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You receive a "Groove Error" error message, and you cannot open Control Panel after you install Groove Virtual Office 3.1 in Windows Vista

Article ID: 933426 - View products that this article applies to.

SYMPTOMS

You install Groove Virtual Office 3.1 on a computer that is running Windows Vista. When you do this, the installation process is completed successfully. However, you experience the following symptoms:
  • When you try to start Groove after you restart the computer, you receive an error message that resembles the following error message:
    Groove Error.
  • You cannot open Control Panel. Additionally, the Control.exe process uses 100 percent of CPU resources.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of a problem in the builds of Groove Virtual Office 3.1 that are earlier than build 2390. In the earlier builds, the following problems exist:
  • Because of changes in the registry in Windows Vista, Groove Virtual Office 3.1 cannot retrieve some of the registry keys and some of the registry values that Groove Virtual Office 3.1 requires to start.
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 installs a shell extension that is incompatible with security changes that are included in the Windows Vista Control.exe program.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest build of Groove Virtual Office 3.1. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://grv.microsoft.com/downloads/update.htm

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Properties

Article ID: 933426 - Last Review: January 25, 2008 - Revision: 3.0
APPLIES TO
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Professional Edition, when used with:
    • Windows Vista Business
    • Windows Vista Enterprise
    • Windows Vista Home Basic
    • Windows Vista Home Premium
    • Windows Vista Ultimate
    • Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition
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