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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2017, 08:49:06 am »
Are you talking about the offboot sfc /scannow ?

That takes about 30 mins on my Win 7 laptop and you should see a flashing cursor under where it says it will take some time - did you have that ?

When it completes, it will give the same report as it does when you run a sfc /scannow within Windows.

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #26 on: February 17, 2017, 08:54:09 am »
Yes. I had all that. It started up, said this would take some time and the cursor flashed the whole time. 10 mins later, it gave me the message just like sfc /scannow:  sfc found cruruptions and could not fix. But only 10 minutes.
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #27 on: February 17, 2017, 09:07:53 am »
Have you tried creating another admin account and running a sfc /scannow in that ?

I'm not sure if a repair install would resolve or if your computer would accept it - I'm unable to do one on my Toshiba laptop as it gets so far, fails and reverts back.

You would need your COA sticker key to activate it should you want to try that.

A repair install doesn't affect your installed programs or personal stuff.

It's unusual for MSE to cause any problems.

Does your Action Center flag work now since you uninstalled those two programs and have you run another sfc /scannow since doing so ?

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #28 on: February 17, 2017, 09:32:07 am »
I can try under administrative account. Might work.
When I run the repairs, I still get the red flag.
This evening I'll try the scannow again under admin and let you know.
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2017, 09:51:19 am »
So does the flag work after restoring the registry from running Windows Repair ?

Instead of creating another admin account, you can invoke the hidden admin account by running the cmd prompt as an admin and entering -

net user administrator /active:yes

shutdown /r /t 00

After the reboot you will see an admin log in icon to click on.

This will rearrange the desktop and then you can run the sfc /scannow as normal by running the cmd prompt as an admin.

This account should be disabled when done as it isn't advisable to have it enabled all of the time.

To disable it, redo the net user cmd changing yes to no then enter the shutdown cmd to reboot.

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #30 on: February 17, 2017, 09:58:15 am »
No. After running repairs, the flag stays on and I always have to restore backup. In other words, the repairs do me no good right now. Unless, of course, I can figure out which repair it is. But the most logical thing to do is fix my PC first. That's where the problem is I'm sure.
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #31 on: February 17, 2017, 10:00:02 am »
Invoke the hidden admin account and run the sfc /scannow - you can also check to see if the flag works in that account.

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #32 on: February 17, 2017, 10:22:01 am »
Will do. Thanks
Question: My PC right now is in Spanish language. Should I put it back to English or does this matter?
« Last Edit: February 17, 2017, 10:59:17 am by mecanicogolf »
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #33 on: February 17, 2017, 02:16:34 pm »
What language was it in when you ran the Windows Repair program ?

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #34 on: February 17, 2017, 04:30:50 pm »
Spanish.
I just switched it to English and ran it again...nothing.

I will try what you mentioned above with Admin, and see.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2017, 05:06:32 pm by mecanicogolf »
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #35 on: February 19, 2017, 03:53:06 pm »
Not working or maybe I´m not doing it right.

This is getting pretty frustrating. About ready to throw in the towel and reinstall this PC.

It takes a while (all day) but it´s less headaches
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #36 on: February 20, 2017, 12:01:02 am »
If you'd entered the net user cmd correctly then it should have produced an Admin icon onto the desktop on the reboot.

If this is an OEM machine then a factory reset probably is the way the way to go.

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #37 on: February 20, 2017, 04:46:58 am »
Yes. I was thinking the same. I'll let you know what the outcome is.
By the way, I'm still getting red flag.
« Last Edit: February 20, 2017, 04:48:54 am by mecanicogolf »
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #38 on: February 20, 2017, 07:45:24 am »
Well whatever is the cause of that will be resolved by the factory reset.

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #39 on: March 04, 2017, 08:27:56 am »
My best guess is that your userclass.dat is mucked up. One of these to methods should help you.

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-action-center-not-working-in-windows-10

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #40 on: March 04, 2017, 06:43:54 pm »
I have Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bits.

Will this work for 7?
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #41 on: March 19, 2017, 07:21:38 pm »
Silence
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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2017, 02:47:37 am »
I thought jpm would have come back on this one but I think it's Ntuser.dat in Win 7.

The only fix I know for that corruption is to create a new account.

You could try the steps in the Win 7 section of this article but I would have went for the factory reset.

https://neosmart.net/wiki/corrupt-user-profile/

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Re: Repair running havoc on my PC
« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2017, 07:39:16 am »
Thanks Bogging. I'll try this out.
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