Control Panel won't open and can't print

[Tom Wall]

I have a Vista workstation which occassionally will not allow me to open the
Control Panel and it can't print to a network printer. Additionally, it locks
up others in the print queue, but no jobs show in the queue. The temporary
fix I have found is to restart the Software Licensing service, but the "fix"
only last a week or so and then the problems reoccur.
Here is the link which suggested I restart the software licensing service.
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=789418
I have seen similar symptoms described in KB936686, but I do not have Nero
InCD installed.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

It sounds like your security setting are broken.

HOW TO Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313222

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