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Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...
  1. #1


    xphilip Guest

    Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...

    Can somebody help me?

    I have Windows Vista Ultimate and my Control Panel, Personalize and System
    Properties does not open, it cant' print too!!

    I tried a lot of things but none of them could make anything stable.



    Please, if someone know about this problem, answer....

    Thanks in advance.

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  2. #2


    Dana Cline Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...

    Purchased machine, or did you install Vista yourself? If the former, which
    manufacturer? Did you uninstall all the crapware? What printer? Drivers from
    Vista or the printer's manufacturer? Can _anything_ print?

    Dana Cline - MCE MVP

    "xphilip" <xphilip@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news439452A-99CB-43A3-8F64-9E0701D9F84E@microsoft.com...
    > Can somebody help me?
    >
    > I have Windows Vista Ultimate and my Control Panel, Personalize and System
    > Properties does not open, it cant' print too!!
    >
    > I tried a lot of things but none of them could make anything stable.
    >
    > Please, if someone know about this problem, answer....
    >
    > Thanks in advance.



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  3. #3


    Clearwire Mail Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...


    "Dana Cline" <dana@logicsmith.com> wrote in message
    news:eT3rL35qHHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
    > Purchased machine, or did you install Vista yourself? If the former, which
    > manufacturer? Did you uninstall all the crapware? What printer? Drivers
    > from Vista or the printer's manufacturer? Can _anything_ print?
    >
    > Dana Cline - MCE MVP
    >


    I have the EXACT, same problem and it's very frustrating. My system is a
    3.5 mo. old Dell XPS 410 that came loaded w/ Vista Home Premium. All
    crapware is uninstalled and very few other apps are installed (I have MS
    Office 2003 and nothing else that isn't MS certified). I get this problem
    occasionally and I can get the system back to full ops after a warm restart,
    sometimes only after a cold power boot. The installed Canon printer has
    nothing to do with the problem.
    The frustrating thing is that I can review my Events Viewer and see no
    difference in "warnings," "errors," and "information" between a good boot
    and a bad one! The only thing different is that the Control Panel, desktop
    personalization, a few MS games, and Aero desktop are nuked. Perhaps some
    other things are bad too (I can't print either when this happens).
    This is obviously a real problem out there since several people have written
    about it but there are NO answers. Additionally, this only happened after
    I've had my system for about 7 weeks and after a series of Microsoft
    critical updates.
    Dana, since you're an MS pro, pass this around. It's for real! Thanks.


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  4. #4


    xphilip Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open

    My machine is new and purchased. I haven't talk with my manufacturer but i am
    looking foward. I formated my computer when that happened for the first time,
    but now it the same, so i can't do nothing more.

    Thank's for the replies!!

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    Dana Cline Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...

    That's just really weird and completely outside my experience. About the
    only thing I can think of is a hardware issue - find a good memory
    diagnostic and try it... Check inside the PC to make sure all the chips and
    boards are firmly seated. Otherwise nag the manufacturer until the either
    fix or replace the system...

    Dana Cline - MCE MVP

    "Clearwire Mail" <ernlizz@clearwire.net> wrote in message
    news:3D3E12A7-3149-49F7-AC88-B3159CDE25DB@microsoft.com...
    >
    > "Dana Cline" <dana@logicsmith.com> wrote in message
    > news:eT3rL35qHHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
    >> Purchased machine, or did you install Vista yourself? If the former,
    >> which manufacturer? Did you uninstall all the crapware? What printer?
    >> Drivers from Vista or the printer's manufacturer? Can _anything_ print?
    >>
    >> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
    >>

    >
    > I have the EXACT, same problem and it's very frustrating. My system is a
    > 3.5 mo. old Dell XPS 410 that came loaded w/ Vista Home Premium. All
    > crapware is uninstalled and very few other apps are installed (I have MS
    > Office 2003 and nothing else that isn't MS certified). I get this problem
    > occasionally and I can get the system back to full ops after a warm
    > restart, sometimes only after a cold power boot. The installed Canon
    > printer has nothing to do with the problem.
    > The frustrating thing is that I can review my Events Viewer and see no
    > difference in "warnings," "errors," and "information" between a good boot
    > and a bad one! The only thing different is that the Control Panel,
    > desktop personalization, a few MS games, and Aero desktop are nuked.
    > Perhaps some other things are bad too (I can't print either when this
    > happens).
    > This is obviously a real problem out there since several people have
    > written about it but there are NO answers. Additionally, this only
    > happened after I've had my system for about 7 weeks and after a series of
    > Microsoft critical updates.
    > Dana, since you're an MS pro, pass this around. It's for real! Thanks.



