SP2 is very bad

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newtonx

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Hello

Help me if you can.

I am using Vista (32 bit). I wish I didn't install Service Pack 2. When I did that, the following happened:

1. The microphone stooped working.
2. Media Player Classic produce an error message when I try to open the files I used to play with it.
3. I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorer. Where is it?

I tried System Restore but it produce an error message that it can't complete the restore.

What shall I do?
 

My Computer

System One

Try going to search by the start button
Type device manager.
In device manager update the microphone driver, especially if there is a yellow marker by it
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
I uninstalled SP2 but this didn;t solve the problem.
There's no yellow marker near the sound device in device manager. The driver is updated but didn't solve the problem.

The only yellow marker is by the DVD/CD-Rom drive. The device manager gives me the following error message:
"Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)".

What shall I do?
 

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Uninstalling the service pack is not going to help as it now means your system is unsafe as it is now unsupported by Microsoft for security updates. Support for Vista SP1 and under ended July 12 this year. I would strongly advise you to reinstall SP2 and update as there have been dozens of updates since then. A few reboots and updates later you may find things start to work as they should,

All this sounds like to me is that a few drivers need to be updated.

Microphone : check for soundcard updates
Media Player Classic is not supported in Vista anyway as far as I know, or at least the original version isn't. Check versions.
DVD drive firmware probably needs updating.

Also check your Windows Update for any updates that you may have hidden.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
I reinstalled the SP2 but nothing changed. Still the same problems.

There are errors in the registry. How can I fix them before I install a new copy of VIsta?
 

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First thing is to stop using any registry cleaners and/or optimizers as this is often the result. If you have used any recently and they have a restore function try to reverse what they did.

Go to Start and type cmd in the Search box.

cmd.exe will open in the space above.

Right-click it and select 'Run as Administrator'.

In the Command Prompt window type sfc /scannow (with the space) and click the Enter key and OK any prompts.

Let it proceed as often simply running that will repair the problem. (SFC stands for system file check).
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
Also don't forget that there are lots of updates still to install following SP2.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
Ex_Brit

Nothing happened after doing what you suggested.

In fact, I don't use any registry cleaner or optimizers. All what I did is I installed the SP2 and then the problems began.
 

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System One

Did you install SP1 first? It's been a long time since I did it but if I recall one has to install SP1 first and then SP2.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
SP2 worked fine for me i have never seen this problem before... is this an OEM copy of windows or no???
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP pavilion a1224n
    CPU
    Pentium 4 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi Radeon
    Sound Card
    None
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP L1706
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