# Windows Vista Problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787 "2009-04-03T00:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787/1 "2009-04-03T00:27:06Z")

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I just did an update for Vista and after it rebooted, Windows Update in Control Panel won’t activate. Only pops up and then disappears. Cannot get it to function correctly. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787/2 "2009-04-03T05:42:51Z")

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Can you get to the event viewer in administrative tools? If so, are there any relevant error messages?

Actually, first, have you simply rebooted?

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787/3 "2009-04-03T12:57:28Z")

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> [@JSexton](#):
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> Can you get to the event viewer in administrative tools? If so, are there any relevant error messages?
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> Actually, first, have you simply rebooted?

Yes, I have rebooted without success. I can get to event viewer, but there are a lot of errors for Windows Update that I don’t understand. I think I need to do a system restore back to last good working system.

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787/4 "2009-04-03T13:09:07Z")

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This is what I find for what it’s worth:

- System

- EventData

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Binary data:  
In Words

0000: 00000000 00000206 000001D6 00000000  
0008: E519CA32 CB4DAF8C 00000001 00000000  
0010: 00000000  
In Bytes

0000: 00 00 00 00 06 02 00 00 …  
0008: D6 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ö…  
0010: 32 CA 19 E5 8C AF 4D CB 2Ê.匯MË  
0018: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …  
0020: 00 00 00 00 …

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-problem/491787/5 "2009-04-03T18:42:46Z")

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This is the update that causes the problem in my computer. Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Vista (KB940157). I have eliminated it.