Vista - widows explorer shutting down

Are your up dates up to date? Check, don't skip this step.

This might be a maintenance issue, so we'll check that first then check for a security problem. I had a problem just like this for awhile when I first installed Vista but since then an up date has been issued that fixed it. If your up dates are up to date this might be a glitch/error in the OS. Any error messages? list it/them here. Be precise about the wording. I need all of it.

I ran defrag , disk cleanup,and then spybot and my virus protection , there was nothing. I then did windows update and ran the few programs it said. I always notice when I view the Windows Update log that there are about 30 updates that failed. Could that cause any of my problems ? I tried running a few of them and they said they werent need on my vista .

I just received a message from spybot about an important registry being change and gave me two long codes. A ton of numbers. It did that once last year after I got this pc and change everything, I had to take it to a gateway service center that erased everything off my pc. Thats why I had to buy a recovery cd. I will leave that error message up on my screen in case you need to know what it says.

you might be having an activation problem. This can be checked by going to system in control panel. there at the bottom it will tell you if your activated also go to the Validation site at Microsoft and click the button to validate your system.

Here's the link:

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.aspx?displaylang=en

This has two problems associated with it, first, your downloads will not install properly and the, second, is your system will top functioning after 30 days, just won't go, total crash. I learned this one the hard way on my first Vista boot up.

See your security software vendors site to find out what's up with those error codes. There's usually a data base you can search. Unless this is freeware you should have support for free from them. This is there software, don't be timid about contacting them, your paying for this service.

Thanks. Thats going to be hard to do , finding the right one that corrupt without going through each one. I am still not sure about what to do with the error message that spybot gave me, about changing my registry, Not sure whether to accept or deny it. Should I post them on a new topic ?

Disregard the message about the spybot deny or allow. I notice everything you do it gives you that same type of message

I use another file browser like GYULA'S NAVIGATOR (see google) and move 1/2 the files out to a test directory. It's a sort of binary search method so in less than 5 tries I usually have the file isolated.

Bob

Great, thanks alot alot for your help , all of you actually. I love this forum. I will try that when I get off work in the morning.