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• Windows automatically restarts constantly, cannot access the system restore point, cannot access the computer in safe mode

  Hi all

  For the not 24 hours I tried to access my computer in normal mode. When I turn on the pc, it says "configuration data 1 of 3 steps...". 0% complete"he never spent 0% and within seconds, it automatically restarts and starts again. It's so frustrating! I have a windows vista pc (purchased in ' 06). I can only access my desktop in SafeMode.

  I tried to perform a system restore, but not like he says "recovery disk is not the restore point selected. What should I do? I tried to manually create a restore point, but cannot access the system and Maintenance, while in safe mode. I can't do anything but literally access the internet. How can I get Windows back to factory settings it is with these limited resources? I have a Dell reinstallation DVD.

  I searched my programs and found that recently Windows automatically updated and downloaded "Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer" and "for 2007 Office system Compatibility Pack '. Now, I think it has something to do with it, because they were the most recent updates, before the pc crashed. But I also fear that it may be a virus, which has completely hijacked this PC. How am I supposed to get rid of a bug, if I can't even get the necessary antivirus?

  Sorry for the ranting, but it's so stressful when my pc is completely down. Please, please please help me. Thank you in advance for reading this same!

  Arianne

  Hello

  you talk about restore and system recovery disc in the same breath

  they are 2 different things

  and you can NOT create a restore of yesterday and today!

  yesterday is gone

  If it does not already; You can't do

  1st thing to try is a restoration of the system in safe mode

  http://www.windowsvistauserguide.com/system_restore.htm

  Windows Vista

  Using the F8 method:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. When the computer starts, you will see your computer hardware are listed. When you see this information begins to tap theF8 key repeatedly until you are presented with theBoot Options Advanced Windows Vista.
  3. Select the Safe Mode option with the arrow keys.
  4. Then press enter on your keyboard to start mode without failure of Vista.
  5. To start Windows, you'll be a typical logon screen. Connect to your computer and Vista goes into safe mode.
  6. Do whatever tasks you need and when you are done, reboot to return to normal mode.

  If that does not read this information

  the link below is how to download and get a vista disk startup repair, which you can start from the

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2008/Windows-Vista-recovery-disc-download/

  Here's how to use startup repair system restore command prompt, etc. to bleepingcomputers link below

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

  to boot from the dvd drive to be able to you will see a way to get into the bios Setup at the bottom of the screen or command menu start

  It would be F2 or delete etc to enter the BIOS or F12 etc. for the start menu

  Change boot order it do dvd drive 1st in the boot order

  http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/change-boot-order-XP-Vista/

  The malware removal:

  Download update and scan with the free version of malwarebytes anti-malware

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/MBAM.php

  You can also download and run rkill to stop the process of problem before you download and scan with malwarebytes

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill

  If it does not remove the problem and or work correctly in normal mode do work above in safe mode with networking

  Windows Vista

  Using the F8 method:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. When the computer starts, you will see your computer hardware are listed. When you see this information begins to tap theF8 key repeatedly until you are presented with theBoot Options Advanced Windows Vista.
  3. Select the Safe Mode with networking with the arrow keys.
  4. Then press enter on your keyboard to start mode without failure of Vista.
  5. To start Windows, you'll be a typical logon screen. Connect to your computer and Vista goes into safe mode.
  6. Do whatever tasks you need and when you are done, reboot to return to normal mode.

  Reinstall vista from Dell DVD

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

• Part removed from the registry, cannot open the .exe, .lnk and cannot access the system restore

  Following the advice on a Wikipedia page to remove a virus 'active security scan', I accidentally deleted a potion of my registry (software?)  Now I can't access any .exe, .lnk, files etc.  I get the message "windows cannot open this file", and then me accesses a page with no software suggested to open the file.  I tried the system restore, but get the same message when I try to open the system restore program.  Any suggestions?

  Jay,
  You should read through this article, because it addresses a similar situation.  Let us know if it helps.
  Recover corrupted regitry

  Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
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• Can not access the system restore.

  After the removal of a virus, no visible icons on desktop except Mcafee on the toolbar at the bottom.  Was able to access the internet by clicking on Mcafee and then update.  When you click Start the only visible program is Mcafee.  Cannot see the control panel or Windows help/support or anything else.  "Run" is not available.

