Problems while switching users

Hi.

I just installed vista ultimate with SP1, and I've encountered some strange
behavior. When I first log into an account everything works fine, but when I
switch to a second account, or even log off the first one and then open
another, vista makes some problems. For example, the welcome screen appears
empty, no program is shown on the taskbar, and not all the notification icons
show up. Further more, it seems that the CPU start working hard for no
apparent reason, and if I open My Computer, it seems empty.
Does anyone knows why it happens or how to solve it?

Thanks,
Yoni

So this happens everytime you try to log off any account?


Post Originated from Vista Support Forums

I have the same problem. I installed sp1 with not errors or problems (it
took about an hour.) When it did its final reboot, I open my admin accout
and things seemed to be working beautifully. I logged off of admin and on to
a standard user account and only one or two of the notification area icons
appeared and the sidebar background appeared, but none of the gadgets were
there. I also noticed that the system was doggedly slow. I tried to log
back onto the admin account and had the same issues. A reboot and log on to
any account works fine until you switch users (I usually log off and log onto
the other account, but switching accounts seems to do the same thing.) I
finally reverted back to a known good restore point and tried again (I
thought I knew what the problem was,) but to no avail after the reinstall I
had the same problem. I suspect it is a video driver issue and I don't
really know how to address it. I have a laptop with a on board GPU and
Nvidia says that I shouldn't update from their site, I should wait for a Mfg
update, but who knows when HP will decide to do that. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. System is as follows:

HP Pavilion dv6629wm (wm stands for Wal-Mart...Black Friday Special)
AMD Turion 64 x2 processor running at 1.9GHz
2GB Paired RAM
Windows Vista Home Premium
Nvidia on board video card Geforce 7150M
100GB free hard drive space.

Drop a line if you have any suggestions.

Thanks,
Benny

"Yoni" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I just installed vista ultimate with SP1, and I've encountered some strange
> behavior. When I first log into an account everything works fine, but when I
> switch to a second account, or even log off the first one and then open
> another, vista makes some problems. For example, the welcome screen appears
> empty, no program is shown on the taskbar, and not all the notification icons
> show up. Further more, it seems that the CPU start working hard for no
> apparent reason, and if I open My Computer, it seems empty.
> Does anyone knows why it happens or how to solve it?
>
> Thanks,
> Yoni

yes every time I log into another user other then the first user I logged in
first after a restart\shutdown, standard and admin

"Jason" wrote:

> So this happens everytime you try to log off any account?
>
>
> Post Originated from Vista Support Forums
>

I tried removing SP1, and guess what? everything went back to normal,
although it's noticeably slower, it's not too bad, and I don't know about
you, but I'd opt for stability and reliability over speed any day.
I just hope an update is on the way to get this straight.

Good day
Yoni

"Benny" wrote:

> I have the same problem. I installed sp1 with not errors or problems (it
> took about an hour.) When it did its final reboot, I open my admin accout
> and things seemed to be working beautifully. I logged off of admin and on to
> a standard user account and only one or two of the notification area icons
> appeared and the sidebar background appeared, but none of the gadgets were
> there. I also noticed that the system was doggedly slow. I tried to log
> back onto the admin account and had the same issues. A reboot and log on to
> any account works fine until you switch users (I usually log off and log onto
> the other account, but switching accounts seems to do the same thing.) I
> finally reverted back to a known good restore point and tried again (I
> thought I knew what the problem was,) but to no avail after the reinstall I
> had the same problem. I suspect it is a video driver issue and I don't
> really know how to address it. I have a laptop with a on board GPU and
> Nvidia says that I shouldn't update from their site, I should wait for a Mfg
> update, but who knows when HP will decide to do that. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated. System is as follows:
>
> HP Pavilion dv6629wm (wm stands for Wal-Mart...Black Friday Special)
> AMD Turion 64 x2 processor running at 1.9GHz
> 2GB Paired RAM
> Windows Vista Home Premium
> Nvidia on board video card Geforce 7150M
> 100GB free hard drive space.
>
> Drop a line if you have any suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Benny
>
> "Yoni" wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I just installed vista ultimate with SP1, and I've encountered some strange
> > behavior. When I first log into an account everything works fine, but when I
> > switch to a second account, or even log off the first one and then open
> > another, vista makes some problems. For example, the welcome screen appears
> > empty, no program is shown on the taskbar, and not all the notification icons
> > show up. Further more, it seems that the CPU start working hard for no
> > apparent reason, and if I open My Computer, it seems empty.
> > Does anyone knows why it happens or how to solve it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yoni

