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**Dragor** · 10-06-2008

After my recent nvidia Forceware 178.13 messup:
New nvidia drivers [178.13] messed up my system

I could not log into my Vista, so I used xp to run a chkdsk scan on my Vista's C:\ drive.
The command was: chkdsk /f <Vista's c:\ drive>

Chkdsk found some errors and fixed them, after which everything was fine. All my driver troubles mentioned in the above post have also gone and am a Happy Vista user now albeit for this little problem:

I realised this when I could no longer open Resource monitor from the task manager.
So, I went to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Reliability and Performance Monitor and got this window. I thought that maybe the shortcut could be messed up, so I clicked Start > typed in search: perfmon.msc and clicked it to open and find the same error.

I thought I could open "Turn Windows features On/Off" and chose to re install Administrative tools as in XP, but couldn't find any such option.

Next, I tried System File Checker and it reported to have found some errors which could not be fixed and that the details were in CBS.log which was huge and cryptic to say the least!

I googled a bit and found this: You experience installation errors and compatibility problems when you install Windows Server 2003 management tools on a Windows Vista-based computer
but the procedure is only for Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack and not Windows Vista's admin tools.

As always, I am fresh out of leads to follow this and its making my head spin

Any help is gladly apreciated.

P.S.: I would also want suggestions from you regarding the sfc message that some errors were found that could not be fixed. I am a bit hesitant to resort to repair install as I have seen atleast one such attemp fail here:
tried to do a vista repair install - lost user settings, installed programs etc.

So, please consider this a dual question thread!

Thank you for your time!

10-06-2008	#1 (permalink)
Dragor Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Vista Ultimate x86-32 SP1 dual boot with Windows XP SP3 88 posts	Can't open Resource monitor After my recent nvidia Forceware 178.13 messup: New nvidia drivers [178.13] messed up my system I could not log into my Vista, so I used xp to run a chkdsk scan on my Vista's C:\ drive. The command was: chkdsk /f <Vista's c:\ drive> Chkdsk found some errors and fixed them, after which everything was fine. All my driver troubles mentioned in the above post have also gone and am a Happy Vista user now albeit for this little problem: I realised this when I could no longer open Resource monitor from the task manager. So, I went to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Reliability and Performance Monitor and got this window. I thought that maybe the shortcut could be messed up, so I clicked Start > typed in search: perfmon.msc and clicked it to open and find the same error. I thought I could open "Turn Windows features On/Off" and chose to re install Administrative tools as in XP, but couldn't find any such option. Next, I tried System File Checker and it reported to have found some errors which could not be fixed and that the details were in CBS.log which was huge and cryptic to say the least! I googled a bit and found this: You experience installation errors and compatibility problems when you install Windows Server 2003 management tools on a Windows Vista-based computer but the procedure is only for Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack and not Windows Vista's admin tools. As always, I am fresh out of leads to follow this and its making my head spin Any help is gladly apreciated. P.S.: I would also want suggestions from you regarding the sfc message that some errors were found that could not be fixed. I am a bit hesitant to resort to repair install as I have seen atleast one such attemp fail here: tried to do a vista repair install - lost user settings, installed programs etc. So, please consider this a dual question thread! Thank you for your time!
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