  Someone suggested that if I run the system restore, it could solve the problem.  But the problem is that I can't access it in the usual way.

  Hi Oishi Kuranosuke,

  ·         Are you able to access the system restore in safe mode?

  ·         You get the error message?

  System Restore can bring back the virus.

  Follow these methods.

  Method 1: Scan the file system (CFS) auditor to repair corrupted files.

  Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310747

  Method 2: Create a new user account.

  How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279783

  If the problem is resolved in a new user account, and then follow the article on how to fix a corrupted user account.

  How to copy data from a corrupted to a new profile in Windows XP user profile

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/811151

• Impossible to access the system restore, getting the error "system restore has been disabled by group policy.

  Recently, I was hit by a virus that, among other problems, he blocked my access to the system restore to clear it. After having had my pc repaired I can not even access the system restore or my registry. I get a message from that system restore has been disabled by group policy. It's my own pc and I am the administrator. I've tried a few things without success. I hope someone can help me with this. I have the vista operating system.

  1. click on start, run and type regedit.exe , and then press enter

  2. navigate to the following key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-Software-policies-Microsoft-Windows NT------SystemRestore

  In the right pane:

  • Delete the value DisableConfig
  • Delete the value DisableSR

  3. exit the registry editor.

  Other tips, tricks and support are available at: www.waltwachon.weebly.com

• How do I access the system restore from the bios my 32-bit vista starts up?

  I have vista home basic 32 bit and recently uninstalled a program I have used barley I used uninstall programs. It then prompted me pourredemarrer my computer after doing so, I am nowunable to pass the 'lights', he goes to Jordi screen w / mouse enabled if she sits for a while, a screen saver in vista can be seen.
  He will not start in safe mode. chkdisk ran, and I thought for sure he was going to "start, but didn't."
  can anyone help? I have not my install discs because they were lost in a recent move, thanks joe

  Hello

  You can not access the system from the BIOS recovery.

  F8 boot Options is your hope, but you say that they do not work

  You need a Microsoft DVD to do a startup repair, or a restoration of the system, thanks to this Guide.

  Manufacturers recovery disks normally do not have Service Options; they are normally a relocation to the factory only settings option.

  Here is the guide to repair Options using a Vista DVD from Microsoft.

  If a friend or a work acquantance of yours has one, you can borrow and use it for repairs.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-Windows-with-Windows-Startup-Repair/

  Table of contents

  1. Overview of Windows Vista repair options
  2. How to perform an automatic repair of Windows Vista using Startup Repair
  3. Advanced Tools Overview
  4. Conclusion

  If you do not or can not borrow a Microsoft DVD there is a download of a file ISO of Vista Startup Repair available that you can put on a Bootable floppy to make the above startup repair and that the method is recommended by a large number of posters in these Forums.

  Unfortunately, you have to buy it.

  Here is a link to it:

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2011/Windows-Recovery-discs-updated-reinstated/

  See you soon.

• Cannot use the system restore

  When I tried to do a restore of the system after a software installation failed I got the message "system restore is disabled. You want to turn on? "I clicked the Yes button and then got a screen display that she couldn't be turned on because"system restore has been disabled by group policy. When I searched for how to change group policy, they told me to go to start, run and type gpedit.msc. When I tried that I got an error that gpedit.msc does not exist on my machine. Can someone tell me please how to restore the system restore. I am running an old Vaio with XP, but it still works very well this problem.

  Also, I tried it while logged in as an administrator, it is not part of the problem. I do not have a system restore disk because it did not come with the machine and I forgot to make one, but I have a disk of Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Do I have to re - format the entire disk to fix this? I use a sturdy old Sony Vaio, which works very well except for this problem. Any advice would be appreciated.

  How did you delete the system restore?

  I think you have bad things on your computer (or you did at some point).

  If you have XP Home Edition, you have no Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), but the error message that you declare (if it's like my examples), indicates that group policy has been changed, so that something has changed.

  Describe your current antivirus and software anti malware situation: McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, MSE, Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc..

  Perhaps GoBack is it for you to prevent you from using SR then you would be forced to use use GoBack instead and I do not wish to install GoBack to find out.

