Ok I keep getting some sort of crash, means I cant save anything once this breaks and the IExplorer looks like the old classic not the shiny vista version.
No increase in cpu or ram load that I can see when it happens.
Some programs take and age to open, but not all most react like normal.

I’ve uninstalled all the windows updates since the problem started including some security ones, still having the issue obviously.

oh pc will not shut down after, I have to force it to, it just hangs on the logoff screen.

Program Event Name - - - -- APPCRASH
Application Name - - - - - - - SvcHost.eve_iphlpsvc
Application Version - - - - - - 6.0.6000.16386
Application Timestamp - - -- 4549abc4
Fault Module name- - - - -- - stackHash_842b
Fault Module Version - - - -- 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module TimeStamp - -- 4549bdc9
Exception code - - - - - - - -- C000374
Exception offset - - - - - - - - 000af1c9
Local ID - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2057
OS version - - - - - - - - - - - 6.0.6000.2.0.0.786.3
Additional information 1 - - - f3f35b63b117920314b2c8c4811252cb
Additional information 2 - - - 9e14
Additional information 3 - - - 3cbafeba48dee50f79837de362ed9784
Additional information 4 - - - 2057

(lol I hope that’s all right had to copy it out by hand)

Going to put this on the Microsoft tech support too but thought id see if anyone knows more about it, its beyond me so google did little to help.

You'd manage to fuck up an etch-a-sketch if someone trusted you with one. When did this start, what are you doing when it happens, nothing at all had just updated? Not even anti-virus or firewall stuff? Only issue I've had with Vista so far, apart from it's utter shitness and the statement that the service pack will break a lot more old apps, was from Zone Alarms though that caused blue screening for me and I fixed it by getting rid of it

heh i've had a few issues, my Gfx drivers crashing, then crashing again and blue screening me..

And yes it was about an hour after a windows update.
I removed that update but the issue is still thier.

I've put the updates back on but its not happend again yet,
though it decided it would turn itlsef on 3x last night.
And refused to switch off..

But all the issues started around that 1 windows update.

haxxored?
wipe hard drive and reinstall xp m8