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Re: "windows explorer has stopped working" 1 minute after buying a new machine
OK so I just got home and downloaded the updates from both msft and
sony and it did not work. Literally this lap top is a few hours old
and I have installed nothing. I am having the following problems:
(1) Drag and drop any items in my classic start menu and windows
explorer crashes with the message "windows explorer has stopped
working". Searching the msft tech formus I find dozens of posts about
this problem but no solutions except disabling Account Control which
is not acceptable to me.
(2) The wireless network does not properly auto reconnect after a
reboot. It finds the internet connection but explorer can find no
connetion to the web. I have to manually close and reopen the wireless
network connection to get it back alive.
(3) It takes about 5 minutes to shut down with the disc light flashing
every single time.
It's 7pm here and Sony tech support has already gone home.
Jesus I think this is absolutely shocking. Clearly the Vista Build is
totally screwed. We are talking the absolutely top of the range Sony
VGN-AR31S.
I am going to format and reinstall another copy of Vista (no point in
restoring the system to the factor state) and see if I can get it to
work. The trouble is this thing is packed with stuff like blue ray
video playback using a special version of WinDVD and an intergrated
analogue/digital TV tuner card. Tue to form the Sony web site bundles
applications into packs so I have little idea which installs will
contain these two things.
Microsoft has really gone awol on Vista and Sony, who can't write
software to save their lives, are totally insane to ship this
horrorific install.
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