I'm having the same problem, but I only had one user account before SP1
so I'm not sure if SP1 is to blame or not. If I log into one of the two
accounts after a reboot it loads just fine, but when I switch to the
other account it doesn't load fully (most noticeably, the sidebar loads
but none of the gadgets are there and I can't add any). If I restart
and try the second account first, that one loads just fine but then
switching users means the first one won't fully load (no sidebar
gadgets, no wallpaper, missing icons, etc.).

I don't want to go back to pre-SP1 because since installing SP1 it's
handling files a lot better. Any ideas?


--
Glowball

I have tried everything that I could think of and not accomplished anything.
I has some software that I thought was the culprit, but after uninstalling it
and re-applying sp1 I still didn't have a stable system. At this point, I
have installed sp1 about 5 times now. Trying something different every time.
I am just at a loss. Hopefully, somebody here will pop up and say, "Oh,
just do this" and we'll all be up and running with sp1.

Keep looking and let me know if you get anywhere.

Benny

"Glowball" wrote:

>
> I'm having the same problem, but I only had one user account before SP1
> so I'm not sure if SP1 is to blame or not. If I log into one of the two
> accounts after a reboot it loads just fine, but when I switch to the
> other account it doesn't load fully (most noticeably, the sidebar loads
> but none of the gadgets are there and I can't add any). If I restart
> and try the second account first, that one loads just fine but then
> switching users means the first one won't fully load (no sidebar
> gadgets, no wallpaper, missing icons, etc.).
>
> I don't want to go back to pre-SP1 because since installing SP1 it's
> handling files a lot better. Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> Glowball
>

I'm having exactly the same problem. Exactly !!

Can you guys post your specs so we can try to see what we all have in common
and maybe how to solve this.

Windowes Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 @ 2.4GHz
4.00GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7950GT (driver 169.25)
Motherboard - Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (chipset driver 8.3.1.1011)

It appears this problem is not effecting very many people but then again, it
is effecting all of us so let's solve this thing!

Cheers,



Wylee
Brisbane, Australia

I have the same problem since installing SP1: only the first user can log
in, the second is stopped somewhow with CPU running at 100 %.

Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit SP1
Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 @ 1,86 GHz
2 GB RAM
Nvidida Geforce 7650 GS
Mainboard / Chipsatz: MSI MS-7318, VIA P4M89

Bye,
Jörg (Germany)

"Wyleex" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4DBB6666-C94B-4F73-A1E3-...
> I'm having exactly the same problem. Exactly !!
>
> Can you guys post your specs so we can try to see what we all have in
> common and maybe how to solve this.
>
> Windowes Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
> Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 @ 2.4GHz
> 4.00GB RAM
> Nvidia GeForce 7950GT (driver 169.25)
> Motherboard - Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (chipset driver 8.3.1.1011)
>
> It appears this problem is not effecting very many people but then again,
> it is effecting all of us so let's solve this thing!
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Wylee
> Brisbane, Australia

Okay, I just managed to solve this problem (for me anyway)!!!!!

I discovered that my anti-virus was causing the problem. If I disable the AV
then no problem. Not ideal, but then I found out more...

I am using Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.1.325. To completely solve the problem
and leave the AV running (as we all no doubt want) I had to untick 'Registry
Guard' in the 'Proactive Defense' area. That solves the problem!

Hope this helps the rest of you too!!

___________________
Wylee
Brisbane, Australia