missing mfc80u.dll file!

April 29, 2018, 12:35 pm

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Hello, I hope someone can help me with this. Recently I tried switching g over from one sound driver to another. I normally use line 6 POD farm. However I also have installed M-audio or Avid Fast Track C600. Only thing is the Fast track won't work now. I get this error widow see attachment) It come up in all three DAW's and my Guitar Rig 5 when I try to switch the sound driver to Fast Track 600. I don't have any idea when the problem occurred. It has worked in the past. I don't believe I have windows visual studio 05. when I search it it comes up empty. I did a scannow the results showed some issues..can't remember them, but were recorded in a cab. file somewhere I think.

Anyone have any idea how I could fix this? I tried pasting a copy of the downloaded mfc80u.dll file to the Fast Track folder, and system 32 folder, to no avail. I have Win Ultimate 64 bit.
Thanks,
Ron

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Windows.old nightmare

April 29, 2018, 6:46 pm

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Friends;

I inherited an old HP desktop that came with W7 before SP1 and tons of HP bloatware - all outdated junk. Problem is, the prior owner did a recovery to factory settings, which is ok, but then he installed a W7 SP1 disk thinking he could use his older W7 key code and get a bloat free W7.

Instead, he got W7 that wouldn't take his key, a windows.old set of folders/files and the inability to activate another recovery to factory settings off his D:/.

He did some kind of boot cmd after searching the net. I have no idea what he did.

I know I can get to a recovery window that states the recovery or restore files can't be found. But I can get to a window with five recovery options where I can see the windows.old folders/files.

How can I do a recovery back to the old version of W7 (factory settings)?

There are no recovery discs or backup available.

Please explain in terms easy to follow for the tech challenged.

Many thanks!!!

Windows 7 , everything seems slow

May 1, 2018, 9:35 am

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Hi All

Please let me know if this should be moved to another section and I'll keep it brief till then

The issue is speed, everything is taking noticeably longer
Open a program that in the past took a few seconds, now it can take 30-45 sec.
Command responses are ling enough I find myself re-clicking , not sure if the 1st (or 2nd ) one worked.

Avira scans show nothing

I'm using A Dell latitude, quad core I5 , 4 GIG RAM running Windows 7 64 bit Office 2007 suite and Avira security software

This is simply a work machine -no gaming, I spend a lot of time in the Office suite & opening a new Word doc, or Excel spreadsheet may take 30 -40 seconds.
I'm noticing similar speed issues online, a fair amount of "timed out" requests when opening web pages/documents.
We use an online customer management suite "Asana" & the speed issue is noticed.
Note - others running similar Dell laptops ( I bought several for work a few years back) are not having these issues

Please let me know the next steps I should take
Thanks
Bob

BSOD

May 2, 2018, 7:08 am

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Hi folks,

This is more a question for my understanding than a continuing problem.
I had a BSD event yesterday while writing an e-mail. This is my first BSD in years. Using current Firefox and logged into MS Outlook. Had to restart the system and no more problems.

Ran "Who Crashed" and the report said a "Bad pool caller" caused the crash but no specific driver was found to be at fault. I keep my drivers up to date. The report mentioned the OS was likely the problem.

I am curious as to what a "Bad pool caller" fault is.

Dave

Which version of Windows to buy now?

May 2, 2018, 2:39 pm

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Hi everyone,
I have an i5 PC that currently runs win 7, but the thing is I always give my PC to the tech guys to format or repair the PC/windows. I would like to purchase a copy of Windows for myself so I can try to do things myself and I am thinking of either Windows 7 professional or Windows 10 pro, 64 bit OEM editions both. I honestly dont know which one would be better. My PC has 8 GB RAM, and a GTX 1050 Ti graphics card. The OEM editions seem to be cheaper. I am also confused that the site I am trying to buy has different names showing, all windows 7 or 10, pro. Like for windows 10 I am shown Microsoft FQC-08929U2 Professional 64. I dont know what FQC is or the number, so how do I find the best deal?

Old Problem Recurrs

May 2, 2018, 3:23 pm

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I've looked through my Control Panel and all old threads are locked. Search doesn't include old threads, so I can't even search to review the recommendations. Not really sure how that helps anybody, but here goes ...


Some time back, as part of some other issues, I posted about the audio buzzing, screen freezing, etc. I was advised to do something with the Swap file I believe, can't remember now.

