First of all, thanks for reading my post! I greatly appreciate any support you can provide.
I just did a clean install of Vista ultimate x64. I'm having a problem, though. It seems to be very unstable when I'm starting up - if I try to open programs while the OS is still loading all my run-at-startup programs, it'll just lock up. That's not the biggest problem, though. For some reason, if I try to install ANYTHING (i.e. quicktime, my video drivers, the windows updates), the computer will install it until it gets to about 20-25% of the install, and then just slow down to a complete stop. Like, at first the progress bar won't advance. After that, the desktop icons won't highlight when you mouse over them. Then you can't move windows (minimize, maximize, etc.), and finally, you can't move your mouse.
I just had vista ultimate x64 working on my computer a few days ago, and it was stable. I had to reinstall it because I downloaded window's updates, and there's one that (after some research) I found can cause some computers to not be able to boot. I suffered that problem.
My computer specs (if it helps, since it's custom):
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor
GeForce 8800 GT (dual) video cards
4 gb of gskill ddr2 RAM
Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 mobo
The only drivers I was able to get installed were the drivers for the mobo. It led me to believe that they were the culprit, but even when I tried to install my video drivers and windows updates in safe mode, it still freezes.
I just did a clean install of Vista ultimate x64. I'm having a problem, though. It seems to be very unstable when I'm starting up - if I try to open programs while the OS is still loading all my run-at-startup programs, it'll just lock up. That's not the biggest problem, though. For some reason, if I try to install ANYTHING (i.e. quicktime, my video drivers, the windows updates), the computer will install it until it gets to about 20-25% of the install, and then just slow down to a complete stop. Like, at first the progress bar won't advance. After that, the desktop icons won't highlight when you mouse over them. Then you can't move windows (minimize, maximize, etc.), and finally, you can't move your mouse.
I just had vista ultimate x64 working on my computer a few days ago, and it was stable. I had to reinstall it because I downloaded window's updates, and there's one that (after some research) I found can cause some computers to not be able to boot. I suffered that problem.
My computer specs (if it helps, since it's custom):
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor
GeForce 8800 GT (dual) video cards
4 gb of gskill ddr2 RAM
Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 mobo
The only drivers I was able to get installed were the drivers for the mobo. It led me to believe that they were the culprit, but even when I tried to install my video drivers and windows updates in safe mode, it still freezes.