Re: Vista 64-bit closes file dialog windows randomly

vista 32 bit on ACER AMD 64 bit computer Report builder program crashes but
does not crash on other vista (64 or 32 bit) nor on XP Pro.

Very troublesome May 28th, 2009 started.

"edlyons@mail.com" wrote:

> On Apr 27, 2:14 am, beerslayer <gu...@unknown-email.com> wrote:
> > No specific app. The problem seems tied to thefileselectiondialog.
> > I've seen it in OpenOffice and Virtual PC, just because those are the
> > only major apps installed on this new machine. I have no doubt it will
> > manifest itself in other apps as they're installed.
> >
> > --
> > beerslayer
>
> I am also having this exact problem. I am not able click File / Open
> (or Save) from any application, including Office 2007 (Word, Excel,
> etc.), Adobe Reader, WinZip, etc. The applications just crashes.
> Using IE 8 (32-bit) to save files also crashes IE 8 (restarts the tab)
> but IE 8 64-bit does not seem to experience this problem. This also
> happened using IE 7 (that's how I got to installing IE 8 yestday). I
> have also run "sfc /scannow" from the command line. It did find and
> correct errors (I have no idea what was corrected...it's a tough log
> to read). I have done a System Restore back to April 1, 2009. I have
> also scanned the computer for using several different virus/malware/
> spyware scanners; no problems detected. I cannot be certain exactly
> when this began to happen, but I'm certain that all was OK over the
> weekend (4/25). As far as I can tell this is the only problem that I
> am experiencing...this computer has been very stable for well over a
> year. Vista x64 Ultimate with SP1; all Windows updates successfully
> applied through this morning (4/29).
>
> Any help would be most appreciated!
>
> Ed
>