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Sys Restore & other problems after running Windows Repair Tool v3.9.23 on Vista.
Boggin:
So even downloading the 3.17GB ISO would be out.
Have you tried a sfc /scannow from within Windows ?
Anyway, enjoy your zzzzzz.
Willy2:
- Correction: The HP installation programs for those system drivers are in "C:\SWSETUP". The system driver files are placed - of course - in "System32".
Boggin:
I'm having an email chat with Shane about your update problem.
While you say you are having update problems, do they download so that you can see what they are or is the check for updates not producing anything ?
Do you have any friends with a better download/speed plan where you could use WSUS and save them onto an USB stick to manually update yourself.
Boggin:
One thing that could work in your favour with WSUS is that it only downloads and installs the security updates and once it has installed what is missing, the rest should come normally through Windows Update, but you can deselect those and change your update settings to let me choose or never and remove the option for MS program updates.
While Vista will no longer be supported after April, updates will still be available just as they still are for XP - you just won't get any new ones.
If you want to give WSUS a try, this is a YT tutorial, albeit for an older version but I believe will work the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAOvbNJYyE
And program download - http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/
This defaults to the Documentation page on which you'll see a tab for Legacy Products - you need to click on that to select your Version of Vista and when you are ready, hit the Download tab and that will take you to the download page for the latest version.
Pepo:
--- Quote from: Boggin on January 27, 2017, 09:02:10 am ---So even downloading the 3.17GB ISO would be out.
Have you tried a sfc /scannow from within Windows ?
Anyway, enjoy your zzzzzz.
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I'll work on the ISO over the next few weeks. Maybe a friend an hour away, may be able to help with that.
Here's an interesting fact!
Every time I try to run sfc /scannow from windows, as Administrator, the window opens for a split second,then disappears!!
What would be causing that to close immediately???
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--- Quote from: Boggin on January 27, 2017, 09:26:36 am ---I'm having an email chat with Shane about your update problem.
While you say you are having update problems, do they download so that you can see what they are or is the check for updates not producing anything ?
Do you have any friends with a better download/speed plan where you could use WSUS and save them onto an USB stick to manually update yourself.
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Checking for updates just hangs doing nothing, I've even let it run continuously for 2 and 3 days at a time, which only wasted valuable data staying connected all that time. I had to do it as a test, to see if information data in the target download folders had changed in size, but they did not!
Regarding WSUS, When I see the friend I mentioned above, which is't very often, I'll see if he can help with downloading the updates and installer and save them to a flash/thumb drive for me.
Like many, I'm completely self taught regarding computers, sometimes trial and 'error' so to speak.
I do have a domestic electronics background but that was over 27 years ago.
Thanks again Boggin for all of your, and everyone else's advice, and do it in easy terms!
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--- Quote from: Willy2 on January 27, 2017, 09:15:44 am ---- Correction: The HP installation programs for those system drivers are in "C:\SWSETUP". The system driver files are placed - of course - in "System32".
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That's where I checked and found them!
Thanks Willy2
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