After several months of not updating Vista (a practice I now hardily
recommend), I decided to let Windows Update do its thing. The following
has resulted:
1. The Windows Experience rating would not update. I fixed this by
doing the update through a C:\ prompt. It failed originally due to an
"XML" error. I then updated my XML and got the rating to work. But
only through the C:\ prompt.
2. My Windows "Help" has vanished. As has the ability to run .hlp
files. Attempted the usual fixes listed on microsoft.com, nothing
helped.
3. Finally and most disastrously, all my Microsoft Games won't open,
with the single exception of "Inkball." Why I don't know. I installed
and reinstalled the games about a million times. I copied the files
from another Vista Computer on my Home LAN, nothin', except Inkball.
The "Games" folder flashes (long enough for you to see it's empty) then
nothing except the Vista Blue Donut of Death spinning endlessly.
Selecting the .exe of any game has the same effect.
I even went so far as to update Vista to SP1. The only thing I can say
for certain about SP1 is that it was, without a doubt, the biggest waste
of two hours I have spent in a long time. It's doing nothing other than
sucking up more electrons. Didn't help my lack o' Games problem.
Anybody?
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SeniorDad
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