  Malware "break" things that he knows that you will use to try to get rid of it... like the Task Manager, the restoration of the system, the registry editor, etc.

  The malware is happiest when she can trick you into thinking you need to do a repair installation, use a Restore Point or even a complete reinstall when none of those things are needed that outsmart you, and then got rid of with MBAM and SAS.

  AV tools will not often catch these things because they can not tell if policies have been disabled by malware or if you made on purpose, so just leave them.   MBAM will point out a few of them as suspect and give you the opportunity to correct them if you wish.

  The malware may also know you have XP Home and adjust policies that he thinks that you do not have to be set because you have no Group Policy Editor - This is how he thinks and that's what he does.  He wants that reinstall you XP from scratch.

  First run MBAM and SAS if you want.

  I've done to the top of this edition of registry for you :).  It's an accumulation of things that responds to all things under the sentence "If you see things like...". ».

  If you just want to see if you can get your work of SR and are comfortable editing the registry, you can go here:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore

  Find and delete this registry key:

  DisableSR

  That's what this line in the file .reg on top:

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]
  "DisableSR" = -.

  He "skins" (removes) politics DisableSR.

  That will solve your problem of immediate SR, but will not any question that you have not yet set.

  Before making any changes to your registry, back up the registry with this free and popular tool:

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/ERUNT.html

  But, as I said, if you have in your registry, you have probably other things too.  My regedit will fix all the things I've seen come with the question SR whether or not they have need of fixing.  It does nothing, it will remove anything that might be there (you have at least one).

  Then, you should broaden your horizons AV because what you use dropped and could not protect your system.

  Or, you can wait and see what other people have to say.

• 'Lost' admin user account - cannot use the system restore

  We have an old desktop running XP Media. At 6 accounts on - account admin 1 parent, 4 other named accts (non admin) and 1 guest (non admin)

  The system is somehow now starts only showing 1 user account - non-admin one child one.  In management of the computer (administrative tools), accounts are but are not accessible.

  Have no idea how to access / info. Unable to use System Restore as one account stated is a non-admin one.

  Can someone help, please? -have been Googling for a few hours now :(

  As a last resort, you can try the following procedure:

  "How do I recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP startup"
    <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307545 >

  Which essentially restores the registry from a backup copy kept with the files in system restore.  In part 2, select a dated folder until you have had this problem to copy the registry of the.  Personally, I find it is easier to start from free Linux Livecd like Knoppix , in which case you can start the procedure in part 2, step 6 using Linux and paste to copy files to their desired location.  Live CD of Linux has no problems with dealing with the status of "Super hidden" System Volume Information folder.

  Good luck and HTH,
  JW

• Cannot access the system recovery partition

  I can't access the dell recovery partition, I tried many things like ctrl and f11, f12 and similar, but it won't let me in any ideas?

  Hi Cyber_Punk,

  Thanks for the reply.

  Please click on the link mentioned below to make sure that you try to run PC Restore correctly:

  http://Dell.to/Wj1rZe

  NOTE: The PC Restore will remove the applications and data in the system.

  If the PC Restore does not work, you can perform the re-installation of windows by using the system shipped with the system disk operating system.

  Thank you & best regards
  Mustapha S
  #iworkfordell

• Cannot complete the system restore

  I just updated these updates-

  Update security for Windows Vista (KB2419640)
  Update security for Windows Vista (KB2478935)
  Windows Live Essentials 2011 (KB2434419)
  Windows malicious software removal tool - January 2011 (KB890830)

  After this update, I restarted my computer and had to update Norton Antivirus as well. I noticed that my Windows Sidebar was no longer on my desk, but after a search for the sidebar.exe, I found the exe file disappeared. Back to the window of Windows Update, the updates above are still reported.

  I tried a system restore to an earlier date, but none of the crossings would never restore completely. I'm not sure what to do next - of ideas?

  Try your Safe Mode system restore.

  Shut down your computer > turn it back on and immediately and repeatedly tab key F8 until you see a black and white screen. The top/down arrow and select Safe Mode. (You can select Safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, if it is required.)

