Interesting, especially that second system with quite a few problems.
Thanks for the details, Jim.
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
"JimR" <jrap107@msn.com> wrote
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote
>> "JimR" <jrap107@msn.com> wrote
>>> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote
>>>> "JimR" <jrap107@msn.com> wrote
>>>>
>>>>> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote
>>>>
>>>>>> "JimR" <jrap107@msn.com> wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "mitvah" <mitvah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>>>>>>> I’ve a Vista Ultimate installed on a DELL Latitude D620 laptop. The
>>>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>>> started a few weeks ago when Symantec Antivirus reported catching
>>>>>>>> Clone War
>>>>>>>> (1) on my computer. I’ve since done a few clean scans using various
>>>>>>>> scanning
>>>>>>>> programs but some system files seems to have been lost or are
>>>>>>>> corrupted. I
>>>>>>>> tried running sfc /scannow under admin cmd window and also after
>>>>>>>> starting
>>>>>>>> the recovery cmd window, but got the same message both time:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested
>>>>>>>> operation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Even the automated recovery option to fix boot problem failed. I’m
>>>>>>>> able to
>>>>>>>> boot up the windows and its generally funtinal but quite a few
>>>>>>>> things are not
>>>>>>>> working e.g. I can’t open the personalize window from the desktop
>>>>>>>> right click
>>>>>>>> menu.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Unitl late last week I was able to run the sfc and it reported a
>>>>>>>> whole bunch
>>>>>>>> of problems but did not automatically fix anything. I didn't have
>>>>>>>> time to
>>>>>>>> look into manually fixing things but now even that's not working.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please help!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you are sure the system is clean, the quickest solution might be
>>>>>>> a repair install of Vista.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm unsure of what you mean here. How do you do a repair install of
>>>>>> Vista? An in place upgrade that was available in XP was not carried
>>>>>> over to Vista.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you start the Vista DVD while in Vista, begin the installation,you
>>>>> will be offered the ability to "upgrade". An upgrade over a current
>>>>> install of Vista has the same effect as a repair install in XP in that
>>>>> it will install Vista while keeping intact your documents, settings
>>>>> and programs.
>>>>
>>>> Jim have you actually done that? I read one report where it didn't
>>>> work. But that was a long time ago, I don't recollect the context, but
>>>> they had problems with the installation after trying it. I have not
>>>> seen any definitive information on this process.
>>>>
>>>> Chad Harris also has mentioned this in a recent post and I have a query
>>>> to him about it. Thanks for following up on the question.
>>
>>> I have actually done this on two computers running Vista Ultimate and it
>>> worked just like a repair install in XP. I did use a full version of
>>> Vista if that makes a difference. I'm glad I didn't read that this
>>> didn't work or I might not have tried it. 
>>
>>
>> Jim what problems where these systems having that prompted you to try
>> this? And the reinstall helped? Had you tried the other recovery
>> mechanisms including system restore and startup repair? Data and
>> applications were retained, is that right?
>>
>> --
>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>
> Rock,
>
> On one system I could not get Media Center to launch and I could not get
> the Search Indexer to work. It was a clean install on a box I built for
> Vista. Other than the Media Center and Search issues, the system was
> stable and fast and every feature and app worked perfectly. My best guess
> is that on this system either the chipset drivers or raid drivers (
> updated for Vista compatibility about 2 months after initial install)
> might have caused a less than perfect install. The repair install
> corrected the two issues I was having.
>
> The second system ( not mine ) is a little more interesting. The original
> complaint was Internet Explorer was hanging and the mail database
> disappeared from Outlook 2007.
> Here's what I found - IE asking to be the default browser when no other
> browsers were present, screen saver failure, poor performance, slow boot,
> occasional lock up, no system restore points, and ( seperate issue ) a
> corrupt Business Contact Manager database. The bottom line was a lot of
> apps were added and some removed and I wasn't ever going to get the full
> story. So, I uninstalled the apps I thought didn't belong, did a virus and
> malware scan ( no malware found), did a repair install of Vista. The
> computer now works perfectly ( fixed the Outlook issue seperately). No
> data or settings were lost and all apps work.
> I didn't try any of the other recovery options because they were not
> appropriate solutions to the issues at hand and in the case of the second
> computer, system restore was DOA.
>
> I did the repair install on the first computer because although the issues
> were minor, I was unable to find solutions in these newsgroups or online
> and I really wanted every feature to work even though I don't use media
> center or search very often.
>
> I was really pleased with the results on the second one because it was a
> "real world' scenario- lots of problems, little history.