This has been happening intermittently, sometime once a day, sometimes not for days, or even weeks. When it happens, it lasts anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or more. It has always eventually gone back to normal and I can continue what I was doing.

It usually happens when I make some action like refreshing a browser page. Note, Windows Media Players is virtually always playing various music; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - music is always on. Which other programs are in use varies, but it's usually Task Manager, Resource Monitor, SeaMoinkey, Opera 10, IE 11, LibreOffice, NotePad and a few others.

Sometime overnight I woke up, the music was playing fine, but the system was idle otherwise, screen was dark (shuts off after 30 minutes). With no action on my part, the buzzing started. Lasted maybe 30 seconds or so, then the audio resumed normally.

Just a few minutes ago, it happened again, but with a major difference. BSOD. I believe there's a crash dump if anybody wants it.

Event Viewer shows the following:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0x0000000000000538, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff880044cc836). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 050218-21918-01.

I need to know what's happening, how to correct it and if it's a sign of more serious issues coming back to haunt me. I do keep weekly backups now.

Thumbnails not showing in picture folders

May 4, 2018, 12:10 am

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I cannot get thumbnails to show in picture folders, only icons.
Have tried various fixes, including unticking 'always show icons never thumbnails' etc. etc. and nothing will work.
Any help greatly appreciated

Blue Screen Error and Screen Cut OFF Error

May 4, 2018, 7:31 am

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Hello,


I have a problem on my desktop PC,

Sometime I have got Blue Screen Error but in long diff times and Ignored it and I have got new problem when watch any thing Online or My PC (My Screen cut off and My PC Still Running) This problem happend from like 2-3 months ago

So I should Disconnect electricity directly to start up it again




BlueScreen Errors (Dump Files)

https://prnt.sc/jdp5lu



Full System Info

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General

    Operating System      Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

    Central Processor      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz

    User Name      Name

Graphics

    Video Adapter      Intel(R) HD Graphics

    Video Memory      2.1 GB

    Screen Resolution      1680 x 1050

Storage

    Total Memory      7.9 GB

    Free Memory      3.3 GB

    Total Hard disk      931.3 GB

    Free Hard disk      455.7 GB

I/O

    Mouse      USB Input Device

    Keyboard      USB Input Device


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Operating System

Computer System

    Computer Name      Name-PC

    User Name      Name

    Organization      N/A

Operating System

    OS Name      Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

    OS Version      6.1.7601

    Service Pack      1.0

    System Up Time      5/4/2018 2:46:50 PM

    Internet Explorer Version      11.0.9600.18977

    Microsoft DirectX Version      DirectX 11

    OpenGL Version      6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Registry

    Maximum Size      2048 MB

    Current Size      164 MB

    Status      OK


Top

Processor MainBoard

Central Processor

    CPU Name      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz

    NumberOfLogicalProcessors      4

    Code Name      N/A

    Manufacturer      GenuineIntel

    Current Clock Speed      3001 Mhz

    Max Clock Speed      3001 Mhz

    Voltage      0V

    External Clock      100 Mhz

    CPU ID      Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9

    Socket Designation      CPU 1

    N/A      256 KB

    N/A      1024 KB

    N/A      6144 KB

Motherboard

    Model      0XR1GT

    Manufacturer      Dell Inc.

    BIOS Name      BIOS Date: 10/14/13 15:41:37 Ver: 04.06.05

    BIOS Vendor      Dell Inc.

    SMBIOS Version      A11

    BIOS Date      10/14/2013

BIOS Features

    PCI is supported      Yes

    BIOS is Upgradable (Flash)      Yes

    BIOS shadowing is allowed      Yes

    Boot from CD is supported      Yes

    Selectable Boot is supported      Yes

    BIOS ROM is socketed      Yes

    EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) Specification is supported      Yes

