Jim,
how do you know that a repair install is the best choice remedy?
i have similar problems. the ms tech tells me, based on the sfc /scannow >>
cbs.txt revealing irreparable -and unidentified - corrupted files, that i
need to reinstall vista. on my own, i ran sfc /verifyonly; the resulting
cbs.txt (35MB of it!!) identified the *only* corrupted file is a windows true
font called mingliu.ttc!!
elsewhere in this newsgroup, another mvp (from whom i'm awaiting a response)
tells me that this cannot possibly be the cause of my inability to activate
windows firewall (windows firewall was deactivated for the installation of ms
onecare. onecare was uninstalled after 2 weeks), inability to tuirn on the
security center, and an ie7 problem with (so it has been suggested) Ajax
technology.
so, how do you know when a *repair install* is the remedy of choice?
as i understood you, a repair install obviates backup of personal files - is
this correct?
can you delineate the "repair install" procedure - i can't understand what
else is possible. (as opposed to what other type of install)?
what symptoms and circumstances suggest that *restore* is the remedy of
choice?
and what other remedies are usually found in the doctor's little black bag?
"JimR" wrote:
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> > "JimR" <jrap107@msn.com> wrote in message
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> >> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> >>> "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.
>
>
>
> --
> Jim
>