Malke

As ever I admire your targeting the problem.

My only comment is that, using Vista, I have tried a number of times to use
System Restore. About 75% of the occasions, it refuses to restore. I don't
understand why thiss should be so. Do you have any general advice on this
subject?

"Malke" wrote:
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> Harleymon wrote:
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> > I'm using Vista Home Premium SP1 and in almost all my apps I gave a "xxxx
> > not
> > responding". I have to wait a minute or two before the white screen
> > allows me to continue.
> >
> > Can anybody HELP me before I throw my laptop out the window or throw
> > Microsoft VISTA out the door????[/color]
>
> I'm sympathetic with your frustration but you haven't given us anything to
> work with. All you've told us is "it's broken" and that's not enough to do
> focused troubleshooting.
>
> The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
> worked and the time they didn't?
>
> The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
> status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
> versions) did you use to determine this?
>
> Be sure the computer is clean:
> [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware[/url]
>
> If this is a sudden change, you can try a System Restore to when things
> worked. To run System Restore, go to the Start Orb and in the Start Search
> box type "System Restore" without the quotes. System Restore will appear in
> the Programs result. Click on it, allow the UAC prompt, and follow the
> wizard.
>
> These links will show you what details to include in your next post so you
> can get the help you want:
>
> [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet[/url]
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375[/url] - How to Ask a Question
>
> Malke
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> MS-MVP
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> [url]www.elephantboycomputers.com[/url]
> Don't Panic!
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