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| Thread ID: 83549 | 2007-10-05 18:50:00 | Weird Windows Problem | pctek (84) | Press F1 |
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| 598263 | 2007-10-06 20:09:00 | I fixed it. Well I fixed the read CD thing. Mostly. It was perfect, autoplay working too. Autoplay has stopped agagin, but who cares, it reads the things now. I did a whole bunch of things, including Permissions in CDFS in the registry. Windows is still unstable, wireless mouse still doesn't work, too bad she can use a USB mouse. Services are still weird but neither me nor them think its worth spending hours accumulating drivers for a manual reinstall. He regrets getting off TM sight unseen. I recommend everyone checks for Recovery CDs or at least the Recovery partition before purchasing. Techs excepted. If they are happy to spend the time messing with it. |
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| 598264 | 2007-10-06 21:30:00 | you maybe able to find patches or hotfixes to download from microsoft to repair the other settings. I know there was one for auto play (support.microsoft.com), as I have used it a while back. Also perhaps back up by using system restore frequently. Ideally try a image backup program - you can get one for free from here (www.runtime.org)(xml drive), which I have used. Then you may need to make a cd boot disc - I have used BartPe (www.nu2.nu) which is free and it works with with drive xml. You can also add in plugins. Then you may want to back up on a external drive.... | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 598265 | 2007-10-06 22:07:00 | I'm not touching the rest. I suggest they leave it alone now. Bugger the backup - I'm not imaging an unstable install and they should have made sure it had its recovery in the first place when they bought the thing. |
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