Running Vista - I an getting “settings.ini is being used by another process”

[skos]

Any experts out there?

Running Vista - I an getting “settings.ini is being used by another process”

I already restore to earlyier date
Went to Microsoft.com and ran
Ran ccleaner, spybot. Adaware & avast
Go to the windows task manager.
- Click the processes tab.
- Select dwm.exe (Desktop Windows Manager).
- Right click it and end process.
- Log off and back on.
- I did this procedure again after I logged back on.

• On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
• Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load Startup Items check box.
• Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.
• Click OK.
When you are prompted, click Restart.

Thanks

 

[johnb35]

All I can say is look here for help. Hopefully somebody has the same issue as you.

http://www.google.com/search?source...settings.ini+is+being+used+by+another+process

 

[skos]

Wow, no one can answer this?

 

[linkin]

All i can think of is running MSCONFIG and disabling some programs that are set to run when you start the computer. You could also disable some services, eg: Windows CardSpace (some useless vista "feature")