D.Arbib Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I installed Vists Ultimate SP1 32 bit on a raw drive and this seemed OK (a little surprised that it did not require a full format as it does with XP) and had no problems installing Audio and a few other progams, but when I tried to sign in to Windows Messenger I got an immediate error panel "Windows has encountered a critical problem and will re-start automatically in one minute"It re-starts but the panel is shown again so the computer is locked into a cycle. The only way out is to re-install from scratch. I have repeated this problem on 3 completely new installations on raw drives. Seemingly Vista 64 bit Ultimate has not suffered the same way.I am at a loss to understand why this happens which is why I went through the complete re-installation twice more to ensure I was not dreaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Check the Application section of Event Viewer to see if there is any error relating to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Arbib Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 No errors found. Have tried once again a re-intallation and nothing else and problem still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 TechNet has this issue, but they also say there are errors. Also only on Ultimate x32. Appears to be a malware service or rogue/corrupted (or likely poorly written) BHO you came across in your travels. Some say disabling a certain ActiveX control or service can help get rid of this error. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...6-34b0330bfc5a/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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