FBI GUI manager trying to continually run and install programs in Vista?

[chad]

Hi all... a tricky one!

I have this darn new HP Presario up and running again, with system restore disks installed and back to Vista Home (yay)

Something called FBI GUI is running every time I switch on, trying to 'install your programs' and I did let it go for a while, but now it continually lags, stopping at the one point and just not doing anything at all. The progress bar goes on and on and on... for hours. (until I restart) and I can't access other programs once I 'maximize' the GUI window.

Since the restore, everything seems to be working well, except I can't really test it properly until this thing stops loading, or trying to load... I tried to delete it so I could at least go and test the machine, but, alas, Vista tells me I do not have permission to delete things on my own computer. Silly me.

I'd love to know... if anyone can help me (I'm very new to Vista)

a) how to stop it running
b) should I stop it running
c) what the *censored* is it?

It's obviously a program that gets installed by either Vista or HP at the restore point... as I have not put anything else on it yet at all since the restore disks were put on.

I have not been asked to set up permissions since the system restore; could this be a part of the problem not being able to delete it?

It's a brand newie HP Presario C700, 1GB ram, 120GB HD, Windows Vista home, 2.13gb intel celeron.

thanks....! a long winded one; I hope I havent left any info out...

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

FBI GUI:
http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en&q=FBI+GUI&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&aq=f

Is it not in Add and Remove Programs in Control Panel?

[Dias de verano]

The name stands for File Based Installer Graphical User Interface Manager.
It is an automatic installer that allows for the recovery of your computer as well as driver initializer. While it is working, it makes a baseline image to help in future recoveries. It will have to run to completion before it can be effective. Can take an hour or two if the computer is a brand new one.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

So that's what Wikipedia tried to tell me?   

[chad]

Thanks for that...

I'll let it run it's course. It just seemed to be dead... for about 80 minutes. :-)

I'll let the forum know what happens...

[drmsucks]

chad - Congratulations on your new computer! I have one bit of unsolicited advice for you. As soon as you can, consider increasing the RAM to at least 2 GB; more, up to 4 GB, if you can. The "user experience" improvement between 1 GB and 2 GB is huge and is noticeable as soon as you power on the computer. It is an upgrade well worth the money.

Note, however, that, if you get 4 GB of memory, your operating system will only use ≈3.5 GB - this is not a Vista issue, but, rather, a constraint on 32 bit operating systems.

Enjoy your new computer - and, if you increase the RAM, post back and let us know what you think of the difference in performance.

Speaking of performance, another issue that will slow down a new Vista install is the indexing service. This service facilitates the Search feature but takes a day or two to build an initial index - suggest letting the computer run overnight to get the initial index building out of the way.

[chad]

Well, system restore disks didn't work... the "restore failed. Try again?"

Has anyone any tips on how to get the restore disks to install succesfully? there aren't many options once that formatting begins!

c

[drmsucks]

Back to the beginning - why were you trying to recover the system?

I assume that the system is under warranty, if so, be careful that you don't void the warranty trying to fix it!

[chad]

Trying to recover it from attempting to install Xp onto it, when it came with Vista. Then I discovered about eight devices not functioning properly on the new pc with XP and I had to get new drivers, but not specific ones for Xp, just ones that would work sort of allright... so I decided, sounds bad, might just go with Big Brother and put Vista back on...

It's OK about warranty... every step (including those taken to get Xp onto it) has been taken in discussion with HP help online, and I've saved all my conversations with them. They supplied me the recovery disks FOC...

still no good with the recovery though! It keeps 'failing'! Might be back in touch with the HP helpdesk...

[drmsucks]

I understand the desire for XP - I made my wife's HP laptop into a dual boot because she complained so much about Vista! The reality was that once I increased the RAM to 2 GB, Vista wasn't so bad! Hence, my suggestion above. (My wife still uses the XP side 95% of the time, though!)

Okay, sounds like you've got the warranty thing covered, best of luck

On topic for just a minute , you may want to go to your hard drive manufacturer's website, download their diagnostic software and run it to verify that your hard drive is okay.

[patio]

Do you have the HP Driver CD ? ?
Have you remembered to run it and re-install your motherboard drivers after each install you tried ? ?

This should be done right after Windows is installed otherwise the machine will not function properly...

[chad]

I sorted it... I had turned off the SATA in BIOS to run XP... I needed to turn it back ON to re-install Vista! 

cheers all

I'm back to my desktop with XP now... I no like Vista. XP makes me feel safe and cosy