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I tried to run scannow to repair Windows Vista.  I did that, but the scan only ran until 76%, then I received the message:  Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."  How can I complete the scan and repair my Windows Vista.

This article might apply to none acer computers.

When you turn the computer on it locks or stops loading at the splash screen or at various parts of the BIOS load procedure and windows is not loaded. If the full screen logo is not turned on this error might be presented at a slightly different point.

• remove USB mouse, when running on the original ps2 mouse the pc would fire up no probs. but with the M/S optical usb mouse plugged in it freezes
• remove all USB devices

If you are having major issues trying to repair a windows vista / windows 7 installation, the best way to fix it is to repair upgrade it, however you might get the following errors, they need to be worked through to be able to perform an upgrade as you cannot do repair installs anymore.

II found that if windows will not boot using any of the options in the boot menu you can then set the client PC into bootdebug mode by pressing F10 and the correct entry, then start  debugging on the Server machine, connect the client PC physically with a firewire cable. This allows the client PC to boot using i assume an alternative kernel.

NB: you can put the Client PC in to bootdebug mode and connected by firewire cable by pressing F10

after you login "an unauthorized change was made to windows" message appears with the 2 options:

1. "learn more online"
2. "close"

• if you click close you logout
• if you click learn more online it takes you to the windows online genuine advantage validation page. in this case it had failed and would not revalidate

try one or more of the following:

• uninstall the validation update
• change the key
• rearm
• sfc /scannow

NB: to access the explorer, type c:\windows\explorer.exe in to the addressbar

didnt work, so addition

go to c:\windows\system32 and set the read only bit for that folder and all sub folders

wga diag does not run in safe mode

the tokens removal instruction might or might not have an effect on the "not enough quota is available to process this command" error.

If windows loads in restricted mode the following should allow upgrading

• boot in to normal mode or debug mode
• click learn more online (internet connection not required)
• run c:\windows\explorer.exe from address bar, you might be able to run d:\setup.exe from the address bar
• run upgrade from vista setup disk, same service pack version might be required.
• complete the upgrade

NB: If you get "not enough quota is available to process this command" this might be overcome by trying different methods of accessing the setup.exe on the vista setup disk. ie

• start/run
• my computer / setup.exe
• address bar in internet explorer
• running as an admiinistrator might be required

How to Reset/ NVRAM initialization / Super NVRAM initialization / Network reset / Cold reset the HP Laserjet P2015 Printer.

NVRAM initialization the HP Laserjet P2015 Printer

CAUTION Only perform the following procedure if absolutely necessary. Performing an NVRAM initialization resets some parameters that cannot be restored later.

NVRAM initialization sets all default variables stored in NVRAM back to factory default values or to a default ROM value, depending on the variable. It also performs a system reset.

NVRAM initialization resets the following:

• All menu settings to factory default values
• Factory settings such as formatter number, page counts, and factory paper settings

Use the following procedure to perform an NVRAM initialization.

1. Turn the printer off.
2. Press and hold down the Go button.
3. Turn the printer on, and continue to hold the Go button for at least 20 seconds. During this process, the Go button, Attention, and Ready LEDs each turn on.
4. Release the Go button.

The printer lights begin cycling. After the NVRAM initialization is complete, the printer returns to the ready state.

Super NVRAM initialization the HP Laserjet P2015 Printer
This feature is similar to NVRAM initialization, except all of NVRAM is re-initialized (including the
configuration parameters not reset by an NVRAM initialization).

Use the following procedure to perform an NVRAM initialization.

1. Turn off the HP Laserjet P2015 Printer.
2. Press and hold the Go button.
3. Turn on the printer and continue to hold the Go button for at least 50 seconds. During this process, the Attention, Ready, Go lights turn on. Then the Attention and Ready lights turn off,leaving only the Go light illuminated.
4. Release the Go button. The Go, Ready and Attention lights turn on.
5. Press and hold the Go button. All lights turn off. During the next three seconds, the Go, Ready and Attention lights turn on in that order, one per second.
6. Release the Go button to perform the initialization. The control panel lights begin cycling from front to back. After the Super NVRAM initialization process is complete, the printer returns to the ready state.

Network reset the HP Laserjet P2015 Printer
A network reset changes all network system parameters in NVRAM to the factory defaults. During the network-reset process, all button presses are ignored.
Use the following procedure to perform a network reset.

1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold the Job Cancel button.
3. Turn on the printer and continue to hold the Job Cancel button for approximately 10 seconds,but no longer than 20 seconds. During this process, the Attention light turns on.
4. Release the Job Cancel button. The Attention, Ready, and Go lights begin cycling from front to back. After the network-reset process is complete, the device returns to the ready state.

NOTE If the Attention and Ready lights illuminate before you release the Job Cancel
button, start again at step 1.

Cold reset the HP Laserjet P2015 Printer

A cold reset changes most system parameters in NVRAM to the factory defaults. However, unlike NVRAM initialization, a cold reset does not reset the page count, the paper tray sizes, language, or formatter number.

NOTE A cold reset also resets all the HP Jetdirect settings as well as the printer settings.

Use the following procedure to perform a cold reset.

