Vista crashes on me!

[CaptinChu]

I need some help with Vista. Whenever I open a folder for the first time when I log on, Windows Explorer stops working and just restarts. I've looked up the problem and it says I needed to get rid of some .dll file. I got an error message in an attempt to remove the aforementioned file. So, Vista keeps crashing. It's annoying. Does anyone know how I can fix this? AND DON'T SAY SWITCH TO LINUX; I've already gotten settled in to the environment; there's no need to switch.

[smulse]

At 7/8/08 09:11 AM, CaptinChu wrote: AND DON'T SAY SWITCH TO LINUX;

Mac

[Jon-86]

At 7/8/08 09:11 AM, CaptinChu wrote: AND DON'T SAY SWITCH TO LINUX

Damn boy that is just igonrant generalisation. Shame on you. All windows OS'es have repair features. Or that restore point thing from XP onwards. Look into that. Or just reinstall the damn thing after you backup your files.

No need to be so aggravated.

[Anim8or666]

Install XP, or go the Mac way. Vista just sucks, and there's nothing you can really do about it.

[AnalogStick]

So far everyone failed to give a reasonable solution.
My guess is that you have a virus, and most viruses attach themselves to processes via .dlls so what you are saying might make sense. On the top of my head i would say it is brontok because it tends to restart the computer when certain strings are in the title or text of a web page or explorer window.. Download HiJack This and run it on your computer. Post the log here or on the Hijack this forums.

[wtflolnoob]

WINDOWS VISTA ISNT THE WAY OF THE FUTURE. It looks awesome and is really easy for octogenarians to learn computers on. Vista is way too high level, is prone to glitches, gets boring after a while, and costs too much.

If you like it, that is alright. I'm just saying what I think.

Here is a picture that you might like:

[Jon-86]

At 7/8/08 02:07 PM, AnalogStick wrote: So far everyone failed to give a reasonable solution.

My solutions are resonable. So get off your semi-high horse :P But if you are willing to figure it out in detail and solve it when a 30 min repair job will do fair play to ya.

[CaptinChu]

At 7/8/08 02:07 PM, AnalogStick wrote: So far everyone failed to give a reasonable solution.
Download HiJack This and run it on your computer. Post the log here or on the Hijack this forums.

Ha! I'd forgotten all about HijackThis! Thanks you, I'll get right on it!

[GayFlamingo]

lol

[authorblues]

At 7/8/08 02:13 PM, wtflolnoob wrote: It looks awesome and is really easy for octogenarians to learn computers on.

thank god for word-of-the-day calendars, or we would never have people running around being pretentious fucks.

Here is a picture that you might like:

youve already been asked to stop picture spamming. seriously.

[zapper9987]

At 7/8/08 09:11 AM, CaptinChu wrote: AND DON'T SAY SWITCH TO LINUX

Windows XP.

[RebelDris]

Thank you to all vista haters for giving no help at all, no one cares if you don't like vista, some people actually enjoy its features.

As for your problem, the above mentioned virus theory is most likely right. The thing is that when you go to delete it, the file is in use by a service, so you cant just delete the file. Solution?

Start your computer in safe mode (hit f8 before windows loading screen appears). This will NOT load all the usual processes and services during startup, i.e. the .dll file. This way you can delete the needed file, then restart windows.

Hope this helps!

Go Vista!

[VigilanteNighthawk]

At 7/8/08 09:11 AM, CaptinChu wrote: AND DON'T SAY SWITCH TO LINUX;

But how can we start the usual flame war if we don't?

[AnalogStick]

At 7/9/08 02:23 AM, RebelDris wrote: Thank you to all vista haters for giving no help at all, no one cares if you don't like vista, some people actually enjoy its features.

As for your problem, the above mentioned virus theory is most likely right. The thing is that when you go to delete it, the file is in use by a service, so you cant just delete the file. Solution?

Start your computer in safe mode (hit f8 before windows loading screen appears). This will NOT load all the usual processes and services during startup, i.e. the .dll file. This way you can delete the needed file, then restart windows.

Hope this helps!

Go Vista!

Thank you for repeating my own advice back to him!
A more practical but not fool proof way is to use the program UnLocker, which tells you which process is using the .dll and then you can delete it via task manager. But beware cause most of the time deleting the .dll is not enough, cause there is probably something in the registry that will remake the file or what not.
If you solve your problem please do tell us what it was.

[CaptinChu]

HijackThis worked like a charm! Srsly guys, it's one of the best pieces of software to protect any computer.

I don't like Vista. I just got stuck with it since I bought my computer. I could have switched to XP, but that would cost money. I could have switched to Linux, but I haven't been able to figure out printing. I could have switched to Mac, but it's not appropriate for my purposes. (A polite way of saying I don't like Macintosh. [The computer, not the apple genus. {lol triple quotes.}]) Anyways, thanks for all your help, everyone.

[Mr-Money]

I've got to tell you: I had Windows Vista pre-installed with my computer and I was having problems, so I switched to Linux Ubuntu.

[Mr-Money]

But I will admit, Linux sucks for printing. Sucks. If they can figure that out and really get in touch with Lexmark, HP etc to bring out Linux drivers, then Linux will be ultimate.

[adam2510]

ok reboot the computer then press f12 or f2 (cant remember) then choose restore to previous point then f\click restore to previous saved settings and it will work

[wreckages]

At 7/11/08 08:30 PM, Mr-Money wrote: But I will admit, Linux sucks for printing. Sucks. If they can figure that out and really get in touch with Lexmark, HP etc to bring out Linux drivers, then Linux will be ultimate.

this isn't general.

[CaptinChu]

Hey, guys. It's all fixed. explore.exe doesn't crash anymore. HijackThis worked. Okay? This thread can be locked, I don't need anymore help.

BTW, I have used Linux before, as a dual boot with XP on my old computer. It rocked, but there was no printing. I know all those distros; I don't need a lesson on Linux. As for Mac, it's super-proprietary software, whose OS unless hacked only works with Mac computers. It's expensive, unnecessary, and overall incompatible.

[thoughtpolice]

Although your problem is solved, if you want two of the best windows-based diagnostic tools out there, google "Process Explorer" and "Autoruns," both which are made by Sysinternals.
You will love them immediately.

At 7/12/08 09:58 AM, CaptinChu wrote: As for Mac, it's super-proprietary software,

Wrong; it's proprietary hardware. OS X - stock - has plenty of open source components included and the kernel itself is even released under an OSI-approved license, which might explain how I've been able to pick up as much as I have while doing kernel extension development. There are, of course, proprietary components, but if that qualifies as 'super proprietary' then where does that put Vista as software? Ultra-super-duper-meta-proprietary?

whose OS unless hacked only works with Mac computers. It's expensive, unnecessary, and overall incompatible.

'Incompatible' with what? Your wallet?

[CaptinChu]

At 7/12/08 01:05 PM, thoughtpolice wrote: Although your problem is solved, if you want two of the best windows-based diagnostic tools out there, google "Process Explorer" and "Autoruns," both which are made by Sysinternals.
You will love them immediately.

I did. They are two fantastic pieces of freeware.

At 7/12/08 09:58 AM, CaptinChu wrote: As for Mac, it's super-proprietary software,

Wrong; it's proprietary hardware.

You're right, I meant to say proprietary hardware.

whose OS unless hacked only works with Mac computers. It's expensive, unnecessary, and overall incompatible.

'Incompatible' with what? Your wallet?

Yes.