New Windows Vista Home Premium Problems

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Captains Cat

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Just lit off a new desktop machine that will provide a computer upstairs for the kids when they're here. It's got Vista Home Premium on it and, while I have some Vista experience, I like XP a lot better.

It ran fine to start with and I even installed a wireless card in a slot so it could connect to my wireless system in the house. Wonder of wonders, that worked fine too!

I had initially brought the "control panel" up to uninstall a program that was there and that worked fine as well

Now, however, when I try to bring the Control Panel up, it flashes briefly on the screen and goes away. I'm sure it's something simple but I've rebooted the machine with no success.

Any ideas? And NO, I won't go see if it floats and get another operating system.... :D

Charlie
 
Captains Cat":ikia2vrc said:
Just lit off a new desktop machine that will provide a computer upstairs for the kids when they're here. It's got Vista Home Premium on it and, while I have some Vista experience, I like XP a lot better.

It ran fine to start with and I even installed a wireless card in a slot so it could connect to my wireless system in the house. Wonder of wonders, that worked fine too!

I had initially brought the "control panel" up to uninstall a program that was there and that worked fine as well

Now, however, when I try to bring the Control Panel up, it flashes briefly on the screen and goes away. I'm sure it's something simple but I've rebooted the machine with no success.

Any ideas? And NO, I won't go see if it floats and get another operating system.... :D

Charlie
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I see you have the problem du jour fixed but for when the next one crops up - I'm pretty confident the computer wont float. However it makes a lousy anchor except on the grabbiest of bottoms. :lol:
 
Yeah, after "working as it should", it didn't again. Tried reloading the Vista operating system with the CD that came with it, didn't reload. Tried putting XP Pro on there with SP3, with a known good disk, that I've used on a laptop, that didn't work either.

Then, it locked me out trying to be the "administrator" which has a password that they didn't send.

After all that, I shut it down and yesterday afternoon, it worked again. Almost afraid to try it this morning but I will...

Charlie :roll:
 
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