Vista problem cant not access Control Panel

[dorky82]

I installed windows vista few weeks ago on my dads desktop. I went back to dads place and used his computer. I wanted to know how fast his computer is. But when i try to open control panel, It keeps get locked. I get blank screen in control panel. I can see switch to classic view menu but cant not see any of controls.

Thank you

 

[AustinRoepke]

Sorry, man. Vista's not as well known as XP. First step: reboot computer. Restarting a computer has some magical healing effect on Windows, and may help in this case. It also refreshes Windows and could rid of one time script errors. In XP, inappropriate locks and freezes are usually a sign of a misinformed/messed up registry config file. Go to administrative tools, or it's equivalent -->services then look for a file that says lock/unlock control panel, or something to that extent and then enable it or restart it. I've had problems similar to that and have fixed them that way. Others need to be solved by going into the registry and edited. I am completely unfamiliar with Vista's inner workings as of this moment.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: dorky82
I installed windows vista few weeks ago on my dads desktop. I went back to dads place and used his computer. I wanted to know how fast his computer is. But when i try to open control panel, It keeps get locked. I get blank screen in control panel. I can see switch to classic view menu but cant not see any of controls. Thank you

Few weeks ago on your dad's machine eh? Clean install or upgrade, is this the actual release bits or a torrent of some build you found? (Have to ask, not going to debug a non final release issue at this point)

 

[jameswhite1979]

What if you create another account right the Manage Computer option and see if that allows you to get to control panel.