I cant open the control panel on my system either fron the desktop
shortcut or the start menu.I decided to do a system restore and after 6
attempts on several restore points they have all failed. I've tried starting
my laptop up in safe mode the problem is still there.I have reinstalled the
software licence but i am stuck now and need some advice before I reformat.

johndeere209 <johndeere209@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I cant open the control panel on my system either fron the desktop
>shortcut or the start menu.I decided to do a system restore and after 6
>attempts on several restore points they have all failed. I've tried starting
>my laptop up in safe mode the problem is still there.I have reinstalled the
>software licence but i am stuck now and need some advice before I reformat.

Why are you asking this again in a new thread, a bare two hours after
starting your first thread?

I was asked to look at a Windows Vista laptop computer where the Control
Panel would not stay open. I also found that the Windows Update would not
run. I tried two system restores which did not resolve the problem. I
also tried restarting the License Service which did not work. I did find
that Control Panel ran in Safe Mode.

I then went to Microsoft and downloaded the Vista SP1 and installed it. The
problem was resolved by installing the Vista SP1.

If you already have Vista SP1 installed, try system restore prior to Vista
SP1 and then go to Microsoft to download the Vista SP1 and reinstall.

I also ran AVG and Spybot and found nothing.

Hope this helps others having this problem, Frank


"johndeere209" wrote:

> I cant open the control panel on my system either fron the desktop
> shortcut or the start menu.I decided to do a system restore and after 6
> attempts on several restore points they have all failed. I've tried starting
> my laptop up in safe mode the problem is still there.I have reinstalled the
> software licence but i am stuck now and need some advice before I reformat.
>