1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold the Go button.
3. Turn the printer on, and continue to hold the Go button for at least 5 seconds, but not longer than 15 seconds. During this process, the Attention LED turns on.
4. Release the Go button.

NOTE If both the Attention and the Ready LEDs turn on before you release the Go button, you must start the procedure again with step 1.

The printer’s LEDs begin cycling. The cold-reset process runs until completion, and the printer returns to the ready state.

My experience in installing Microsoft Security Essentials.

I tried to install MSE on my XP laptop and I got an installation error - 0x8004FF01.

After looking through a couple of posts I tried the following:

1. Download and install the latest Windows Installer 4.5 from here:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288
2. Ensure the Windows Installer service is set to automatic and started.

After doing these 2 things, the install worked fine.

• SPTD corrupt file is most likely the download, redownload and check the icon is a proper one

see this page for registry error fixes and manual removal if needed

into the sql tab on phpmyadmin or in console:

UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(’newrootpassword’) WHERE User=’root’;FLUSH PRIVILEDGES

Windows 7, and possibly Windows Vista can suffer from various problems when installing

• AMD cool and quiet can prevent windows 7 x64 installation, disable it in bios (try diabling smart fan control aswell)
• FDD present in bios but not physicaly can cause massive time delays or the installation to stop
• make sure only one drive connected as windows 7 gets confused where to put the bootloader, also speeds up the setup as it does not wait for drives to respond
• set drives to achi not sata or native ide or raid (and possibly vice versa as an option)
• detach all unnecessary USB and other external devices. USB mice, pendrive and printers with card readers
• check hardware with windows 7 upgrade advisor can be helpful
• Try formatting the partition manually during setup rather than just clicking next
• Drop ram to minimum ie 1gb by 1 stick. also might try different variations as certain memory arrangements can cause issues
• clock memory down from 1333 to 800 etc.
  
  Also these can be valid aswell, not fully checked though

• Disabling USB
• Try 1 video card when 2 are present
• Disable ide and use usb cdrom
• disabling power saving in bios might speed windows 7 up aswell as help
• Choose Enable Low-resolution video (640*480) option, and press Enter

Useful links

http://superuser.com/questions/17207/windows-7-install-stuck-at-setup-is-starting
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/bae1726d-f99a-4b24-a5a8-fa8a84451056
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/e947432f-a6f2-419f-b307-16e301c34bb6
http://superuser.com/questions/59378/windows-7-setup-hangs-after-starting-windows-screen
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/586647.aspx

Windows 7 Install Stuck at Setup is Starting / Windows 7 setup hangs after “Starting Windows…”-screen

I'm trying to install Windows 7 RTM 64-bit on my computer but I am stuck between "Starting Windows" and the first dialog window asking for the language. All I can see is the standard Win7 background and the mouse cursor which I can move around. There is no hard drive or CD-ROM activity.

• Disable FDD in BIOS.

Win7 x64 setup freezes on "Completing Installation"

• Found the problem. AMD Cool 'n Quiet Technology. I switched it off in the BIOS, and it installed straight away

Windows 7 64 bit takes half hour to Boot - if not FDD issue

I'm doing a clean installation of windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on my machine, it gets to the point where it says "Setup is starting..." when I install, and then takes half an hour approximately to get to the point where I can choose drives, etc... And then every time it reboots, half hour until I can do anything. My vista 64 bit install takes approx 20 minutes on this machine, and the win 7 compatibility test thing says everything is fine. I have the following hardware:

• Apparently has something to do with my secondary raid array. I disable (removed the power to those two drives) that, and I get super quick boot.
• The issues you were having were most likely due to drivers for the RAID controller not being totally compatable with Windows 7.

6to4 Adapter is basically just a virtual adapter which microsoft has developed to change the IPv6 to IPv4 internally.

There is some compatibility issue with Vista and so it keeps on showing these errors and warnings. Also a 6tOP adapteer keeps on getting created

To stop the 6TOP adapters being created we have to remove the problem. this is cause by network adapters not having matched ipv4 and ipv6 settings. This is where the 6TO4 adapter comes in to play, it translates between IPV4 and IPV6 but because of the issues caused by Vista it keeps on creating them.

• check all adapters have IPV4 and IPV6 enabled or disable all IPV6 in adapters
• then delete all the erronoues drives 6to4 and isatap if required

 Other Things to Try

• Uninstall any ADSL modem drivers or other network adpaters
• check other adaptors settings do they have ipv6 enable. ie if they dont a tunnel adaptor 6to4 will be created. if there are incompatability issues one might be created every connection
• update speedtouch drivers + all other network drivers

It's not used so no it's not important. Do the following:

1. Go to the Control Panel and select Network & Sharing center.
2. Click manage network connections and disable your dial up/broadband if you use wireless. Disable wireless if you use dial up/broadband.
3. Right click your network connection and then left click properties.
4. Uncheck the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)
5. Click OK and exit.
   
   This will eliminate connection/hangup issues as well.
   
   If you are not sure google IPv6 6to4. It basically works with how ip addressess are issued, and we won't be needing it any time soon. For example:
   
   IPv4: 4,294,967,296 addresses (what we use now)
   IPv6: 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 addresses. (what we'll use in the future)