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Nvidia caused almost a third of the crashes in early Vista setups. Keep reading →

Windows Internet Explorer 7 may crash when you use it to visit a Web site. This problem occurs when the following registry subkey is enabled:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\UseCoInstall

This video shows how you can ‘crash’ Vista using a two key combination. By holding down the ‘Windows’ key and the ‘E’ key, you begin opening Explorer windows. If you open enough of them, it bogs down Vista and makes it unresponsive.

Explorer crashes when you try to use the “Add Printer� wizard from Control Panel\Printers to add a Network printer.

This happens on a Windows Vista computer that is joined in the domain, if the local account used has the same name and password as a valid Domain user account.

When updates are being downloaded from Windows Update on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may experience the following symptoms:

• A dialog box appears that indicates that the host process for Windows Services has stopped working.
• After you restart the computer, you receive the following error message in a Windows Update dialog box:
  

  Some Updates were not installed
  Failed: xx updates
  Error(s) Found:
  Code 800706BA

• An event that resembles the following is logged in the Application log:
  

  Event Type: Error
  Event Source: Application Error
  Event Category: None
  Event ID: 1000
  Date: date
  Time: time
  Computer: computer name
  User: N/A
  Description: Faulting application svchost.exe_BITS, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0×4549adc4, faulting module qmgr.dll, version 7.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0×4549bd9f, exception code 0xc0000005

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Holding down the Windows key and the ‘E’ for 30 seconds will open so many ‘Computer’ windows that the system will become unresponsive. I tried it, and the Explorer definitely freaked out, crashed, and restarted itself. Keep reading →

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• SecondLife
• Catalyst Display Driver 7.1
• Windows Vista 32bit
• Windows Vista 64bit
• Radeon® X1900 series
• Radeon® X1800 series
• Radeon® X1600 series
• Radeon® X1300 series
• Radeon® X850 series
• Radeon® X800 series
• Radeon® X700 series
• Radeon® X600 series
• Radeon® X550 series
• Radeon® X300 series
• Radeon® 9800 series
• Radeon® 9700 series
• Radeon® 9650/9600 series
• Radeon® 9550/9500 series

Symptoms:
When starting SecondLife, the program will crash immediately, giving an error message.

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Quake 4
• Catalyst Display Driver 7.4
• Radeonâ„¢ X1950 series
• Radeonâ„¢ X1900 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Symptoms:
When trying to play Quake 4 in Windows Vista with a Radeon X1900 or X1950 Series graphics cards on a Intel 975 XBX based motherboard, users may experience crashes or hangs shortly after starting a level.