If a Command Prompt will function, run the command:
SFC /SCANNOW

You might have to rightclick the taskbar for Task Manager, and the 'New
Task" button to run this command.

Some Windows Vista functions may not work, or Windows Vista may stop
responding: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

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"RENEE" wrote in message
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I use Kaspersky and did a complete computer scan for that purpose - found
nothing. Am at my wits end.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

I would try to determine if there was some kind of Malware installed.
System
restore is not going to fail due to a MS update.

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"RENEE" wrote in message
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Did that and, as usual, system restore does not work. Only things I
have
updated are Microsoft updates. Any other suggestions?
"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

This seems to be a conflict between one of your hardware drivers and
one
of
the updates you downloaded automatically. You can try System Restore
to
see
if it stops.

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"RENEE" wrote in message
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IE7, Word, email not responding. Same problem with many programs.
Then
on
a forced restart/shutdown which takes 5-10 minutes-- "log-in process
has
failed to create the security options dialogue - failure security
options".
Am running Vista ultimate. This is a fairly new problem. Have not
installed
any new software