cannot close, resize or minimize windows.

That's the problem as described by deborahhughes.

I can't close or minimize a window by using the icons in the upper right of the window.
I resize or move any window.
I can not get a right-click pop - up to work on the set of the low program.
I don't get any error code or the message.  Nothing happens

I CAN close a window using alt - f4, file > exit or using master.

Other problems that may or may not be related.

When I try to open the Device Manager and many other programs of the Control Panel, I get a small box labeled "Microsoft Management Console" that says: "cannot create document empty."    This box will have a button at the bottom to click, but it is empty.   These white buttons also appear in several other boxes pop up.

There are 3 updates of windows usually trying to install when I start but never go beyond 0% installed and, finally, exhale and return to the previous settings.

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I am running Vista Home Premium Service pack 1

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I found the answer that fixed all my problems.

The basics are that you will find a hidden file under the name of "user32.dll.mui" in C:\windows\system32\en_US
and replace it with a copy of the file in another location on the disk or a copy under a different name as 'user32copy.dll.mui' or ' user32 (2).dll.mui'.
I found that my original "user32.dll.mui" file was empty and one that I have found elsewhere on the disk was about 17 k in size.

You will need to follow the detailed instructions include take "ownership" of the file before, it can be renamed, but it worked for me.

Here is the link:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic225380.html

Thanks for the suggestions everyone and I hope that it will be useful to someone else.

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