Vista problem

[okron1k]

this is a shot in the dark here as i assume most of the people here are waiting for a service pack before they think of getting vista. but i tried google searching and didn't come up with anything.

anyways.. i will outline my problem and see if anyone has had the same problem or knows anything about it or what not.. cuz it's really annoying.

generally what happens.. is when i am browsing through folders.. for example my documents or my music or whatever.. or especially even when i am browsing folders on my external drive.. explorer crashes. restarts.. and i have to start going thru all the folders again. sometimes if i am fast (and lucky) i can get to what i want and open it before it crashes.

anyone experience this or have any ideas what it could be?

[RA1D]

what are your specs?

[Dr. V]

Yea you definitely have to put your specs in your sig.

I'm helping out RAID with that, let me know if you want me to make you a custom signature.

[screwballl]

Yes, the problem is Vista.... my solution is to go back to XP and/or Linux
Why does Vista do what it does? Who knows.

The only thing I can think of that may help is CCleaner and use its "Issues" cleaner which helps straighten the registry of corrupt or problematic entries.

[Yellowhello]

I think it's probably a hardware issue, but do what screwballl said and see if it works.

[okron1k]

the computer specs off the top of my head are as follows

cpu: P4c 2.8 (the one with the higher fsb)
mobo: intel 875pbx.
ram: 1gb (4x256)
gpu: nvidia 6600gt 128mb
hdd: can't remember
dvdr: sony dru-???

am i forgetting anything? im not sure what the power supply is.. but i think it's some no name POS.. but never gave me problems in years.. and i have a feeling if i put it back to xp it still wont give me problems.

snd: audigy (not sure which one. will check when i get home)

[okron1k]

mobo: intel d875pbz. wrong model name sorry.

[Lokie]

I had the same trouble with a file that had over 2000 songs and movies (no Joker not pron). It honestly seem'd like the folder had to reload like 5 times (maybe more) before the the crashing would stop. Don't know if it was just a new file association thing or not but it has stoped for me. Now the folder is all organized and no more issues.

What helped was that I wouldn't click the window to stop explorer. I was still able to move some folders, not completely but it worked for me.

I do use Vista Busines with e6600, evga 680i, balistix, OCZ 8800 gtx, and PCPC silencer 750.

[Lead Head]

I have a similar issue when taking 200-400 pictures off my camera at a time, I have to wait until explorer has every last thing loaded before I do something. Then its fine, but if I try to work while its loading, it crashes.

[okron1k]

i've tried waiting for all the thumbnails to load before going into another sub-folder but it doesnt help. sometimes while it's just sitting there and all the thumbnails appear to be loaded it still crashes..

maybe its doing something else besides thumbnails.