Re: Non Linux Question: Windows Vista

Anybody here a member of Microsoft Developers Network?


On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:52 AM, John Alexander <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> John Alexander
> Owner, Alexicom Computing
> 316.684.8471
>
>
>
>


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