Cannot download anything
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Hello Supermemo, and welcome to Vista Forums.
You might see if this tutorial can help you by resetting IE.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
You might see if this tutorial can help you by resetting IE.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Internet Speed
- 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy Y0F94AV
- CPU
- i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4-2133
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
- Sound Card
- Conexant ISST Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3" UHD IPS touch
- Screen Resolution
- 3480 x 2160
- Hard Drives
- 512 GB M.2 SSD
Re: Repair Vista Options - Preferred Sequence
Sometimes not being able to download or install a program is due to interference from other programs such as antivirus and antispyware. Whenever downloading/installing a program, be sure to do a “clean” program install, i.e. do the downloads/installs with all non-Microsoft services disabled. Type in msconfig in the Run box and press Enter to display System Configuration. Select the Services tab, check the box for Hide All Microsoft Services, then click on the button for Disable All, then OK. Reboot. Do your download and install then go back to System Configuration, Services tab, select Enable All, then OK. Reboot to get all services running again and you’ve done a clean program install. If this doesn’t work, look into install/uninstall debris problems.
Install/uninstall problems are common with Vista and lead to the accumulation of debris from broken installs and incomplete uninstalls which can block or corrupt normal download and install processes. Before you go through the steps of Repair Vista Options, take a look at this tutorial about install/uninstall/download problems (link provided below). After you get install/uninstall debris cleaned from your system, if you’re still having difficulties then go through Repair Vista Options starting with step #1 and so on until your computer is working right.
In the install/uninstall tutorial I would advise using Ccleaner to clean up and shred unnecessary files and then Method Two using Smarty Uninstaller to remove install/uninstall debris. If this isn’t enough to get downloading and installing working again, before reinstalling Vista, consider using a registry cleaner (links provided below) to deep clean misinformation debris from the registry. The Wise program is free and comes highly recommended. I like Registry Booster (not free) myself and have found it very useful for this kind of problem (set it so that it automatically makes a backup of the registry before it makes any changes; Registry Booster will also defragment your registry).
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87249-unable-install-latest-version-program-vista.html
http://wisecleaner.com/download.html
http://www.liutilities.com/support/downloads/(Registry Booster)
Good luck!
Bruce
Sometimes not being able to download or install a program is due to interference from other programs such as antivirus and antispyware. Whenever downloading/installing a program, be sure to do a “clean” program install, i.e. do the downloads/installs with all non-Microsoft services disabled. Type in msconfig in the Run box and press Enter to display System Configuration. Select the Services tab, check the box for Hide All Microsoft Services, then click on the button for Disable All, then OK. Reboot. Do your download and install then go back to System Configuration, Services tab, select Enable All, then OK. Reboot to get all services running again and you’ve done a clean program install. If this doesn’t work, look into install/uninstall debris problems.
Install/uninstall problems are common with Vista and lead to the accumulation of debris from broken installs and incomplete uninstalls which can block or corrupt normal download and install processes. Before you go through the steps of Repair Vista Options, take a look at this tutorial about install/uninstall/download problems (link provided below). After you get install/uninstall debris cleaned from your system, if you’re still having difficulties then go through Repair Vista Options starting with step #1 and so on until your computer is working right.
In the install/uninstall tutorial I would advise using Ccleaner to clean up and shred unnecessary files and then Method Two using Smarty Uninstaller to remove install/uninstall debris. If this isn’t enough to get downloading and installing working again, before reinstalling Vista, consider using a registry cleaner (links provided below) to deep clean misinformation debris from the registry. The Wise program is free and comes highly recommended. I like Registry Booster (not free) myself and have found it very useful for this kind of problem (set it so that it automatically makes a backup of the registry before it makes any changes; Registry Booster will also defragment your registry).
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87249-unable-install-latest-version-program-vista.html
http://wisecleaner.com/download.html
http://www.liutilities.com/support/downloads/(Registry Booster)
Good luck!
Bruce
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPSm1710 Laptop
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
- Sound Card
- SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1200