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Title: Vista help
Post by: Martin_1962 on 29 March 2010, 21:54:52

I have been helping with a poorly Vista PC.

Removed a lot of unused programs and toolbars

Next day problems

Restored to as before I started

still there

C:\Windows\system32\windowscodecs.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error.

SFC /SCANNOW was ran

No luck

Did two restored to before I started and started agin. still same error.

No CD and Dell branded.

Will this be a reinstall?

Thanks

Martin

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 29 March 2010, 22:12:40

didi you tried repair option ?

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: Martin_1962 on 29 March 2010, 23:11:31

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didi you tried repair option ?

Where is that?

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: kev2b4 on 29 March 2010, 23:15:49

Kill it and get windows 7 on it-- or g back to Win 98B ( which was fairly stable)

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: Martin_1962 on 29 March 2010, 23:18:53

So tempted to XP it ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: zirk on 30 March 2010, 01:53:50

What Dell model is it Martin, got some fresh Vista Install disks for a XPS if it of any use?

Chris

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 30 March 2010, 08:16:25

F11 on power up should give the option of a re-build using the recovery partition on the HDD

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 March 2010, 09:13:54

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didi you tried repair option ?

Where is that?

http://www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png

but also I agree above.. win 7 is a better option..

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: Martin_1962 on 30 March 2010, 09:36:04

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didi you tried repair option ?

Where is that?

http://www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png

but also I agree above.. win 7 is a better option..

That option appears to be missing.

There was a repair on F12 but the first thing which came up was choose country - made me think it was a wipe over C: rather than a repair.

Dell Inspiron 530 dual core 2.33 chip 2GB ram

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 March 2010, 10:01:19

hope this helps :y

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Startup-Repair-frequently-asked-questions

Title: Re: Vista help
Post by: TheBoy on 30 March 2010, 10:22:06

Thought Dell System repair was ALT-F11 during POST? Assuming nobody has buggered about with MBR.

Martin Imber - I have some Dell Vista DVDs somewhere, came with a bunch of Dimensions that I bought for my brother. Licences obviously used, but if you have the licence and the key there.....


However, I would be seriously tempted to slap on Windows 7 assuming its newer than a P4.  XP, nah, thats too old (unless your hardware is really shite!)