Windows Vista Problem devices (I think)

[Taffycat]

This morning I needed to restart my PC and noticed that after the log-on screen, the desktop appeared, then blacked-out, appeared again, blacked again, then was okay. It has done this on a couple of other occasions recently, but I assumed it to be caused by one or two extra apps loading at startup.

This morning, the "Problems and solutions" window popped up and when I investigated a little more, I found these reports:

Device cannot start.

The device, Microsoft ISATAP Adapter, cannot start properly. It may not have the correct driver installed or may be experiencing a hardware failure. The Plug and Play ID for this device is 11.
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Device cannot start.

The device, Microsoft 6to4 Adapter cannot start, etc. ... Plug and Play ID is 12.
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Device cannot start.

Microsoft 6to4 Adapter cannot start etc ... Plug and Play ID is ROOT\*6TO4MP\0000
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Device cannot start.

Device has a configuration problem that prevents its from starting properly.

(ditto)... Plug and Play ID for this device is ROOT\*ISATAP\0002
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I then checked in Device Manager, but all I found there was one yellow exclamation mark, which indicated:

Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3

After Googling (before bothering you guys) I found some advice which seemed to indicate that "ignore it, doesn't matter" but is that right...?

As you've guessed, I'm needing a bit of guidance, if you would be so kind please Thank you for reading.

 

[JaLing]

It can be safely ignored atm.
It's a IP converter (IPv6 to IPv4) but as extremely few sites use IP6 yet it has no real use.
Mine does it as well at times.

 

[Taffycat]

Thank you for the reply JaLing, so no need to panic just yet then

 

[TriplexDread]

What does it do? What is it for?

 

[captain zed]

Hi Taffy,
My laptop was doing that everytime i booted it up. It was almost like it was reconfiguring itself 3 or 4 times before it was finally ready for desktop duties. Anyway, like you, i suspected it was extra app's i had downloaded so i didnt really pay it much heed. Then i decided i'd dump the app's i didnt really use. They were a virtual disk,universal viewer and a disc burner and a sound distortion program to name but a few.
The problem seemed to go away then. This was roughly about the same time as some updates from MS so i cant really say for sure whether it was the updates or a dodgy program. I hope though that this has perhaps narrowed it down a bit for you. You might perhaps check for updates and maybe dump and/or disable some app's too and see what happens.
Let me know how you get on , please.