    Int 13h - 5.25 /1.2MB Floppy Services are supported      Yes

    Int 13h - 3.5 / 720 KB Floppy Services are supported      Yes

    Int 13h - 3.5 / 2.88 MB Floppy Services are supported      Yes

    Int 5h, Print Screen Service is supported      Yes

    Int 9h, 8042 Keyboard services are supported      Yes

    Int 14h, Serial Services are supported      Yes

    Int 17h, printer services are supported      Yes

    ACPI supported      Yes

    USB Legacy is supported      Yes


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Memory Device

Memory Resource

    Total Memory      7.9 GB

    Used Memory      4.6 GB

    Free Memory      3.3 GB

    Memory Usage      58%

Physical Memory

    Memory Bank      N/A

    Description      Physical Memory 0

    Device Locator      DIMM1

    Capacity      4.0 GB

    Speed      1600 Mhz

    Manufacturer      Samsung

    Data Width      64 bit

    Memory Type      Unknown

    Form Factor      DIMM

Physical Memory

    Memory Bank      N/A

    Description      Physical Memory 1

    Device Locator      DIMM2

    Capacity      4.0 GB

    Speed      1600 Mhz

    Manufacturer      Samsung

    Data Width      64 bit

    Memory Type      Unknown

    Form Factor      DIMM


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Drives

Disk Drives

    Name      WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0

    Media Type      Fixed hard disk media

    Capability      931.5 GB

    Interface Type      IDE

    Partitions      3

    Total Cylinders      121601

    Total Heads      255

    Total Sectors      1953520065

    Total Tracks      31008255

    Tracks Per Cylinder      255

    Bytes Per Sector      512

    Sectors Per Track      63

    S.M.A.R.T Support      Yes

    Current Temperature      0C (32F)

IDE Controller

    Name      Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller

    Manufacturer      Intel

    Status      OK


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Display

Video Adapter

    Name      Intel(R) HD Graphics

    Video Processor      Intel(R) HD Graphics Family

    Manufacturer      Intel Corporation

    Video Architecture      VGA

    DAC Type      Internal

    Memory Size      2.1 GB

    Memory Type      Unknown

    Video Mode      1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors

    Current Refresh Rate      59 Hz

    Driver Version      10.18.10.4276

    Driver Date      8/17/2015

Video Adapter

    Name      NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

    Video Processor      GeForce GT 620

    Manufacturer      Intel Corporation

    Video Architecture      VGA

    DAC Type      Integrated RAMDAC

    Memory Size      1.0 GB

    Memory Type      Unknown

    Video Mode      NULL

    Current Refresh Rate      NULL Hz

    Driver Version      23.21.13.9135

    Driver Date      3/23/2018

Monitor

    Name      Default Monitor

    Screen Height      1050

    Screen Width      1680

    Status      OK


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Network

Local Area Connection

    Product Name      Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

    Service Name      RTL8167

    Manufacturer      Realtek

    MAC Address      78:45:C4:2D:5C:56

Wireless Network Connection

    Product Name      Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)

    Service Name      athr

    Manufacturer      Qualcomm Communications Inc.

    MAC Address      NULL

Local Area Connection 2

    Product Name      IPVanish Adapter

    Service Name      tapipvanish

    Manufacturer      IPVANISH

    MAC Address      NULL

Local Area Connection 4

    Product Name      TAP-Windows Adapter V9

    Service Name      tap0901

    Manufacturer      TAP-Windows Provider V9

    MAC Address      00:FF:FE:BE:A1:4F

Local Area Connection 5

    Product Name      VPN Client Adapter - VPN

    Service Name      Neo_VPN

    Manufacturer      PureVPN

    MAC Address      NULL

Local Area Connection 6

    Product Name      TAP-NordVPN Windows Adapter V9

    Service Name      tapnordvpn

    Manufacturer      TAP-NordVPN Windows Provider V9

    MAC Address      NULL

Other Device

Sound Device

    Name      NVIDIA High Definition Audio

    Manufacturer      NVIDIA

    Status      OK

Sound Device

    Name      NVIDIA High Definition Audio

    Manufacturer      NVIDIA

    Status      OK

Sound Device

    Name      NVIDIA High Definition Audio

    Manufacturer      NVIDIA

    Status      OK

Sound Device

    Name      NVIDIA High Definition Audio

    Manufacturer      NVIDIA

    Status      OK

Mouse

    Name      USB Input Device

    Manufacturer      (Standard system devices)

    Buttons      0

    Status      OK

Keyboard

    Name      USB Input Device

    Description      Enhanced (101- or 102-key)

    Function Keys      12

    Status      OK

USB Controller

    Product Name      Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E26

    Manufacturer      Intel

    Protocol Supported      Universal Serial Bus

    Status      OK

USB Controller

    Product Name      Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E2D

    Manufacturer      Intel

    Protocol Supported      Universal Serial Bus

    Status      OK

USB Controller

    Product Name      Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller

    Manufacturer      Intel(R) Corporation

    Protocol Supported      Universal Serial Bus

    Status      OK

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Can't perform a system restore

May 7, 2018, 4:49 pm

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This is what happens. I have 2 restore points, both in April, but with both of them I get this message.