  If it's any help, please repost in Windows Update section:
  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistawu/threads For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• Cannot access the System Recovery Console invalid password

  System Recovery Console insists that I use a "invalid password". I installed Win7. I make a written record of all used passwords so I'm sure I know the password I put in the first place; It is a simple word, that I always use for low security situations.  However, I tried all variants of logics of this password (upper and lower case, etc.), but nothing works.  I loaded 'ophcrack LiveCD' and found that the password is .  I tried to use no password and this also fails.

  What can I do to pass in addition to "invalid password" so I can't enter the System Recovery Console?

  Thank you.

  Hey Ron,.

  I finally got some time to focus on this and learned something that could explain the difficulties you encounter!

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-happened-to-the-recovery-console

  It seems that the Recovery Console has been taken from Windows Vista (and 7). Personally I did not know this, but then again I don't use it every day! :) So in short, it is not designed to work with Windows 7, and this issue is the result of this.

  Sorry it took me so long to find! I hope that answers your question!

  Cody C
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Cannot access the system files with permissions to access EFS and certificate are set correctly.

  I am running EFS on a secondary internal hard drive on my computer Vista Enterprise SP1.  I have been using EFS for a few months with no problems.  Recently, when you try to access a number of files, I started getting access denied errors.  I'm still under the same certificate with same file permissions that I was when I originally encrypted the files.  Curiously, I can move, delete and rename files without problem, but I can not access, copy, or decrypt.  I tried reseting the file permissions, nothing done.  An excerpt from the command line:

  D:\>ICACLS FILE name. MOV

  NAME OF FILE. MOV : (F)

  BUILTIN\Administrators: (I) (F)

  NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM: (I) (F)

  NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users: (I) (M)

  Builtin\Users: (I) (RX)

  Processed 1 files successfully; Treatment failure 0 files

  D:\>cipher/y

  Thumbprint for computer certificates EFS ComputerName:

  D:\>cipher/c FILENAME. MOV

  List D:\

  New files added to this directory will not be encrypted.

  E FILE NAME. MOV

  Users who can decrypt:

  Thumbprint of the certificate:

  No recovery agent.

  Important information:

  Algorithm: AES

  Key length: 256

  Entropy key: 256

  D:\>cipher/d FILENAME. MOV

  Decryption of files in D:\

  NAME OF FILE. MOV [ERR]

  NAME OF FILE. MOV: Access denied.

  0 file (s) [or directorie (s)] in 1 directorie (s) have been deciphered.

  D:\ >

  The only thought I have is that maybe the metadata associated with the EFS file is damaged?  I'm open to any new idea to access my files.  Thank you in advance.

  Hi Dekaner,

  Your question of Windows Vista is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public. Please ask your question in the Forum Technet Windows Vista security permissions and. Thank you!

  Lisa
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• When I start my computer, I get this message: fm3032.exe. application error fail to initialize and it is not allowing me to open the files on my desktop or access the system restore? My OS is XP

  My operating system is windows xp

  http://www.file.NET/process/fm3032.exe.html

  Read this thread and see if you have list them installed programs.

  Also, follow these steps:

  Download, install, update and scan with these full free malware detection programs:

  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/

  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx Security Scanner   

  Post back with the results of the analyses and also answer the following questions:

  brand and model of the pc

  current antivirus

  What service pack?

• When I try to access system restore, or programs I get the message "windows cannot access the specified device, path or file."

  I use Windows XP and all of a sudden, it seems that all my files are gone.  When I try to access anything or in the control panel in Help and support, I get the same message.  Even when I click on the box that appears indicating that my disk hard space available is insufficient, when I click on it I get this message.  Anyway for my restore my system and access my files again?

  Hi Ladygodiva7,

   

  Method 1: Put the computer to an earlier point in time where everything worked well. To do this, follow the steps mentioned in the article below to perform the system restore

  How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084

   

  Method 2: you can follow the steps described in the section below to restore the security settings

  How to restore the security settings to a known working state?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/313222#appliesTo

• System error message -"windows cannot access the specified device path or file. You don't have permission to access it.

  Hello

  Can help you. Had problem with safety messages and now I can't open any programs, get message "windows cannot access the specified device path or file. you don't have permission to access"how to restore the system to clear the message

  No sound as I wrote it. But I've sorted it by running Paretologic Data Recovery

  Thanks for your response