Hi there!
This is my first post on these forums and hopefully I'll be able to get a solution here to a problem that's been bugging me for over a year now...
Basically, whenever I try to install a new program, I fear for my PC.
The issue is that some programs crash my Vista upon either:
- Running the installer
- Unpacking installation files
- Finishing installing
The symptoms are these:
- Vista locks up without a "beep" from my motherboard
- My screen turns into a collection of ugly coloured squares and rectangles of about 1cmx2cm
- My PC can be turned off instantly with the power button (instead of having to press-and-hold for 5 seconds)
One of the installation issues I've "fixed" so far is the installation of .msi files.
Somehow I can only install those through CMD -> msiexec.exe \i
Some of the programs that have caused this crash are (but not limited to):
- Notepad++ (.exe installer)
- Citrix XenApp (.msi installer -> fixed)
- Java plugin (Could only install after vista re-install)
- ...
Basically, (bar the XenApp .msi) non-mass-market software has a high risk of causing this peculiar crash.
Everytime I've had this crash, I checked whether my drivers were up to date, which they were, and either fixed the problem (if .msi) or accepted that I could simply not install the program in question.
But this time, however, I really want to install Notepad++, because I'm just sick of "having to deal with it".
Please help me out guys, I'm really starting to become desperate here..
OS: Vista Home Premium x64 SP1
GFX: ATI Radeon 4850
P.S.: If needed, I will provide full details on hardware + drivers
P.P.S.: All my software (even music) has been purchased 100% legally
This is my first post on these forums and hopefully I'll be able to get a solution here to a problem that's been bugging me for over a year now...
Basically, whenever I try to install a new program, I fear for my PC.
The issue is that some programs crash my Vista upon either:
- Running the installer
- Unpacking installation files
- Finishing installing
The symptoms are these:
- Vista locks up without a "beep" from my motherboard
- My screen turns into a collection of ugly coloured squares and rectangles of about 1cmx2cm
- My PC can be turned off instantly with the power button (instead of having to press-and-hold for 5 seconds)
One of the installation issues I've "fixed" so far is the installation of .msi files.
Somehow I can only install those through CMD -> msiexec.exe \i
Some of the programs that have caused this crash are (but not limited to):
- Notepad++ (.exe installer)
- Citrix XenApp (.msi installer -> fixed)
- Java plugin (Could only install after vista re-install)
- ...
Basically, (bar the XenApp .msi) non-mass-market software has a high risk of causing this peculiar crash.
Everytime I've had this crash, I checked whether my drivers were up to date, which they were, and either fixed the problem (if .msi) or accepted that I could simply not install the program in question.
But this time, however, I really want to install Notepad++, because I'm just sick of "having to deal with it".
Please help me out guys, I'm really starting to become desperate here..
OS: Vista Home Premium x64 SP1
GFX: ATI Radeon 4850
P.S.: If needed, I will provide full details on hardware + drivers
P.P.S.: All my software (even music) has been purchased 100% legally