Specifically, I was trying to do this because I got a message on something I sign into online that there was a failed attempt to sign in. So, I figured I should change my password. I went to change it in my password storage program, and did so, only that in order to change it I first had to confirm the current password, which it is was asking me to do. I'm not even sure if going back to before it happened would give me the old password in the program, I know system restore doesn't restore everything on your system to the way it was before, but it was worth a try.

As for this error message. I'm not sure what anti-virus it is talking about. I downloaded and installed malwarebytes about a week ago, used it, then uninstalled it once the trial had expired. I don't know what all my processes are, but maybe it would help to shut down everything that's not essential for windows 7 to run

Universal drive designator for 4 usb drives

May 10, 2018, 8:13 pm

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I am a teacher and use 4 usb drives every day, each for a different subject. There are times when I forget which disk I saved something to, and I do not always put the same disk in the same usb port. Is there some way to create a logical drive designation, for example, USB, that would let me search all 4 of them at the same time?

Internet randomly losing connection

May 12, 2018, 6:27 am

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My Win7 PC is connected to the internet via a Devolo Powerline adaptor, it's in an upstairs room, the other end of the powerline is plugged directly into my BT Hub router downstairs.
About once every 1-2 hours my PC loses internet connection, when I use the network troubleshooting tool in Windows it generally reconnects within 30secs or so, but I'd like to stop it disconnecting in the first place as it's annoying for gaming etc.
When it reconnects it sometimes gives an error message or reason for the issue, but it's not consistent...
The default gateway is not available or Network adapter has been restarted
Occasionally it will say the router isn't connected, however I'm still able to get a wifi signal on my phone so I know that's not the case. My broadband is very reliable at around 45mb or higher.
Any ideas?

PC doesn't boot but it boots with older clone of hd

May 12, 2018, 9:20 pm

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PC( Emachine) not booting after switching it off.

Problem:
PC( W7) switched off due to a few days trip. Upon a return the PC did not boot. Got message:
“Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change may be the cause. To fix the problem:
1 Insert your Windows installation……etc
2 Choose the language and click “Next”
3 Click Repair your computer

Status: 0xc000000
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible “


A note:
]I have a good clone (made some time before) of the HDD in question (with less stuff on it, of course!). It boots fine. In HDD management tool I can see both drives and can compare corresponding folders.
Is there any trick I could use to fix “sick” drive (e.g. replace a folder/file with the one from the clone)?

Detail 1: I would actually work on the clone of the faulty drive so I have “some peace of mind”
Regarding cloning- I did not encounter any problem so far though I made a clones of various hdd(eg. pvr).

Detail 2 : A few days before my departure I encountered an attempt to take my computer “a hostage”-
flashing windows with a threat of locking my PC.. I yanked the cable from the modem and
hard switched power off my pc. Upon restarting the pc (no boot problem) I scanned whole
system with a System Mechanic software. No problem found. The system worked for about
2 days. Then fateful power down before my departure and upon my return my trial started.

I would be very grateful for any hints.

Milan

Multiple BSODs Lately....

May 15, 2018, 5:27 pm

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Getting many BSODs lately.

Here are my system specs:


OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor, AMD64 Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0
Processor Count: 8
RAM: 16353 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, -1 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 255 GB (137 GB Free); D: 0 GB (0 GB Free); E: 48 GB (43 GB Free); F: 1784 GB (1296 GB Free); H: 289 GB (209 GB Free); I: 465 GB (258 GB Free);
Motherboard: ASRock, 970A-G/3.1
Antivirus: Avast Antivirus, Enabled and Updated

What diagnostic programs can I use to collect BSOD system error specs to post here for analysis?

