Windows complete PC Backup and Restore for Vista Home Premium

I finally new PC my son all set up with Vista 64-bit Home Premium and installation is sublime.

But when I looked for a few floppy bootable installation complete I think I bought the wrong version of the program.

"Windows complete PC Backup and Restore" only comes with the Ultimate and Business edition.

Is it possible to add this functionality to my version of windows without switching completely to the Ultimate version?

No, you will need a third party app. Many people prefer Acronis True Image, but I lean toward a slightly more expensive, but a complete solution, with this app.

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    the mechanic system?
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    Open Notepad.

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    'DisplayName"="@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\msimsg.dll,-27 '.

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    "ServiceSidType" = DWORD: 00000001

    "RequiredPrivileges" is hex (7): 53, 00, 65, 00, 54, 00, 63, 00 62 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76,------.

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    73,00,65,00,42,00,61,00,73,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00, 6f, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 74,------.

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    65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,50,00,65,00,72,00, 6 d, 00, 61, 00, 6e,------.

    00,65,00, 6F, 00, 74, 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76, 00, 69, 00, 6 C, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00,------.

    00,00,53,00,65,00,41,00,75,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,------.

    00, 6 C, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 63, 00, 75, 00, 72, 00,------.

    69,00,74,00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00, 6 C, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00,------.

    00,53,00,65,00,43,00,68,00,61,00, 6F, 00, 00, 65, 67, 00, 4F, 00, 6f, 00, 00, 69, 74, 00,------.

    66,00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00 6 C 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53,------.

    00,65,00,50,00,72,00, 6f, 66, 00, 00, 69, 00, 6 c, 00, 65, 00, 53, 69, 00, 00, 6F, 00, 67, 00,------.

    6 c, 00, 65, 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 6f, 00, 63, 00, 65, 00, 73, 00, 73, 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76,------.

    00,69,00, 6 C, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 49, 00, 6 D, 00, 00, 65, 70, 00,------.

    72,00,73,00, 6f, 00, 6F, 00, 61, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76, 00, 69, 00, 6 c,

    00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,------.

    47.00, 6 c, 00, 6f, 00, 62, 00, 61, 00, 6 c, 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76, 00, 69, 00, 6 c, 00, 65,.

    00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,41,00,73,00,73,00,69,00,67,00, 6F, 00, 50, 00,------.

    72,00,69,00, 6 d, 00, 61, 00, 72, 00, 79, 00, 54, 00, 6f, 00, 6 b, 65, 00, 00, 6F, 00, 00, 50, 72,------.

    00,69,00,76,00,69,00 6 C 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 52, 00, 65, 00,------.

    73,00,74,00, 6f, 00, 72, 00, 65, 50, 00, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76, 00, 69, 00, 6 c, 00 65 00, 67,.

    00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00, 6F, 00, 63, 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 61, 00, 73, 00, 65, 00,------.

    51,00,75,00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 61, 50, 00, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76, 00, 69, 00, 6 c, 00 65 00, 67,.

    00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,53,00,68,00,75,00,74,00,64,00, 6f, 77, 00, 00, 6F, 00,------.

    50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00 6 C 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 54,------.

    00,61,00, 6B, 00, 65, 00, 4f, 77, 00, 00, 6F, 00, 65, 72, 00, 00, 73, 00, 68, 00, 00, 69, 70, 00,------.

    50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00, 6 C, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 4 C,

    00, 6f, 00, 61, 00, 64, 00, 44, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00, 76, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 50, 00, 72, 00, 69, 00,------.

    76,00,69,00, 6 c, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 42, 00, 61, 00, 63, 00, 6 b------.

    00,75,00,70,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00 6 C 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00,------.

    00.00

    "FailureActions" = hex: 84, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 14, 00, 00,------.

    00,01,00,00,00, c0, d4, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, e0, 93, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00

    Go to your desktop and double-click the file name fixme.reg

    Restart the PC and try to install the updates again

    or

    Click Start.

    Type regedit in the search field and press to enter.

    On the registry change windows click on file and select import.

    Navigate to the location where the fixme.reg file and select the file.

    Click ok on the windows screen once the registry is merged successfully.

    Restart computer and check if updates installs.

    * We had system mechanic and I uninstalled it since I discovered that it corrupted my windows installer.

    Hope this helps

    Microsoft KB article

    http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2642495

    Thank you!

    Makoi

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