In Windows Vista, this process is almost a true image of itself in Windows XP.
1. Click Start - Type msconfig in the Search box, and then press Enter to start the System Configuration utility in Vista.
2. On the General tab, select Selective Startup - uncheck Load Startup items
3. Next to the Services tab. Select Hide All Microsoft Services and click the Disable All button. Click OK to restart. (This screen is similar to Windows XP)
After the computer restarts, run the previous conflicting applications. If this problem persists, the cause may be somewhere else. Return the computer to its previous state by selecting Normal Startup from the General tab and rebooting.
If the problem no longer appears, the culprit is one of the 'startup' programs in the Services tab.
Identify the program that caused the problem
If the computer has multiple services running as a background application. You need to somehow narrow the scope of the services that cause this problem. The simple solution lies in activating the choice of some of these services and restarting the computer.
1. Start with a wider area, for example, to enable half of these services and half. Restart the computer. Running the application may cause an error to check the problem.
2. If the problem persists, then the conflict is probably due to the services being activated. Otherwise, the conflict is in the way the service you have deactivated. This is a half way narrow.
3. Repeat the selection of half of the services located in the suspicious area. Try again two or three times until you can determine exactly which service is causing the problem.
4. After identifying the service that caused the problem, we now have to deal with it.
There are solutions:
- Disable that service from the Services card or from the Startup card.
- Search the internet for a possible answer and allow it.
The above technique is very basic in nature. It can be done in a relatively safe way.