my computer is missing important files from the windows folder..
such as Msiexec.exe and that causes alot of havoc sense i NEED that program to install games i do first time setup from Steam ( in this case Dragon Age Origins: Digital Deluxe )
the problem is that when i try to run it.. it freezes my entire taskbar.. however i can stil press buttons and so.. ( no CPU rapid increase )
anyone that can help me out?
I was manually deleting a virus on my computer because no antivirus software could detect it and in the process I accidentally deleted a couple of system files, i think one of them was spider.exe, now my programmes wont open properly, only some of them will open and i have to right click and run as administrator for it to actually open, i really don't want to restore my computer, does anyone have any suggestions. I'm running windows 7, starter pack of that makes any difference?
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I was wondering if I could get some help here. Doesn't really matter the OS, mostly XP, Vista, or even Windows 7, but I guess the file structure btw. Vista and Windows 7 arn't really much diff.
I was reading yesterday that if I want to restore a file, I need to go to the file and right click and select restore. If the file does not exist anymore then one would go to the directory where the file originally was and select restore (or something to that effect). I have two disks and I want to save some important files from one disk to the other. I have always used Windows 7 Backup but now I am not sure I am doing the right thing. What would happen if my main disk crashed and there was absolutely no hope of salvaging it? Could I still restore from the back up made by Windows 7 Backup? I won't know the file names or directory structure if one disk goes down completely.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedSome updates like this IE8 security update that was released the 14th, we're not getting in Windows update. Why?
Shouldn't we at least get important or critical security updates even in the lastest builds? I could see why maybe not other less important updates but critical security ones?
And when I try to install it says it's not applicable to my system but updates like this one should clearly be applicable, no?
Download details: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Client Beta (KB963027)
Download details: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Client Beta for x64-based Systems (KB963027)
MS09-014: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Does any know how to keep a SSID on top, under Manage Wireless Networks?. I know when the users add other SSID's, they go on top of the older ones. Over time our school SSID is pushed lower and lower, so when a user brings in their school issued laptop, the laptop tries looking for the SSID's that are first in line as their cached profile is logging in. Thus, our Proxy Server doesnt authenticate them, therefore they dont get internet access. I need to keep our school SSID on top. We are using Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7 and a handful of XP's and Active Directory.
View 5 Replies View Relatedhow important the file timestamps are.Since copying my files from drives to drives I've noticed that these have been altered. I have some where the files have a modified time before a created time.I've lost my original created times. I've had some files that were created in 2004 now showing as created in 2012.
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI hope that my question isn't trivial, but i would like to ask you if there is any advantage gained when i register a hardware product.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have some big problem.I m using windows 7 ultimate 32-bit, Before 1 month i installed one software name "My Secret folder" [URL]. The main function of this software is to hide or lock important file in his own folder. This software does NOT encrypt file,So I Hide my important 7-GB data using this softwares and recently my computer was attacked by a virus.So i formatted only my C:// drive, after formatted C:// drive My laptop work completely fine but icouldn't find my important 7-Gb data in d:// drive.
This folder is still in hidden mode and occupy my 7-GB space. I read all user guide manual from this software's website [URL] but I can't find this solution. I tried to see through CMD and and tools>folder option>(uncheck two option) 1. Show hidden files and folder 2. Hide protected operating system files. Using these two method I can't fine my hidden file. How I can get my folders back.
Yesterday my laptop had an update for me, so I attempted to install it. However, when it was done I was told that the installation failed. I restarted the computer and attempted to install it again, but it still failed. I looked into more detail on what I was installing, which was Microsoft .NET Framework 4 KB2468871, and went to the site it was based on and attempted to install it from there. When the setup came up however, I received this message:
"KB2468871v2 does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your computer."
I'm not entirely sure what this means, and since this is apparently an important update for my laptop, I ask if there is a way I can solve the problem (also it's getting irritating to have my laptop keep on reminding me to update something that fails to update). My laptop has Norton 360.
When I make a backup copy of a dvd the ISO image is set to be saved to the C drive, yet when it's complete there is no trace of it. I've also tried saving it to specific folders and it never turns up there. I've tried searches and no results are found.
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When I right-click a .reg file, Open rather than Merge appears in the popup list.
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I am missing well over 1000 files. A good deal of those are .gif files. When I go to the child folder they were in, it is empty as are all the child folders. When I use Windows Search to search the parent folder for *.gif, the results show 1000 of the files in the child folder they were in. They appear with the Irfanview icon, which is the default viewer and a .gif extension. They are way too small, < 1 kb. Irfanview cant open them, "...cant read the file header. unknown file format or file not found." I admit Im fried enough to have some how, possibly, maybe deleted a whole folder while doing a clean up, but it is still there and I cant possibly imagine selecting that many files and doing anything with all of them
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I created a folder for some files/documents on the desktop but then I moved that folder into another folder. When I checked again I couldn't find any documents/files I saved.
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View 5 Replies View RelatedSystem Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
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I cannot install important updates not sure about much about my laptop apart from its a toshiba satellite pro on windows 7 an when i tryed to install them this code came up code: 80240016.
i did a registry cleaner(to erase some entries of a bad uninstalled software) (with comodo registry cleaner) after restart i notice that the antivirus and firewall icons on the clock area were gone, after couple of restarts they came back.... now the activity center flag is delayed (bt now i dont remember if it is normal or not) and once the flag is there i test the activity center by disabling firewall, then the flag come out with a red "x", but not with the antivirus.In this picture, as you seei have disabled both, antivirus and firewall and it only shows the firewall as "important" message.should not show the antivirus status as an important message too?
View 3 Replies View RelatedThese updates won't download/install:
KB2570947 (368KB) (tried downloading this by itself and it pauses on 34%)
KB2460011 (28.2MB)
KB2510690 (389MB)