Re: Non Linux Question: Windows Vista

Two options that come to mind:

1) Linux w/ Wine
2) Find somebody who has a subscription to the Microsoft Developers Network,
who then typically has access to the latest "respin" discs, which should
include Vista SP2. You could then boot that disc and use it to perform a
repair install, the issue being that if YOUR machine has had updates applied
since THEIR disc was stamped, making it a 'newer' version of Vista, you
don't get the repair option, at which time the Microsoft install program
will ask you if you want to wipe the hard drive and start over.

ja

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 03:24, David Carmichael <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Story:
>
> Many moons ago at a Wal-Mart Pre-Thanksgiving "Black Friday Sale"  grabbed
> a low cost Acer laptop for my wife
> For the longest time it was the fastest computer in the house.
> We had done the first owner recovery process... and placed the disc's in a
> safe place.
> Time has gone by... almost six years...
>
> Some how the computer picked up a few bugs... Connie claims she got it from
> a video link at "Facebook" last November.... there were news stories of such
> a nasty at that time.
> At the time I could not take the chance of her loosing data files so just
> purchased her a newer computer, turned off its wireless and moved files via
> thumb drive to another computer scanning the files three times using three
> different virus/malware/Trojan scanning software packages before moving on
> to her new computer.
>
> Turned off the laptop and set to the side for when I had time to reformat /
> install the OS fresh...
>
> Six months latter...
>
> My backup / home automation (X10) computers power supply fails.
> I decide to try to use the old laptop as it has a faster CPU than the
> failed system.
> Grabbed the original recover discs from ages ago... only to find that the
> disc's are not readable!!!  Sector errors on three different computers and
> so could not use discs!!
> And the recovery sector of the system had been damaged by the ""BUGS"".
>
> So for the last two weeks I have been "KILLING BUGS" one at a time.
> I am being told the system is now bug free by three different virus
> programs.
>
> Trouble is one of the bugs or virus protection programs seems to of
> replaced/damaged/deleted the built-in Windows Security Control Panel, so on
> boot I get a windows error about not having any protection and even after
> turning it off the pop-up balloon will show up almost on the hour.
>
> The Question:
> Does anybody here know of a way to re-install or completely delete the
> "Windows Security Control Panel" files and where to get the files for VISTA
> SP2+?
>
> Comment:
> It seems that most of the fixes that I can find expect the user to have a
> readable windows install sector or disc.
> It seems that even a bad or interrupted uninstall of some virus software
> can damage the "Windows Security Control Panel" and the only fix I could
> find was a reformat!
> Acer wants what I could purchase a Win7 upgrade package for the OEM
> reinstall disc set.
> Due to the fact that my X-10 software has no known Linux versions, I would
> try installing Linus on this system.
>
>
> :David
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