Vista - No Device Manager or Control Panel

I built myself a new system ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe. AMP 64 X2 6000+,
etc., etc. and I am having a few problem with the Windows operating
system. The first time I installed Windows XP Pro and it seemed to
install fine but when I installed some of the motherboard utilites I
started having problems with the Internet Explorer 7 always locking
up.

I did another clean install of Windows of Windows XP Pro and I got a
bit further, I was so confident I even activated it! Shortly there
afer it again started to lock up with the Internet Explorer locking up
but not only that, that system would not shut down and it was not a
virus. I gave up on installing Windows XP Pro and I decided to
Windows Vista.

I am running Vista Home Premium on one machine so I decided to use
it's DVD and see if it installs okay on this machine. I installed the
Ultimate 32bit version from the DVD and I did not enter the product
key. It warned me about that but since I was only testing to see if
it would install properly I did not worry about it. Everything
installed fine and was great last night. I decided that I would
purchase Vista Utlimate on Monday.

This morning I turn the machine on and I cannot access the Computer
Properties or the Control Panel, everything else seems to be working.
What I need to know is this another problem with the operating ststem
or is it because I have not entered a product key or activated it?

I hope someone has answer!

Al

Please ignore this message. I turned the computer on again and
everything works again. I would still like to know what happened if
anyone knows.

Al

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:39:02 -0700, Alfred Kaufmann
<al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I built myself a new system ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe. AMP 64 X2 6000+,
>etc., etc. and I am having a few problem with the Windows operating
>system. The first time I installed Windows XP Pro and it seemed to
>install fine but when I installed some of the motherboard utilites I
>started having problems with the Internet Explorer 7 always locking
>up.
>
>I did another clean install of Windows of Windows XP Pro and I got a
>bit further, I was so confident I even activated it! Shortly there
>afer it again started to lock up with the Internet Explorer locking up
>but not only that, that system would not shut down and it was not a
>virus. I gave up on installing Windows XP Pro and I decided to
>Windows Vista.
>
>I am running Vista Home Premium on one machine so I decided to use
>it's DVD and see if it installs okay on this machine. I installed the
>Ultimate 32bit version from the DVD and I did not enter the product
>key. It warned me about that but since I was only testing to see if
>it would install properly I did not worry about it. Everything
>installed fine and was great last night. I decided that I would
>purchase Vista Utlimate on Monday.
>
>This morning I turn the machine on and I cannot access the Computer
>Properties or the Control Panel, everything else seems to be working.
>What I need to know is this another problem with the operating ststem
>or is it because I have not entered a product key or activated it?
>
>I hope someone has answer!
>
>Al
>