foxness wrote:
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>
> Whenever I try to open up a window through the Start menu or from a
> desktop icon or Launchy to view a folder like 'My Documents' or
> 'Computer', or even 'Control Panel', the window opens for about two
> seconds before closing. And then the whole screen goes blank but for
> the desktop background and slowly reappears. What's the story, there?
> How do I remedy this? I want to be able to peruse my folders! I want
> to be able to adjust my screen's resolution! Why won't the windows stay
> open for me?[/color]

Do you realize that you've told us nothing about your computer and its
recent history? In order to give you focused help, please answer these
questions:

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 you know the computer is clean and the change was sudden - and you can't
figure out what you did just before the change so you can reverse that
action - do a System Restore to when things worked. You may need to:

1. Go into Safe Mode to run the System Restore
2. Boot with your Vista DVD to run the System Restore.

Malke
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