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Ilkka Pirskanen
I have been using Windows Vista Ultimate (Finnish language version) for over
a year without major problems until now.
However, this week I encountered a major problem with Vista: if the Shutdown
sequence does not complete successfully, and the computer has to be manually
powered off, Vista is not able to recover. It will remain on the start up
screen with sliding green bars forever.
I have tried the following:
- boot to safe mode: safe mode works, but normal start-up after that
still hangs
- system restore: system restore works, but even after restoring normal
start-up hangs
- system repair with help of installation DVD: is not able to repair,
reports root cause not determined
The only option has been to reinstall Vista (from safe mode, new install)
and then copy documents etc. from windows.old directory. I have now done
this 3 times, as after the first two installations there was a freeze in the
shutdown and I had to manually power off (there probably was a problem with
installing some of the device drivers after the actual Vista installation,
but I cannot point a single cause, because it happened at different times
during different installations).
My point is that Vista has become too "fragile", with one improper shutdown
messing the system beyond repair. If it was a simple broken device driver
installation, System Restore should be able to restore to a working
configuration.
Has there been a Windows update lately that causes improper shutdown
sequence to completely mess Vista installation? Has anybody had similar
experiences?
Kind regards
Ilkka
a year without major problems until now.
However, this week I encountered a major problem with Vista: if the Shutdown
sequence does not complete successfully, and the computer has to be manually
powered off, Vista is not able to recover. It will remain on the start up
screen with sliding green bars forever.
I have tried the following:
- boot to safe mode: safe mode works, but normal start-up after that
still hangs
- system restore: system restore works, but even after restoring normal
start-up hangs
- system repair with help of installation DVD: is not able to repair,
reports root cause not determined
The only option has been to reinstall Vista (from safe mode, new install)
and then copy documents etc. from windows.old directory. I have now done
this 3 times, as after the first two installations there was a freeze in the
shutdown and I had to manually power off (there probably was a problem with
installing some of the device drivers after the actual Vista installation,
but I cannot point a single cause, because it happened at different times
during different installations).
My point is that Vista has become too "fragile", with one improper shutdown
messing the system beyond repair. If it was a simple broken device driver
installation, System Restore should be able to restore to a working
configuration.
Has there been a Windows update lately that causes improper shutdown
sequence to completely mess Vista installation? Has anybody had similar
experiences?
Kind regards
Ilkka