Thanks.

problem sending comand to the program for Autocad-2004

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I am using Autocad -2004 on Win 7 pro 32 bit operating system for drafting and designing purpose.Now after update my autocad file does not open and error shows "problem sending comand to the program". Itried alot to open Autocad -2004 file bt fail to do so. As such I gone through update history and find window update patch i.e security update for microsoft KB-4093118 and uninstalled that path and stop auto update .After restarting now my Autocad file start working. In a similar way for win 10 pro operating system , I un-intalled window update patch i.e security update for microsoft KB-4093112 & KB-4088776 and now again with win 10 OS my autocad now working.
Kindly suggest whats wrong with these security update for windows OS 7 & 10

Dell Inspiron N 5010

May 16, 2018, 9:56 am

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I recently inherited a Dell Inspiron N 5010 laptop. It goes through POST just fine and all system diagnostics are good. When it tries to boot to Windows, it displays the following: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 083) then, Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller Series v1.19 (08/10/09) then, PXE-E61 Media test failure, check cable then, PXE-M0F Exiting PXE ROM then, Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key. I've tried all bootable media I have to no avail. Suggestions?

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I've been having this problem for a while now, I come back to my PC which should be asleep and it's completely off. It doesn't happen every time I put it to sleep, but often enough to be a problem.


Upon boot I'm asked about starting in safe mode etc, making me think it's an unexpected shutdown.


Looking at the error logs I find:


Error 41, kernel-power - the system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first.



6 times this month already..



any suggestions on troubleshooting the source of this?


Many thanks!

Play Blu-ray with VLC but not working.

May 17, 2018, 7:49 pm

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Can someone tell me why? I play Blu-ray with VLC on my windows computer but error occur like"this blu-ray disc needs a library for bd+ decoding, and your system does not have it". How can I solve this?

Internet explorer

May 19, 2018, 7:49 am

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I purchased a Samsung N150 Net book-running windows 7 starter.
The previous owner cleared their data, but When I try to get on the internet-via explorer I get the page saying error in the script on this page.
How can I download google and use?
Please see attachment.
Can anyone help, please?
Claire

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Windows 7 Update stuck at KB2813430.

May 20, 2018, 12:41 am

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Hi!

This is Apoorva. I use HP 530 laptop and have recently installed original Windows 7 and activated the copy with the original key. I ran Windows update last night and in the morning when I woke up, I noticed that 110 updates have been installed so far and Windows Updates is now stucked at the installation of Update # 111 which is for KB2813430. It is almost 7-8 hrs I guess but it is just not moving ahead. Does anybody knows why and a solution to it?


Please refer the enclosed screen capture.



Regards,
Apoorva.

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Vista won't boot: Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically.

May 20, 2018, 11:39 pm

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hello,


I'm trying to boot an old laptop (HP pavilion dv6000 with all the original hardware, running windows vista 32 bit home edition) but it has been unable to load up Windows for some time now. I'm stuck at the "System Recovery Options" screen on the X: drive. This occurred two years ago, when my laptop crashed while trying to install Windows Service Pack 2 (or 1?). This is the following log I get:

Quote:

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2 Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000 Problem Signature 03: 6 Problem Signature 04: 2555948 Problem Signature 05: CorruptFile Problem Signature 06: CorruptFile Problem Signature 07: 3221225624 Problem Signature 08: 0 Problem Signature 09: unknown Problem Signature 10: 1168 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033

my problem is similar to what is described here: https://www.techsupportforum.com/for...ly-768938.html


I followed the suggestions listed where applicable, to no avail. In particular:


-Safe Mode will not even boot, despite mashing F8. It just goes directly to the System Recovery screen regardless of what buttons I press (except F10, which takes me to the BIOS menu)

-I have no System Restore points
-I do not have any backups, nor do I have the Vista CD
-I ran chkdsk succesfully; it took four hours, and no errors were detected
-I ran sfc /scannow to no avail. It tells me a system repair is pending, and of course when I do the required reboot and run the command again I get the same error message. The fix on the internet involves dism.exe, which is not recognized by my system.

-I did this: https://www.techsupportforum.com/for...ml#post4651002 also to no avail
-I successfully ran all the /bootrec commands...nothing
-tried running bcdboot c:\windows, and bcdboot is not recognized. However, unlike the OP in the aforementioned thread, I was able to located the folder containing the BCD file. If that means anything.



so I'm pretty much at a loss at this point. If it bears repeating, the inability boot occurred after the computer crashing during installation of Windows Service Pack. Is there perhaps something in the registry I should be looking for?



A clean install would not suit my purposes, as I'm trying to use this old laptop for old legacy software that I have installed, and I no longer have the installation disc.



Thank you so much! Any help would greatly be appreciated.