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| 888423 | 2010-05-26 19:19:00 | This problem just showed up out of nowhere recently. Ive tried pretty much everything from the microsoft articles ive managed to find, such as some fixit program and stuff from this article here : support.microsoft.com Odd thing of note : When i did the regsvrs, some of them kept giving me error messages like the file could not be found. Example : The module mshtml.dll was loaded but the entry point DllRegisterServer was not found. Make sure that mshtml.dll is a valid dll or OCX file and then try again. Sometimes it says "the specified module could not be found". I cant see anything wrong under services, the windows update service and BITS seems to be up. If i try to go to "www.update.microsoft.com the site refuses to load with a "the connection was reset" error. Microsoft advised me to do a repair installation, but im having problems with that as well...the upgrade option is grayed out even though i have sufficient disk space on C drive. I have a feeling its because im using vista SP2 now and the installation disk doesnt have SP2...and the installer's "download updates automatically" option doesnt work either(cites a connection error). |
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| 888424 | 2010-05-26 19:42:00 | Have you tried start-run-cmd brings up a command line then typing in sfc/ scannow note space between / and scannow? This requires your installation DVD and replaces missing dll's without the need for a repair install | gary67 (56) | ||
| 888425 | 2010-05-26 19:44:00 | Microsoft advised me to do a repair installation, but im having problems with that as well...the upgrade option is grayed out Thats not a Repair, its an upgrade. Do what gary67 said. |
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| 888426 | 2010-05-26 20:05:00 | Oh you mean sfc /scannow? Doing it now, but microsoft support told me the upgrade option was a repair installation. See method 2 : support.microsoft.com |
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| 888427 | 2010-05-26 20:14:00 | Beginning system scan. This process will take some time. Beginning verification phase of system scan. Verification 100% complete. Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations. |
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| 888428 | 2010-05-27 04:00:00 | So, any ideas? In addition to that i have another problem where some windows services set to "automatic" dont start when i restart my PC. Windows audio and the user profile service for example. I can see these in the event viewer : The User Profile Service service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the User Profile Service service to connect. |
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| 888429 | 2010-05-27 05:45:00 | Thi s may or may not be the same thing thats happening to you: I've got a customers laptop here right now doing similar. Apparently it started out with windows not updating a couple of weeks ago, The profile error message started soon after - They then finally ended up creating a new profile - which lasted all of 2 days, then that filed as well. I created a replacement as per here (www.vistax64.com) That lasted about 30 minutes while doing updates, on a reboot failure again --- Saved all data by slaving the drive - reinstalling Vista from scratch. Sometimes if a system gets damaged its easier and better in the long run to start again. |
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| 888430 | 2010-05-28 09:55:00 | Im pretty sure now that the problem was due to virus/malware that made it past avast anti-virus and my anti-spyware programs. I ran window's onecare scanner which picked up win32 alureon that avast missed with the boot time scan. Couldnt remove it for some reason(it didnt specify why). I downloaded kaspersky internet security 2010 and ran a scan using the trial version which picked up a rootkit and some trojans. Removed them, restarted, and windows update works now(but has been stuck at 95% while downloading updates for a whiel now...). Trying to get kaspersky to do a full scan of my system but it keeps getting stuck at 99% while scanning the files on my external hard disk. Now i have another problem : My desktop wallpaper dissapeared. The file is still on my PC. But the desktop background is solid black. Then when i try to change the desktop background, i get this : yfrog.com . And when i browse for the file directly, double click the file, and then click "ok" to select it as my wallpaper, i still get a totally black background. |
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| 888431 | 2010-05-28 20:40:00 | One more thing : according to disktective, my E partition has my documents and settings folder. The problem is its suppsoed to be on my C drive, and according to windows explorer it is. I cant find any indication that there is a documents and settings folder on E drive except in the utility and when i do virus scans(when it scans E drive, it will say that its scanning documents and settings...). Im not sure whats going on here, but is there a chance my documents and setting folder is mirrored on both C and E drives at the same time, and taking up additional space on E? | Question (15792) | ||
| 888432 | 2010-05-29 04:26:00 | Anyone? | Question (15792) | ||
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