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| Posted by: An Old Hippie
- [522361721] Mon, Apr 13, 2009, 21:00
For some reason my computer has decided that making restore points isn't possible any longer. I went to the Vista error code section and followed the directions and it made one last night. Today it has the same problem but different error code. So then I tried to do a scannow from the admin command prompt. It fixed a few errors but didn't fix the ones I apparently needed.
A separate problem has arisen also windows claims that it can't download updates but when I manually check all available updates have been installed.
Any ideas on cures or am I just going to have to live with it. |
| | | 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Apr 14, 2009, 13:15
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Some viruses or malware will attempt to disable automatic update capabilities.
Have you done a virus scan lately?
I had one such problem on my laptop several months ago (Windows XP, but a similar problem), and was able to eradicate the malware using the free version of Malware bytes. You might try that.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
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| | | 2 | An Old Hippie
ID: 522361721
Tue, Apr 14, 2009, 14:24
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Kind of paranoid so I scan the with virus /adware programs every night along with them supposedly running for real time protection. The really bad part is now the error code I got doesn't exist in the Windows Vista help section. Playing with the register scares me as I have no training in computers but am willing to try anything. But without the restore point I have no way back when(not if) I screw up.
The malware program didn't help. But thank you anyway.
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| | | 3 | An Old Hippie
ID: 522361721
Wed, Apr 15, 2009, 16:16
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Take it back the restore doesn't work and Windows still insists that it can't do updates. But it just DL the updates and asked if I wanted to install them and then the next little white ballon said windows can't update them. But I got them installed.
So thanks again for the help.
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