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    Vista: Problem with Explorer.exe. Help!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Grimhound, Dec 2, 2007.

  1. Grimhound

    Grimhound Notebook Consultant

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    I got a laptop on Black Friday, and have had 3 reformats on it since then. Now, Explorer.exe starts wonking out and blacking the screen, and the start bar flips around the screen whenever I try to access it. Normally, this happens after I bring it back from the screensaver, and is only seemingly fixed by ending explorer.exe and then reinitializing the process. I thought I'd see on here if there's anything I could do to fix this so it stops doing it, as it started happening without any chance of the system files past what Vista did to itself.

    Laptop is Compaq C712NR.
     
    Grimhound, Dec 2, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Call HP?
    Do you have a warrenty?
     
    Thomas, Dec 2, 2007
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  3. NotebookYoozer

    NotebookYoozer Notebook Evangelist

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    the only thing i can find in your post that mentions any problem is the fact that the "start bar flips around the screen...[after] the screensaver..."

    the problem with explorer.exe is that you keep ending it.

    do you have any problems if you never go into screensaver?
     
    NotebookYoozer, Dec 2, 2007
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  4. Grimhound

    Grimhound Notebook Consultant

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    The entire screen overlays black, bits of the start panel flip along the screen as I move the mouse cursor. Ending explorer.exe stops it. I'm about ready to say to hell with Vista and just switch the laptop to Ubuntu.
     
    Grimhound, Dec 2, 2007
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  5. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    have you install all vista upto :>?

    they some kb that make more stable
     
    andyasselin, Dec 2, 2007
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  6. Grimhound

    Grimhound Notebook Consultant

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    All updates are installed. Have been since Day 1.
     
    Grimhound, Dec 2, 2007
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  7. Apollo13

    Apollo13 100% 16:10 Screens

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    A fresh install of Vista from the CD's might help. That's the only way I've been able to get Vista to work properly. I'd advise doing a fresh install once, and if the problem recurs, switching to Ubuntu. Vista is garbage next to XP/2K/98/95.

    Haven't heard of this particular problem, though.
     
    Apollo13, Dec 2, 2007
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  8. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Why fanboys support Vista? i mean the ship is sinking & u are standing on it appreciating the beauty?
    MS should understand in todays world we just can't wait for SP like we could during XP days
     
    Nocturnal310, Dec 2, 2007
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  9. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Vista is still a bit of buggy, but that will be ironed out soon in SP1. It's pretty stable with the SP1 RC i'm using now. And it's definitely not sinking, it's just that the uptake is slow with consumers and business taking it step by step. If it was sinking we would not have Vista preinstalled on new system, and probably Microsoft pulling out the OS with a cancelled SP1.

    They mentioned that using Windows Update to improve the performance and reliabiltiy on the go, and with a cumulative SP when the patches reaches a certain limit to be installed conveniently.
     
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  10. Evolution

    Evolution Vox Sola

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  11. Grimhound

    Grimhound Notebook Consultant

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    Thankyou. That is exactly the problem I've been having.
     
    Grimhound, Dec 2, 2007
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