Vista - very irritating errors

Hi

I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
irritating problems.

1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows modules
installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am running
windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have stopped
though the windows update window shows "installing updates".

2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
control panel never opens.

Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
regretful and I will move back to XP.


John

I suggest that if you can not fix your problems, that you save all your
files and do a clean install of Vista. Something might have gone wrong with
the upgrade, and I'm sure you will be much happier if you can get everything
working properly.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"John" <netconsul@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
> irritating problems.
>
> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows
> modules
> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am
> running
> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have
> stopped
> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>
> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
> control panel never opens.
>
> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>
>
> John
>

Picked up laptop for kids college. Vista is a PIG. I run XP Pro and don't
have any problems.

Degrag on VISTA STINKS.



"John" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
> irritating problems.
>
> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows modules
> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am running
> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have stopped
> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>
> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
> control panel never opens.
>
> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>
>
> John
>
>

Thanks Robert but that wont be possible because I have too many programs
installed. Any other way?
"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
news:AF048D93-FDDC-41B1-BFFC-88E3B3956AC4@microsoft.com...
>I suggest that if you can not fix your problems, that you save all your
>files and do a clean install of Vista. Something might have gone wrong with
>the upgrade, and I'm sure you will be much happier if you can get
>everything working properly.
>
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
> "John" <netconsul@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%2306P5ki2HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
>> irritating problems.
>>
>> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows
>> modules
>> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am
>> running
>> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have
>> stopped
>> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>>
>> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
>> control panel never opens.
>>
>> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
>> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>

Degrag on anyting stinks. I use to Degrag until my wife caught me. Now I
degrag in the closet with the door closed. Just FYI.


"spam62638789" <spam62638789@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Picked up laptop for kids college. Vista is a PIG. I run XP Pro and don't
> have any problems.
>
> Degrag on VISTA STINKS.
>
>
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
>> irritating problems.
>>
>> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows
>> modules
>> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am
>> running
>> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have
>> stopped
>> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>>
>> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
>> control panel never opens.
>>
>> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
>> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>>

"John" <netconsul@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2306P5ki2HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
> irritating problems.
>
> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows
> modules
> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am
> running
> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have
> stopped
> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>
> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
> control panel never opens.
>
> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>
>
> John
>


I saw your other post about getting BSOD's when you try to "browse" from the
run window. Not sure what you mean by "browse"... are you opening a cmd
window or what? Well, regardless, from that problem and the above problems
sounds to me like you either have a hw issue or the Vista upgrade choked on
something.

Did you run a chkdsk before you upgraded to Vista? If not, I would suggest
running a chkdsk now. Open a cmd window with run as administrator and run
chkdsk without any parameters. If it finds any problems it will tell you. If
chkdsk doesn't find any problems, you may want to try running a repair by
booting from the Vista DVD and selecting repair (not sure where, exactly,
the repair choice is...)

Lang

Thanks Lang. By browse I mean opening root drive C: or any of the subfolders
in C: using windows explorer which I trigger using "Run" tool in the Startup
menu. I had not run chkdsk before upgrading but I did run repair using VISTA
DVD. Anyway, I will run chkdsk as advised and post the results.

"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "John" <netconsul@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%2306P5ki2HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
>> irritating problems.
>>
>> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows
>> modules
>> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am
>> running
>> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have
>> stopped
>> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>>
>> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
>> control panel never opens.
>>
>> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
>> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>
>
> I saw your other post about getting BSOD's when you try to "browse" from
> the run window. Not sure what you mean by "browse"... are you opening a
> cmd window or what? Well, regardless, from that problem and the above
> problems sounds to me like you either have a hw issue or the Vista upgrade
> choked on something.
>
> Did you run a chkdsk before you upgraded to Vista? If not, I would suggest
> running a chkdsk now. Open a cmd window with run as administrator and run
> chkdsk without any parameters. If it finds any problems it will tell you.
> If chkdsk doesn't find any problems, you may want to try running a repair
> by booting from the Vista DVD and selecting repair (not sure where,
> exactly, the repair choice is...)
>
> Lang

John wrote:
> Thanks Robert but that wont be possible because I have too many programs
> installed. Any other way?
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:AF048D93-FDDC-41B1-BFFC-88E3B3956AC4@microsoft.com...
>> I suggest that if you can not fix your problems, that you save all
>> your files and do a clean install of Vista. Something might have gone
>> wrong with the upgrade, and I'm sure you will be much happier if you
>> can get everything working properly.
>>
>> Robert Firth
>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>
>> "John" <netconsul@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%2306P5ki2HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I upgraded my windows XP pro to VISTA ultimate and been facing very
>>> irritating problems.
>>>
>>> 1. Every now and then, a popup window appears with message "windows
>>> modules
>>> installer stopped working and was closed" and this happens when I am
>>> running
>>> windows update. Following this message, windows update seems to have
>>> stopped
>>> though the windows update window shows "installing updates".
>>>
>>> 2. Whenever I try to open control panel, it crashes windows explorer and
>>> control panel never opens.
>>>
>>> Unless I can fix the above two problems, transition to VISTA will be
>>> regretful and I will move back to XP.
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>
Oh it's possible you just prefer not to do it. In some cases
where the upgrade was unsuccessful it may be the only option.

gls858