Hi Christian DC,
Does the pop-up window give any options other then Cancel?
Are you able to login to Safe Mode? If so, Repair Windows using the System Restore to restore back to a past good restore point.
Repair Windows using System Restore:
1) Reboot Vista into Safe Mode
2) Go to Control Panel
3) On the left hand side of the Control Panel window, Click on "Classic View"
4) Double-click "Backup and Restore Center"
5) On the left hand side of the window, click "Repair Windows using system restore"
6) Select "Choose Different Restore Point", Put a check in the box that says "Show restore points older than 5 days", select the restore point that corresponds to the date Before you first noticed the issue.
7) Click the "Next" button.
8) Reboot back into Normal mode
9) Vista should no longer be in Reduced Functionality mode
Thank you,
Darin Smith
WGA Forum Manager
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