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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
I'm running Vista Home Premium x64, 2GB memory, NVidia 8600 GT with ASUS M2N motherboard. My problem is this: About four days ago I started my system and left the room. When I came back the monitor was blank even though the computer was running. I had to do power button shut down. It started back up without a problem. Later on I tried to open the device manager from the control panel and got a half second flash of a screen but it would not open. That started me looking at other shortcuts in the control panel (classic view). I have since found that I cannot access: Auto Play, Backup and Restore, Default Programs, Ease of Access, Network and Sharing Center, Parental Controls, Performance Information and Tools, Personalization, Power Options, Speech Recognition Options, System, User Accounts, Welcome Center, Windows Anytime Upgrade, Windows Sideshow and WWindows Update. I haven't been able to find any information about this particular problem anywhere I've looked. I had the UAC turned off and always got a warning after startup that it was disabled. I turned it back on and can now access the device manager but everything else is still inaccessable. I'm still able to use my system but it's driving me nuts knowing it's not 100%. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- blksmth52 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
blksmth52;747126 Wrote: I'm running Vista Home Premium x64, 2GB memory, NVidia 8600 GT with ASUS M2N motherboard. My problem is this: About four days ago I started my system and left the room. When I came back the monitor was blank even though the computer was running. I had to do power button shut down. It started back up without a problem. Later on I tried to open the device manager from the control panel and got a half second flash of a screen but it would not open. That started me looking at other shortcuts in the control panel (classic view). I have since found that I cannot access: Auto Play, Backup and Restore, Default Programs, Ease of Access, Network and Sharing Center, Parental Controls, Performance Information and Tools, Personalization, Power Options, Speech Recognition Options, System, User Accounts, Welcome Center, Windows Anytime Upgrade, Windows Sideshow and WWindows Update. I haven't been able to find any information about this particular problem anywhere I've looked. I had the UAC turned off and always got a warning after startup that it was disabled. I turned it back on and can now access the device manager but everything else is still inaccessable. I'm still able to use my system but it's driving me nuts knowing it's not 100%. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Hello, Let's start with system restore. Go back 5 days ago. -- t-4-2 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
I knew I'd forgotten a part in my original post (sorry). When I turned the UAC back on I regained access to System Restore. I've tried to restore to an earlier point but to no avail. I've tried going back as far as two weeks. It goes through all the steps, restarts and states that system couldn't be restored and to select another restore point. At one point I was getting an error that refered to 0x81000202. When I tried to find info on it all my searches brought up were references to Windows XP. That included going to the Microsoft Knowlege Base. -- blksmth52 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
blksmth52;747211 Wrote: I knew I'd forgotten a part in my original post (sorry). When I turned the UAC back on I regained access to System Restore through the start menu but the shortcut in Control Panel doesn't work. I've tried to restore to an earlier point but to no avail. I've tried going back as far as two weeks. It goes through all the steps, restarts and states that system couldn't be restored and to select another restore point. At one point I was getting an error that refered to 0x81000202. When I tried to find info on it all my searches brought up were references to Windows XP. That included going to the Microsoft Knowlege Base. Hello blksmth52, Run a virus scan with your anti-virus program. See what the program says. Here is also a link. Go to the section : Control Panel Problem - click the link under that section. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...e-disable.html -- t-4-2 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
I went to the link and tried enabling Control Panel. Nothing changed. I ran Windows Defender and it shows no malware and computer is running normally. Just finished a virus scan with avast! and came up with a list of files it couldn't scan. I went looking for the files and they don't exist. Looked in the Recycle Bin to see if they got deleted...not there. Here's the list (they are all from the same place): C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\...\My Music C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\...\My Pictures C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\...\My Videos C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\...\My Documents C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\NetHood C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Templates C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Recent C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Send To C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Start Menu C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\PrintHood -- blksmth52 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
blksmth52;747279 Wrote: I went to the link and tried enabling Control Panel. Nothing changed. I ran Windows Defender and it shows no malware and computer is running normally. Just finished a virus scan with avast! and came up with a list of files it couldn't scan. I went looking for the files and they don't exist. Looked in the Recycle Bin to see if they got deleted...not there. Here's the list (they are all from the same place): C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\...\My Music C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\...\My Pictures C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\...\My Videos C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\...\My Documents C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\NetHood C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Templates C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Recent C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Send To C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Start Menu C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\PrintHood Hello, You might want to rebuild the icon cache. Here is the link : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...e-rebuild.html -- t-4-2 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
I rebuilt the icon cache but it didn't change any thing in the Control Panel. Something I hadn't tried was right click on the faulty icons. I did that and clicked on explore. Every window is blank. I know there has to be a logical explanation for this. I've been trying to think of anything I've done out of the ordinary and the only thing I can think of is Wednesday night I downloaded a demo for a game called Dracula: Origin. Other than that the only time I've gone online is to check email and search for a solution to this problem. Virus scan and Windows Defender both came up negative (which is a good thing I guess). -- blksmth52 |
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Unable to Access Control Panel Selections
blksmth52;747430 Wrote: I rebuilt the icon cache but it didn't change any thing in the Control Panel. Something I hadn't tried was right click on the faulty icons. I did that and clicked on explore. Every window is blank. I know there has to be a logical explanation for this. I've been trying to think of anything I've done out of the ordinary and the only thing I can think of is Wednesday night I downloaded a demo for a game called Dracula: Origin. Other than that the only time I've gone online is to check email and search for a solution to this problem. Virus scan and Windows Defender both came up negative (which is a good thing I guess). Hello blkamth52, My knowledge is limited and I'm out of idea. I suspect there is one thing you did not tell us : you have SP1 installed. -- t-4-2 |