Control Panel

Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This began
this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the
program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do a
system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the system restore could
not be completed. Can anyone help me before I throw this computer out the
window (pardon the cliche)?

Do a system restore, and select the one before he installed that program

Click on the Start button, and type System Restore... it takes a while to
come up.



"Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This
> began
> this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the
> program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do
> a
> system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the system restore
> could
> not be completed. Can anyone help me before I throw this computer out the
> window (pardon the cliche)?

Never mind... I see that you already tried that....



"Dave" <dave@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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> Do a system restore, and select the one before he installed that program
>
> Click on the Start button, and type System Restore... it takes a while to
> come up.
>
>
>
> "Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE10F7EF-E9D3-47A3-B3A7-1DDE3C1584E1@microsoft.com...
>> Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This
>> began
>> this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the
>> program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do
>> a
>> system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the system restore
>> could
>> not be completed. Can anyone help me before I throw this computer out
>> the
>> window (pardon the cliche)?
>

"Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE10F7EF-E9D3-47A3-B3A7-1DDE3C1584E1@microsoft.com...
> Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This
> began
> this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the
> program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do
> a
> system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the system restore
> could
> not be completed. Can anyone help me before I throw this computer out the
> window (pardon the cliche)?

OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later that
in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open, Windows
Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But I
get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!

So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL you
other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.

EW

Tried all those and they all work. All these problems give me such a
headache. I hate vista!

"LoneStar" wrote:

>
> "Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE10F7EF-E9D3-47A3-B3A7-1DDE3C1584E1@microsoft.com...
> > Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This
> > began
> > this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the
> > program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do
> > a
> > system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the system restore
> > could
> > not be completed. Can anyone help me before I throw this computer out the
> > window (pardon the cliche)?
>
> OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
> Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later that
> in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
> either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open, Windows
> Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But I
> get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
> installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!
>
> So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL you
> other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.
>
> EW
>
>
>

You might want to try and do a reinstall of Vista itself.. I know this sounds
like a pain, but might be your only solution to fixing the problem.. Vista is
not bad in fact I like it better than XP (never thought I say that).. Over
time Vista will come out with soulutions to most Vista related problems and
it will work fine.. My other suggestion would be to over see what the son
installs before he does it...

"Rachysunshine" wrote:

> Tried all those and they all work. All these problems give me such a
> headache. I hate vista!
>
> "LoneStar" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FE10F7EF-E9D3-47A3-B3A7-1DDE3C1584E1@microsoft.com...
> > > Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This
> > > began
> > > this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the
> > > program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do
> > > a
> > > system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the system restore
> > > could
> > > not be completed. Can anyone help me before I throw this computer out the
> > > window (pardon the cliche)?
> >
> > OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
> > Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later that
> > in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
> > either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open, Windows
> > Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But I
> > get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
> > installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!
> >
> > So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL you
> > other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.
> >
> > EW
> >
> >
> >

"Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07996DD7-6361-4135-B563-14301F474B7B@microsoft.com...
> Tried all those and they all work. All these problems give me such a
> headache. I hate vista!
>
> "LoneStar" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
>> Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later
>> that
>> in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
>> either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open, Windows
>> Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But I
>> get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
>> installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!
>>
>> So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL you
>> other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.
>>
>> EW
>>
>>
>>

Update: I may have found my problem! I had an old flash drive installed in
a USB port that died occasionally. I removed it from the port and for the
past few days my Vista has booted up great. Now.......... how a bad USB
drive can affect opening the Control Panel, etc., is beyond me, but....
whatever works. Stay tuned, and good luck with yours.

EW

"LoneStar" <ewyatt_del_me@excite.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:07996DD7-6361-4135-B563-14301F474B7B@microsoft.com...
>> Tried all those and they all work. All these problems give me such a
>> headache. I hate vista!
>>
>> "LoneStar" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
>>> Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later
>>> that
>>> in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
>>> either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open,
>>> Windows
>>> Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But
>>> I
>>> get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
>>> installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!
>>>
>>> So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL
>>> you
>>> other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.
>>>
>>> EW
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> Update: I may have found my problem! I had an old flash drive installed
> in a USB port that died occasionally. I removed it from the port and for
> the past few days my Vista has booted up great. Now.......... how a bad
> USB drive can affect opening the Control Panel, etc., is beyond me,
> but.... whatever works. Stay tuned, and good luck with yours.

