I had problem after installing SP1. And it has been solved by following
this -
http://forums.techarena.in/operating...tm#post4256185


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Well, I wish I had known this issue was so pervasive before I bought a
new computer with Vista on it.

I'm having the same issue, just started today - just bought my computer
one month ago. Unlike many of you, however, I am not running two
virus/spyware software packages and have not upgraded to SP1... so it
sounds to me like this is a serious issue that Vista has, with no real
fix.

When I talked to my boyfriend about it, he said "I think that's why
Microsoft is coming out with a new OS... because Vista is screwed".
That doesn't help those of us who don't want/need to invest the money in
a brand new operating system.

I honestly hope Microsoft is aware of this problem, aware of how
prolific it is, and willing to work on a fix for it - because it's
ridiculous to have a non-working computer less than 4 weeks after you
buy it.... especially when my entire paycheck relies on it operating
successfully.

_If_ANYONE_finds_a_REAL_fix_that_is_released_by_Mi crosoft,_please_post_it!_


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Hi, I have quite a simillar problem, although not so serious yet...
usually after letting the computer somehow idle for ten or fifteen
minutes (not precisely verified) it freezes - sometimes even gradually,
like that I can still switch windows and click here and there, but
eventually everything is blocked, including task manager and clock. And
then black screen and the famous message - Failure - security options -
no other option than cold reboot.

The computer seems to last for a long time as long as I am working, but
on the other hand, it freezed even if I did nothing else after the
reboot than let play some music in Media Player.

In the log there is nothing else than a warning that the system was not
shut down correctly. It started quite suddenly, but restore to a
previous point didn't change anything.

It's an ASUS F3Sv laptop, one and half years (actually Vista's been
there for a year), HDD is Hitachi I think.

It seems that many people have/had this kind of troubles, however there
was a hell lot of probable causes and solutions. Thx anyone for any
help...


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*The same thing happend to me too!!! *My- MainGear pc.tech I worked with
told me to box up my whole unit and mail it to him.- Now I'm wondering
if I need to forward him this feed.... I had used AVG (it came with the
new pc) found a faster loading smaller file anti-virus avast and like
it. Every week I have also did the whole scan thing with windows live.
Then error message Logon has failed to give security option. security
options failure 0x76210999 0x762F0999 1/0 error status 0xc000000. the
hangups reboots blk screen with mouse curser working, etc.... The thing
that is different on mine is after a vista reinstall (since the system
repair didn't do the trick) my hard drive just disappeared!!! Now I have
a new pc with nothing:-(


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ohyeahiwon
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i have this same problem, my laptop starts up very slowly, and then
freezes when i try to open programmes on occassion. i ran a disk error
check and it found bad clusters but removed them. my laptop is almost a
year old now. i have had no problems with it up until around 2 weeks
ago. programmes nearly always show the not responding message now, and
if i leave it and click nothing they come round and work without
closing. if i use ctrl alt del, it will take around 1 minutes to give
me a black screen and then will either show the secutiry options error
message or will ctl alt del screen will appear within a few minutes.
i have had many problems with vista so far, i didnt want it to start
with but i got a good deal on this laptop....
if i remove vista and use another operating system instead will it fix
the problem??
since it is under warranty i may be able to take it bak and change it,
altho i didnt really want to do this....


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I Also had same problems...
Also wasn't sure about HD issues...
thought i'd take a closer look inside my pc.

Hard drives were very, very hot. I have 3 close together
My simple solution was to cool them down and so I added another fan to
face them.
Now I don't get this error.


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Okay this is my first post, I just thought that might be anyone out
there facing the same problem might finally the solution. I personally
faced this damn problem for 2 days and almost reformat the hardisk as my
last resort.

Basically, I've tried EVERYTHING, starting from virus scan,mapping
services,etc. The main indication is whenever I go into safe mode, the
speed seems normal. I read somewhere that disabling window defender and
firewall will speed up or restore your vista to normal. Well, i tried
and it didnt work.

To cut the process short, I downloaded this free software called "Combo
Fix"
I ran the program on desktop despite the slow ass process, which took
me almost 3 hours and it automatically gives me this txt report. I just
restart afterwards and the speed returns to normal and I re-installed my
antivirus again..believe it or not it works again. So "Combo Fix" find
it from good ol'google and hope it works for you.


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I also have this problem, this time on an Acer (yeah, well I didn't have
good internet access when choosing it).

Just now, I managed to get the cntrl-alt-del to work while I was still
successfully internetting. I then minimised it, so I could see it while
I browsed. When I froze, a few minutes later, it was at 100% cpu usage.
The culprit was chrome.

I don't think it's a chrome problem, because we have another computer
that has had similar problems and is running IE (we have a lot of
laptops). Just wondering: what kind of internet access do people have?

We're operating a wireless system, BT homehub. Other computers on the
same system, all using Vista, but possibly with other differences (the
chip?), seem to be ok.


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