J Arthur wrote:
> I have been running Vista for almost a year. Then the other day it just
> stopped running any programs, including explorer, excel, etc. I click on the
> icon and nothing happens. I try to access them through the c-drive and still
> no luck. I can't even get the task manager to come up. I'm sending this from
> a different computer. It is possible this problem occured after I loaded a
> program to link to my digital camera.
You really haven't told us anything about your computer or its recent
history so we can give you focused help. Here are a few possibilities:
1. It is unlikely to be the mystery program (it would have been more
helpful if you'd named it), but you can try either going into Safe Mode
and doing a System Restore to before you installed it or booting with
your Vista DVD and doing System Restore from there.
2. Another possibility is virus infection. What protection do you have
in place? You might be able to do some malware scanning:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
If the programs won't run, you can try pulling the hard drive and
slaving it to another machine (or put it in a USB drive enclosure).
3. A third possibility is that the .exe file association is broken. See
this link from MVP Ramesh (TinyURL'd)
http://tinyurl.com/yrrf3s
4. And finally, a fourth possibility is that your hard drive is failing.
You can test it with a diagnostic utility downloaded from the drive
mftr.'s website. Create a bootable CD with the file, boot with it, do a
thorough test. If the drive fails any physical tests, replace it.
If none of those suggestions work or you can add further pertinent
information, please post back after looking at these posting guides:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
Malke
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