Well while I was trying to get Vista to stop showing the cursor wheel all
the time I found that if the internet link was playing up, i.e. the router
lights froze, the machine stopped too. This happened so often over half an
hour I became convinced the machine needed a fluid network connection to
work properly. However since adding RAM this behaviour has gone away.
Vista truly is a strange beast.

Paul

"Paul" <pbird@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "LoneStar" <ewyatt_del_me@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:465b68e4$0$97240$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readf reenews.net...
>>
>> "Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:07996DD7-6361-4135-B563-14301F474B7B@microsoft.com...
>>> Tried all those and they all work. All these problems give me such a
>>> headache. I hate vista!
>>>
>>> "LoneStar" wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
>>>> Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later
>>>> that
>>>> in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
>>>> either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open,
>>>> Windows
>>>> Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But
>>>> I
>>>> get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
>>>> installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!
>>>>
>>>> So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL
>>>> you
>>>> other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> EW
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> Update: I may have found my problem! I had an old flash drive installed
>> in a USB port that died occasionally. I removed it from the port and for
>> the past few days my Vista has booted up great. Now.......... how a bad
>> USB drive can affect opening the Control Panel, etc., is beyond me,
>> but.... whatever works. Stay tuned, and good luck with yours.
>
> Well while I was trying to get Vista to stop showing the cursor wheel all
> the time I found that if the internet link was playing up, i.e. the router
> lights froze, the machine stopped too. This happened so often over half
> an hour I became convinced the machine needed a fluid network connection
> to work properly. However since adding RAM this behaviour has gone away.
> Vista truly is a strange beast.
>
> Paul
>

Strange, indeed. But it seems like most of the "problems" with Vista are
really extraneous problems with associated software and hardware. Windows
XP is solid as a rock, and the Vista dudes should have studied this. My
Vista is now solid too, but for how long. My XP has been rock-solid for
years.

I'm looking forward to Vista SP-1 and see what improves.

Must go. Supper is ready...........

EW

Does anyone happen to know how to rollback to xp? that just sounds like the
best solution for me. I keep trying all your suggestions but to no avail.

"LoneStar" wrote:

>
> "Paul" <pbird@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:5c17s9F2v2763U1@mid.individual.net...
> > "LoneStar" <ewyatt_del_me@excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:465b68e4$0$97240$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readf reenews.net...
> >>
> >> "Rachysunshine" <Rachysunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:07996DD7-6361-4135-B563-14301F474B7B@microsoft.com...
> >>> Tried all those and they all work. All these problems give me such a
> >>> headache. I hate vista!
> >>>
> >>> "LoneStar" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> OK, now I'm curious. Occasionally, my Control Panel won't open either.
> >>>> Usually a reboot fixes it, or a System restore. HOWEVER, I found later
> >>>> that
> >>>> in addition to Control Panel not opening, LOTS of other stuff doesn't
> >>>> either: my Windows Aero doesn't, most of the MS games won't open,
> >>>> Windows
> >>>> Update from the taskbar won't open, and the printer won't connect. But
> >>>> I
> >>>> get great Internet, Office suite works as does most of the rest of my
> >>>> installations. This all happened suddenly, and I did NOTHING wrong!
> >>>>
> >>>> So............. in addition to the Control Panel, check to see if ALL
> >>>> you
> >>>> other stuff is working. Lemme know. Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> EW
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Update: I may have found my problem! I had an old flash drive installed
> >> in a USB port that died occasionally. I removed it from the port and for
> >> the past few days my Vista has booted up great. Now.......... how a bad
> >> USB drive can affect opening the Control Panel, etc., is beyond me,
> >> but.... whatever works. Stay tuned, and good luck with yours.
> >
> > Well while I was trying to get Vista to stop showing the cursor wheel all
> > the time I found that if the internet link was playing up, i.e. the router
> > lights froze, the machine stopped too. This happened so often over half
> > an hour I became convinced the machine needed a fluid network connection
> > to work properly. However since adding RAM this behaviour has gone away.
> > Vista truly is a strange beast.
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
> Strange, indeed. But it seems like most of the "problems" with Vista are
> really extraneous problems with associated software and hardware. Windows
> XP is solid as a rock, and the Vista dudes should have studied this. My
> Vista is now solid too, but for how long. My XP has been rock-solid for
> years.
>
> I'm looking forward to Vista SP-1 and see what improves.
>
> Must go. Supper is ready...........
>
> EW
>
>
>