Re: fed up with vista
 

If the pc is supposed to work properly 'out of the box' but it doesn't, then take it back to where you bought it and they should be able to fix the problem free of charge.

The other solution you might like to think about - install XP on your new pc. You are used to XP, so why spend all this time trying to learn everything again?

Re: fed up with vista
 

'Installing XP' is not as straight forward as chucking the cd in and running the install process - drivers are likely to be the biggest cause of grief for the average user.

@ Flip - when you get the black screen with "c:\user\------>" type in
sfc /scannow

this should do the system file check for you....

Re: fed up with vista
 

I have trouble constantly with messages telling me to install flash, I can get so far with the installation and then it just stops. I've downloaded all the so called fixes for Vista but nothing seems to work. I don't think there was a problem before SP1, at least I didn't notice it. I will be interested to know if anyone can find a fix. I'm running a Tosh satellite p200 2 gb ram

Apart from this I'm happy with the new download, things improved a lot when I added another gb memory.

Re: fed up with vista
 

Also why pay a lot of money for a Vista run laptop, and then spend more money installing XP, after all isn't Vista supposed to be the "one to have" operating system for the next few years. I don't seem to be the only one having problems, most of the review sites I have looked at don't give very positive findings showing Vista to be at least 8% slower than XP, SP1 hasn't improved it a great deal, and has in fact caused problems for some people. I have also had problems with updates, having lost dvd drive, this was sorted by Acer technical, and I am waiting to speak to them at the moment about present problem. Microsoft wanted £40 + vat for the privilege.

---------- Post added at 17:10 ---------- Previous post was at 16:29 ----------

Thanks Tightscot, I've run scan now, says 98% complete, found corrupt file, wasn't able to fix.
Details in cbs.log windir\logs\cbs\cbs.log. for example
c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log
Double dutch to me " Help ":dunce:

Re: fed up with vista
 

Open notepad, and go to File > Open and paste in that path " c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log" it will open it for you in Notepad, and will allow you to read through the file.

Re: fed up with vista
 

you'll be looking for an entry in the cbs.log saying something like :

Cannot repair member file file details blah blah blah

post details here...

Re: fed up with vista
 

Done that Druchii, but a list of thousands, and I don't know what to look for, I'm out of my depth. most displayed seem to be -partial install status testing package
detect parent "
evaluation "
self update
You whizz kids must be getting fed up with me by now, but thanks for your patience.:o:

---------- Post added at 18:33 ---------- Previous post was at 18:18 ----------

Hi Tightscott, you folks are posting quicker than I'm trying suggestions, and posting back, so if I'm out of sequence, please excuse. I'll have another look, be back in about a month.:confused:

Re: fed up with vista
 

assuming the log file is opening with notepad, try searching for the phrase 'cannot repair' - use ctrl & f to open the find options...

Re: fed up with vista
 

Hi Tightscot,

Just got back to computer, and tried your advice. Below are the findings.

2008-03-26 14:38:34, Info CSI 00000055 [SR] Verify complete
2008-03-26 14:38:35, Info CSI 00000056 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
2008-03-26 14:38:35, Info CSI 00000057 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2008-03-26 14:38:35, Info CSI 00000058 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:16{8}]"drag.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-SlideshowGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:35, Info CSI 00000059 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.css" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-SlideshowGadget.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:37, Info CSI 0000005a [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:56{28}]"rss_headline_glow_flyout.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-RSSFeedsGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:37, Info CSI 0000005b [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:60{30}]"rss_headline_glow_floating.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-RSSFeedsGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:37, Info CSI 0000005c [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:16{8}]"logo.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-RSSFeedsGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:48, Info CSI 0000005d [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:56{28}]"rss_headline_glow_flyout.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-RSSFeedsGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:48, Info CSI 0000005e [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:60{30}]"rss_headline_glow_floating.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-RSSFeedsGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:48, Info CSI 0000005f [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:16{8}]"logo.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-RSSFeedsGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:48, Info CSI 00000060 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.css" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-SlideshowGadget.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:48, Info CSI 00000061 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:16{8}]"drag.png" of Microsoft-Windows-Gadgets-SlideshowGadget, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2008-03-26 14:38:49, Info CSI 00000062 Repair results created:
POQ 17 starts: