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windows 7 ultimate - after malware, no icons, no right menu, no c-n-p, no profil
Boggin:
If you didn't have an install disk I could have burned you a couple of Universal install disks.
The ISO was originally for Pro but when you remove the eicfg file, it coverts it to an Universal disk which covers from Basic to Ultimate
obieephyhm:
I did the adaware and ksd. Adaware found and removed several items in the registry but it made no difference to my inability to log on to my profile (still blocked by some sort of group policy failure). KSD doesn't appear to be doing anything at all -- I boot with the disk I made and do the start up then the screen goes blank and stays that way for hours on end. I let it go five hours before I forced a reboot.
Windows Repair still errors out with 'invalid picture' -- I looked for a solution to the problem but one doesn't appear to exist.
I have not yet tried to run my recovery disk from my original install years ago and it's getting late and my frustration index is now off the chart. Everything I need is there but I can't access it. I don't have much hope that I'm finding the key to solving this problem.
I booted from my ksd disk and am letting it run overnight. It doesn't, at the moment, appear that I'm getting anywhere. If ksd is still blank in the morning, I'll kill it and load my W7 repair disk. Since that fails when run at the safe-mode startup screen, I have my doubts that it will run with the disk but I could be wrong and it is certainly worth a shot.
I'm surprised that no one has a quicker fix for this. But, I'll continue to work the problem tomorrow.
Boggin:
My KRD is v10 as I've had it a while but I've created a new one with v18 and booted with it on my Win 7 laptop.
It seems to work a lot different to v10 as once you have pressed enter on the default language and graphics mode, it loads the files.
Accepting the T&Cs it went into the Initialization mode and has completed the scan with nothing found.
I'm puzzled that you mention safe mode as you shouldn't be anywhere near that when booting up any disk.
Tap F12 as you switch on, use the cursor keys to select the DVD drive, insert the disk and press enter.
Is your Win 7 disk an Ultimate install disk or just a System Repair disk ?
You will need an Ultimate install disk to perform what I've advised.
If your disk is just a system repair disk then private message me with your address and I'll send you a couple of Universal Win 7 x64 or x32 disks.
Let me know if you are using a x64bit or x32bit system.
To see if these cmds will resolve the invalid picture error, run a Command Prompt as an admin by going Start - type cmd then right click on it when it comes up and select Run as administrator then enter chkdsk /r
Follow the prompts and reboot to allow it to run.
When it has rebooted on completion, open Event Viewer by going Start - type event viewer and press enter when it comes up.
When it has read the data, expand Windows Logs - click on Application/Action/Find and type chkdsk into the Find box and press enter.
Cancel the Find box and read the log in the scrollable pane below.
Primarily you are looking to see if it reports any KBs in bad sectors.
If it does then it's advisable to create a system image onto external media immediately in preparation for full HDD failure.
If that comes back clean then run a cmd prompt as an admin again and enter sfc /scannow to see what it reports.
It can either report that it has repaired corrupt files, repaired some but not others or that it found no integrity violations.
If that comes back clean then try the Windows Repair program again, but let me know if the scan reports other that no integrity violations.
obieephyhm:
It is a system repair disk from 2014. I'm running x64. I have, thus far, been unable to locate either my original install disk or the authorization code (which, if I remember right, I put with the disk). I can find two unused copies of windows 7 pro which I bought when the world went to W8 then 10 but I was unable to purchase a backup for my ultimate at that time.
I attempted the instructions in your original post but everything ends in an error message so I'm either doing it wrong or it isn't doing what it should. Either is possible.
I read up on the problem with the group policy error and seemed to have traced it to a corrupt NTuser.dat in the user profile that doesn't work. I can force the system to rebuild it and when it does, I can log on to my user profile but it's not right. I can start Windows Repair and it runs but if I boot to safe mode, I can no longer run Windows Repair and then the NTuser.dat get corrupted again.
I will have to come back to this tomorrow as I've been working on it for 10 hours and just keep going in circles.
Boggin:
If you can find your Ultimate disk or product key you can create a copy of the Ultimate install disk by downloading the ISO from - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7
But you would need the product key to authorise the download.
Re, my reply to your private message, I can send you a couple of Universal install disks to perform the dism and sfc cmds.
A repair install may be better but you would need your product key for that.
A repair install doesn't affect your personal files or installed programs.
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