A lot of error in Vista SP 2, including (00000166, 00000168, 000001ef, 000001f1, [SR] cannot repair file members & BSOD error D000144, C00021a)

I recently so many problem with my computer vista laptop window after recently window update screen with blue death unrecoverable system error Code D000144 & C00021a.
Anyone can please help me even after the recovery system and reinstall my OS still having the same problem.
Error in the SFC/SCANNOW.
00000166 [SR] cannot repair the military record [l:24 {12}] "settings.ini" Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6002.18005, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, type neutral, TypeName neutral, neutral to the public key in the store, hash mismatch "
                
00000168 [SR] cannot repair the military record [l:24 {12}] "settings.ini" Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6002.18005, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, type neutral, TypeName neutral, neutral to the public key in the store, hash mismatch "
000001ef [SR] cannot repair the military record [l:24 {12}] "settings.ini" Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6002.18005, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, type neutral, TypeName neutral, neutral to the public key in the store, hash mismatch "
000001f1 CSI [SR] cannot repair the military record [l:24 {12}] "settings.ini" Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6002.18005, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, type neutral, TypeName neutral, neutral to the public key in the store, hash mismatch "

Hello Natoin1211,

Do you mean that you have restored the system to the factory default and you still get the error messages and bluescreens?

If this is the case, we are probably seeing some problems with the hardware or the recovery process.

I would recommend hardware diagnostics currently running on this computer, such as provided by the hardware manufacturer.

Let us know the results.

Best regards

Matthew_Ha

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