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  6. #6


    LoneStar Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open


    "xphilip" <xphilip@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:24FD2ED7-3054-4435-8360-CBE947889311@microsoft.com...
    > My machine is new and purchased. I haven't talk with my manufacturer but i
    > am
    > looking foward. I formated my computer when that happened for the first
    > time,
    > but now it the same, so i can't do nothing more.
    >
    > Thank's for the replies!!


    Don't go yet, dude!

    Do you have a Dell, and if so, what model? And........ does this happen to
    you EVERY time you boot up, or just sometimes?

    I'm beginning to think an older MS update is nuking us. After you
    reinstalled Vista, I'll bet you got all the most recent updates and
    continued having this freaky problem.

    Stay tuned.....

    EW



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  7. #7


    LoneStar Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...


    "Dana Cline" <dana@logicsmith.com> wrote in message
    news:e7ExltErHHA.4100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
    > That's just really weird and completely outside my experience. About the
    > only thing I can think of is a hardware issue - find a good memory
    > diagnostic and try it... Check inside the PC to make sure all the chips
    > and boards are firmly seated. Otherwise nag the manufacturer until the
    > either fix or replace the system...
    >
    > Dana Cline - MCE MVP



    It's weird that the Clearwire person has the same problem as I do, as does
    xphilip, and several others that posted similar probs opening the Control
    Panel, etc. I really don't think this is a solitary issue. FYI, I think
    I've worn out my memory diagnostic programs, and they all say I'm fine.
    Thank you anyway.



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  8. #8


    Clearwire Mail Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...


    "Dana Cline" <dana@logicsmith.com> wrote in message
    news:e7ExltErHHA.4100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
    > That's just really weird and completely outside my experience. About the
    > only thing I can think of is a hardware issue - find a good memory
    > diagnostic and try it... Check inside the PC to make sure all the chips
    > and boards are firmly seated. Otherwise nag the manufacturer until the
    > either fix or replace the system...
    >
    > Dana Cline - MCE MVP


    Will do again as you say, but I doubt it's memory or other hardware. Too
    many others have this situation, but I'll keep at it. Believe it or not,
    after I turned ON my Google pop-up blocker AND turned on my GUI boot back to
    the default setting (boot.ini tab) the problem went away, so far anyway. No
    worries.


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  9. #9


    Go Stu Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open

    I am havuing exactly same problem. Afraid I don't know a GUI boot means. Need
    some step by step.


    "Clearwire Mail" wrote:

    >
    > "Dana Cline" <dana@logicsmith.com> wrote in message
    > news:e7ExltErHHA.4100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
    > > That's just really weird and completely outside my experience. About the
    > > only thing I can think of is a hardware issue - find a good memory
    > > diagnostic and try it... Check inside the PC to make sure all the chips
    > > and boards are firmly seated. Otherwise nag the manufacturer until the
    > > either fix or replace the system...
    > >
    > > Dana Cline - MCE MVP

    >
    > Will do again as you say, but I doubt it's memory or other hardware. Too
    > many others have this situation, but I'll keep at it. Believe it or not,
    > after I turned ON my Google pop-up blocker AND turned on my GUI boot back to
    > the default setting (boot.ini tab) the problem went away, so far anyway. No
    > worries.
    >


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  10. #10


    Dana Cline Guest

    Re: Control Panel, Personalize and System Properties does not open...

    You say you reset your GUI boot to fix it...what had you changed your GUI
    boot to? Where? I seem to remember a similar setting in XP from MSCONFIG but
    I never changed it.

    Dana Cline - MCE MVP

    "Clearwire Mail" <ernlizz@clearwire.net> wrote in message
    news:77B1D164-9EA9-48AE-95FF-80DC02EFD9C1@microsoft.com...
    >
    > "Dana Cline" <dana@logicsmith.com> wrote in message
    > news:e7ExltErHHA.4100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
    >> That's just really weird and completely outside my experience. About the
    >> only thing I can think of is a hardware issue - find a good memory
    >> diagnostic and try it... Check inside the PC to make sure all the chips
    >> and boards are firmly seated. Otherwise nag the manufacturer until the
    >> either fix or replace the system...
    >>
    >> Dana Cline - MCE MVP

    >
    > Will do again as you say, but I doubt it's memory or other hardware. Too
    > many others have this situation, but I'll keep at it. Believe it or not,
    > after I turned ON my Google pop-up blocker AND turned on my GUI boot back
    > to the default setting (boot.ini tab) the problem went away, so far
    > anyway. No worries.



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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