yrag... all the registry items are there but 4 are different:

"Asynchronous"=dword:0x0000001(1)

"Impersonate"=dword:0x0000001(1)

"Safe"=dword:0x0000001(1)

"MaxWait"=dword:00000258(600)

I did export them just in case, but the editor will not allow me to change the values to those you posted... can type them in OK but nothing happens when tying to apply.

Damned blasted puters....



You may humbly suggest if you like... cos if things don't improve real soon, I'll be doing just that, though not so humbly. Being it's not that long ago thatI did it, there's quite likely to be a few... er, a lot of curse words going on during the process.

Arrr, you scurvy sea dog, it be the rev'nue man, Sir William of Gates, seekin' 'is revenge, arrr

At this point a clean install might be best as said already. you`ll do alot of work just to do it any ways

If you would like to attempt a repair before you end up doing a clean install, you might find these links useful. Just a quick search for the info you seek:

WWW Link

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That should get you going in the generally right direction, though seriously -- if this was a customer's machine I would just reinstall. Time is money.

You're either in a limited user account or it's a security app or both. List the apps installed.

And some poor customer would discover all his/her pics of Fido were trashed.

Patience is a virtue.....beats....time is money.....

Why do so many techs just wipe the drive? I have never understood that. I always do a complete image and then restore the customer's data after the reinstall. Why wouldn't you?

Because they merrily claim 'time is money'...

That of course translates as ..."who cares?....it wasn't MY computer/data"...

Hmm... I can see your point. Though I would say the two statements are different. The problem is work ethic and quality of work.

not really different - you'll just get different meanings of 'time is money' depending on work ethic

Very true Bichur. I intended from the customer's viewpoint. There is no real incentive for me to work faster as I make more the longer it takes. I only seek the fastest solution that fully resolves the problem because it is the right way to do business.

Back on topic: Starkers, have you got anywhere with your problem?

Not sure why it put a double post. My apologies.

THE (little) Prog (without installation process (just put it in a folder and run it) is "Dial-a-fix" it will repair for sure any trouble you may get with Windows Update (and some others ...)

You can find it for example here WWW Link (it's the latest version)

Give the man a coconut

A support tech is there to earn money for their Company. Just like newspapers and news programs - there are still those who are of the opinion they are there to communicate the news ......

They are not, they are there to create wider circulation and viewing figures. Its the latter that boost revenue, since advertising rates are linked to circulation/viewing. Since regrettably most believe what they see in print or on the news, its a license to print money, and dumb down standards to minimise costs.

Aint it a wonderful world

Regards
Zy

May I ask a simple couple of questions ?

1. you have a dual boot machine for vista and xp - which OS did you install first?
2. are the two OS's installed on a different hard drive?
3. why is it that these updates are not installed from the past?
4. could you give us a break down of the hardware in use?
[ such as computer brand name or board used, hard drives and partition sizes - esp! ]

I ask this for getting some better understanding as to the why this has happened to determine if it is worth any type of a repair. There is a lot to that why also... which if not answered could happen again. Which I'm sure you do not want that at all.

The ole "Just reinstall windows" thing works - but in my book is not a good fix for a problem you have yet to fully identify with yet. It almost sounds like data loss due to a wrong partition maybe. With of course the ole "two OS's that have merged some data the wrong way!"...

Really need to get the story straight on how this has happened to figure the proper way to deal with it completely.

Take a deep breath and take your time with explaining what you think may have happened. Plus the when and what you did... along with the design of that machine completely.

I'm betting it is one hard drive with a partition for each OS.

SGT