open up the start menu, type cmd, then press ctrl+shift+enter at once. Then enter the following commands, pressing enter after each one:

driverquery /v > %temp%\drivers1.txt

driverquery /si >> %temp%\drivers1.txt & start notepad %temp%\drivers1.txt

Then save the notepad file and upload it.

 

[LIT]

I use Avira (paid) for main security. In addition update daily and scan every 48 hrs with
Ad Aware, Malwarebtyes, Iobit Security, Super AntiSpyware and Threatfire. Also scan once, twice a week with Dr Webb. There is, to the best of my knowledge, no security problem on the computer. Ran the two scans you suggested-nothing on the disk. Because I'm a novice with computers, I need to know purpose of this suggestion, especially since there appears to be nothing on my hard drive in the way of viral infections/malwares etc :

"Then run these commands in an elevated command prompt. Open up the start menu, type cmd, then press ctrl+shift+enter at once. Then enter the following commands, pressing enter after each one:

driverquery /v > %temp%\drivers1.txt

driverquery /si >> %temp%\drivers1.txt & start notepad %temp%\drivers1.txt

Then save the notepad file and upload it."


LIT

 

[Frostmourne]

That is to see what drivers you have and if they are outdated. A weekly full system scan is enough. Also, uninstall Iobit System Security, Ad-Aware and SuperAntispyware. You don't need that many apps, and they are probably conflicting with Avira, especially, Iobit and Ad-aware.

 

[LIT]

Thanks heaps Frostmourne.


Maybe help you help me more, it crashed again this morning. I got the following messages from some of the icons I attempted to open:

Cannot Find.
Failed to register.
Cannot initialize due to lack of memory module (This was Opera).
Google Chrome has crashed.
Cannot open. Create new?

Interestingly enough, this time I was able to access Start Menu shut down options and restarted in normal way.

This confirm you think the problem is in the drivers?

Again many thanks,

LIT

 

[Frostmourne]

I'd say its the security and its choking your pc. Uninstall all the apps I mentioned - Iobit, Ad-aware, and SAS. Then reboot and run the driver query.