I don't know what repair tools the vendor put on the hard drive. You don't
want to restore the system to factory condition unless you save all your
files someplace first but what you want to do is the equivalent of a repair
install in XP. It is called an "in-place upgrade" in Vista. Essentially,
any edition of Windows is always upgradeable to itself. It is much easier
to do in Vista than XP. Is there such a tool provided by the vendor?
If not, can you still buy a dvd from the manufacturer? That is often an
option at the time you buy the computer. As a matter of fact, any Vista
32-bit dvd will do the job. You will provide the product key the vender
affixed to the bottom of your laptop and you will have to reactivate
afterwards but it will eliminate any issues due to the OS.
"Denise" <Denise@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4CF576D8-4748-4551-8E8F-2AC90D0EB1FF@xxxxxx
Quote:
>
> Hi Colin, I did do a restore to a point before this problem occured, the
> system restore was successful even though it took longer than uaual, but
> the
> problem persists. As for doing it from disk, my computer came
> preinstalled
> with vista, so I have to do the restore via my control panel.
> One thing to point out, is that once i managed to get on this forum no
> problems occured, I even managed to get on Pogo gamesite without problems.
> It seems to be when I start up, I can't access i.e, msn messenger, my
> system
> tools, my media player etc etc
> geez i wish i had stuck in at school more and become more computer
> literate,
> i'm stumped, more depressed the fact after spending £1500 on a comp to
> function well for a few months.
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I would restore to a point before this first showed up. You will not
>> lose
>> any data files. Use the Vista dvd for this. System Restore is now an
>> option in the Repair Tools when you boot with the dvd. You can now use
>> System Restore even if the system is not functioning well enough to do it
>> from the desktop.
>>
>> "Denise" <Denise@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9BCD064B-3B76-47D9-9950-D7B664365AC2@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > ps, i've run all my virus and spyware programs and there is no problem
>> > there,
>> > I've obviously jammed something which is causing this seriously
>> > depressing
>> > behaviour. I don't understand why I cant cntr alt delete, this
>> > function
>> > seems to have been completely removed.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Denise" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well I only purchased it in August so still regard it as new, they
>> >> only
>> >> offer
>> >> support for the first 90 days of activation, so I have to pay for any
>> >> support
>> >> I request.
>> >> I was basically hoping it would be some relatively common problem that
>> >> would
>> >> be easily fixed 
,
>> >> hopefully someone out there can shed some light
>> >> Once again many thanks in advance
>> >> Denise
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > You say that this is a new computer. Have you checked with the
>> >> > manufacturer's support desk?
>> >> >
>> >> > "Denise" <Denise@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> > news:1D336FE3-B02C-4858-A406-E1B31E93A6B2@xxxxxx
>> >> > > Please please can someone help, I recently bought a new comp,
>> >> > > running
>> >> > > Windows
>> >> > > Vista Premium on Zoostorm P6N, Intel Core Duo, 32 Bit Op, Sys.
>> >> > > Yesterday I was looking through photo cds, on inserting 2nd cd,
>> >> > > everything
>> >> > > froze, I tried cntr, alt, delete, but could not bring up task
>> >> > > manager, I
>> >> > > ended up having to shut computer down manually by button. On
>> >> > > resuming
>> >> > > everything seems to keep jamming. Any program I go into, I get
>> >> > > program
>> >> > > not
>> >> > > responding message. I can't access task manager at all, and each
>> >> > > time
>> >> > > computer jams, i have to switch off by button on tower. I can't
>> >> > > access
>> >> > > any
>> >> > > program without jamming. I have done a system restore (which took
>> >> > > half an
>> >> > > hour to complete), it was successful, but problem still persists.
>> >> > > I
>> >> > > also
>> >> > > got
>> >> > > a blue storp error screen, and computer again froze. Can someone
>> >> > > please
>> >> > > guide me as to what is happening.
>> >> > > Many kind thanks in advance
>> >> > > Denise
>> >> > >>