Hi all - so I am using vista home premium 64 bit.

I am having a strange problem that happens:
When I try to print though firefox, the select printer window comes up and works fine. When I try to print though IE 8 or Chrome, a box pops up and says that the operation has failed. This is happening right when I click File - Print, before I even see the print window with different printers, etc. I have all updates installed and using the latest version of chrome. What could this be?

Also I feel like this other problenm could be part of it. I cannot get any 'save or open path' windows to show up. When I try to add an attachment in gmail, the window to choose that attachment never comes. This happens in IE, firefox, and chrome. This also happens for example when running the CCleaner registry scanner within Vista and trying to save the backup of the registry, nothing comes up asking where to save, therfore I can't save it. This happens in everything (trying to upload pictures, etc.)

Nothing changes when running in safe mode.


Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks everyone

Install the latest internet explorer browser and then update your printer driver.

Even though this question was posted 4 months ago, thank you for that robust and convincing response, but clearly that had nothing to do with the question.

Even if I have no printers installed, the screen displaying print properties and printers would come up (whether correct drivers or not).

Internet Explorer is installed/updated through Windows Updates. I explicitly stated that I have all updates installed, meaning IE would be up to date.



The fix included using 'sfc /scannow' through a DOS command prompt.

Forgot to mention... F*ck Vista.

Please everyone upgrade to 7 for both your sake as well as your computer technician/support's sake.