Vista freezing on the web and Control Panel

My laptop keeps freezing today.  It's freezing in the control panel in safemode, on Firefox.  This is what I was able to access today.  I get the message not responding and the blue ball of spinning.  Leave and he begins to respond again hope does not work.  Reboot does not work, two updates that were installed last night the uninstall does not work.  It was working fine last night, but this morning, after these two updates were automatically installed, nothing works.  I can view a page or screen or two and then it freezes.  I did a reboot, several reboots, safe mode.  Nothing works and I get fed up with hours of this.
I am running Vista on a Dell studio, bought in December.

Hey HeidiJoH

When it was working fine without freezing?

You remember recent changes to the computer before it started?

If the computer was working fine before, you can do a restore of the system on your computer. Here are the steps on how to do a system restore:

To restore the operating system to an earlier point in time, follow these steps:

Click on start toreduce this top t, type System Restore in the Search box, and then click System Restore in the programs list. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type your password or click continue.

In the System Restore dialog box, click choose a different restore point, and then click Next.

In the list of restore points, click a restore point created before you started having the problem, and then click Next.

Click Finish.
Here is an article that will give you information about the system restore:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/
The computer restarts and system files and settings are back to the State they were in when the restore point was created.

Try to do a system restore and let us know if it works.

Thank you.

Kind regards

Irfan H, Engineer Support Microsoft Answers. Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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