Vista not responding

After leaving my computer on for about an hour (varies greatly every time)
programs stop responding. if i try to open another program it either doesn't
open or opens and stops responding as soon as it does. I can't shutdown the
programs in task manager because when i hit ctrl+alt+del it either does
nothing or i see my background and a message titled "logon has failed to
create security options dialogue" with the message "failure - security
options". This is a very annyoing problem which i have no idea how to fix. I
have a Athlon 64 3500, 1GB RAM, AC'97 audio (GAK8NF9 mobo) 2 160 GB segate
hdd's and an ATI Radeon x850xt.

Hi Tim
I think your problem may be with the default power settings. Go to the
Control Panel/Power options. Select Put the computer to sleep. Then click
Never. The hibernate and sleep facilities in Vista are a wee bit erratic.
Regards David Clarke.

I am having exactly the same problem and it is maddening. The complete text of the error box is this:

Failure - Security Options -- Logon process has failed to create the security options dialog.

This is when I try to get to Task Manager by pressing CONTROL-ALT-DELETE. If I right-click the taskbar and choose "Task Manager," I don't get an error message, but Task Manager never starts, either. Basically, nothing happens.

Programs stop responding, Everything starts going very slowly, and I can't even shut down without a hard reboot (turning off the power switch).

I never had this problem with any previous beta, only with RC2 (build 5744).

This is horrible. I don't know if maybe I should try a system restore with an autosaved restore point from a few days ago? I only started having the problem within the past 2-3 days.

I am constantly having to shut off the computer and turn it back on. This is completely unacceptable OS behavior :P. I thought Vista was supposed to have *improved* stability.

Someone suggested that this had something to do with the power saving features of Vista. I can definitely contradict that claim. I have my settings set to never shut off hard disks or monitors, never allow hibernating, etc. Still, I have this problem.

Anyone have any suggestions?

>>>After leaving my computer on for about an hour (varies greatly every time)
programs stop responding. if i try to open another program it either doesn't
open or opens and stops responding as soon as it does. I can't shutdown the
programs in task manager because when i hit ctrl+alt+del it either does
nothing or i see my background and a message titled "logon has failed to
create security options dialogue" with the message "failure - security
options". This is a very annyoing problem which i have no idea how to fix. I
have a Athlon 64 3500, 1GB RAM, AC'97 audio (GAK8NF9 mobo) 2 160 GB segate
hdd's and an ATI Radeon x850xt.

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i am also having the exact same problem, as both of you guys have described,
anyone figure anything out, it boots fine in safe mode with no problems, mine
just started out of the blue yesterday, please help! oh i also did a system
restore point from 3 days before the problem happened and still the same.....

"Tim" wrote:

> After leaving my computer on for about an hour (varies greatly every time)
> programs stop responding. if i try to open another program it either doesn't
> open or opens and stops responding as soon as it does. I can't shutdown the
> programs in task manager because when i hit ctrl+alt+del it either does
> nothing or i see my background and a message titled "logon has failed to
> create security options dialogue" with the message "failure - security
> options". This is a very annyoing problem which i have no idea how to fix. I
> have a Athlon 64 3500, 1GB RAM, AC'97 audio (GAK8NF9 mobo) 2 160 GB segate
> hdd's and an ATI Radeon x850xt.

Which build are you experiencing this on?
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"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F69A88CE-804D-43E8-A01F-984910A2AE43@microsoft.com...
>i am also having the exact same problem, as both of you guys have
>described,
> anyone figure anything out, it boots fine in safe mode with no problems,
> mine
> just started out of the blue yesterday, please help! oh i also did a
> system
> restore point from 3 days before the problem happened and still the
> same.....
>
> "Tim" wrote:
>
>> After leaving my computer on for about an hour (varies greatly every
>> time)
>> programs stop responding. if i try to open another program it either
>> doesn't
>> open or opens and stops responding as soon as it does. I can't shutdown
>> the
>> programs in task manager because when i hit ctrl+alt+del it either does
>> nothing or i see my background and a message titled "logon has failed to
>> create security options dialogue" with the message "failure - security
>> options". This is a very annyoing problem which i have no idea how to
>> fix. I
>> have a Athlon 64 3500, 1GB RAM, AC'97 audio (GAK8NF9 mobo) 2 160 GB
>> segate
>> hdd's and an ATI Radeon x850xt.

this is on build 5600, RC1

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Which build are you experiencing this on?
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> "Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F69A88CE-804D-43E8-A01F-984910A2AE43@microsoft.com...
> >i am also having the exact same problem, as both of you guys have
> >described,
> > anyone figure anything out, it boots fine in safe mode with no problems,
> > mine
> > just started out of the blue yesterday, please help! oh i also did a
> > system
> > restore point from 3 days before the problem happened and still the
> > same.....
> >
> > "Tim" wrote:
> >
> >> After leaving my computer on for about an hour (varies greatly every
> >> time)
> >> programs stop responding. if i try to open another program it either
> >> doesn't
> >> open or opens and stops responding as soon as it does. I can't shutdown
> >> the
> >> programs in task manager because when i hit ctrl+alt+del it either does
> >> nothing or i see my background and a message titled "logon has failed to
> >> create security options dialogue" with the message "failure - security
> >> options". This is a very annyoing problem which i have no idea how to
> >> fix. I
> >> have a Athlon 64 3500, 1GB RAM, AC'97 audio (GAK8NF9 mobo) 2 160 GB
> >> segate
> >> hdd's and an ATI Radeon x850xt.
>
>
>

ok guys, i got it figured out, id be willing to bet you are all running Pc
Cillin virus??? well i disabled mine in safemode via MSconfig, and now my
system is fine, so the problem is that program, i went to uninstall it and
there is an error, so i am assuming one of the automatic updates was bad, i
aslo recall that my last auto scan pc cillin did froze up on me and after
that my problem started.. let me know if this helps!

"Tim" wrote:

> After leaving my computer on for about an hour (varies greatly every time)
> programs stop responding. if i try to open another program it either doesn't
> open or opens and stops responding as soon as it does. I can't shutdown the
> programs in task manager because when i hit ctrl+alt+del it either does
> nothing or i see my background and a message titled "logon has failed to
> create security options dialogue" with the message "failure - security
> options". This is a very annyoing problem which i have no idea how to fix. I
> have a Athlon 64 3500, 1GB RAM, AC'97 audio (GAK8NF9 mobo) 2 160 GB segate
> hdd's and an ATI Radeon x850xt.

THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO THE PC-Cillin conflict which causes the "failure-security options" error message and the system freeze.

I am running a Dell 4XPS410 with Vista and it is one month old.

You have TWO FIREWALLS operating. PC-Cillin and Vista both have open firewalls. Get into your security settings and disable the VISTA firewall and all will work normally.

I suffered with this problem for a month - waiting for a solution to appear in some forum. I finally called Dell and a tech rep named Dan (in Canada) remotely logged on, found the issue and corrected it.

After getting the dreaded 'Logon process has failed to create the
security options dialog' my pc totally locked up. I couldn't get into
task mgr. or anywhere else. Every time I shut it down it resumed in the
same state. Finally took battery out & put back in. Good for now.


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I'm sorry to disappoint you but I have the same problem and I'm running on McAfee antivirus. This has been happening to me since I bought my lap and I'm about to pop!! I feel like I want to throw my lap against the wall every time it happens