Guest astrosoup Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 I do alot of home PC tech support in a small town. Yesterday I ran across a computer with Media Center Edition that had a few backdoor Trojans lurking about on it. I deleted all the malware I could find, but I think one of them took a little piece of the Operating System with it, because it is showing some quirky behavior such as repeated unexplained system errors and occasionally restarting on login. I perused through the event log, but there is nothing there to indicate a problem. Anyway, when I am sitting in front of the computer again, I will run an "sfc /scannow". If that doesn't work, I'd just assume fix it with a repair install, but I am pretty sure the recovery disk is going to make me reformat. I've read that you can get ahold of install disks for different versions of XP for $10-$15 sans cd key, but I can't find a place to do so. Is there a MCE install disk available for low-budget IT guys like me who just need the disk to reinstall an existing operating system just for the sake of correcting errors?
Guest Kelly Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Repairing XP- MCE Hi, So I take it the owner doesn't have the MC CD that came with the system. Either way if the owner doesn't have a tuner card, etc. you can use XP Pro just the same. I have done so many of times. Other than that, I haven't heard of such a site. Good luck. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "astrosoup" <astrosoup@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C561A780-F488-4BFA-8BF4-86C4A797952B@microsoft.com... >I do alot of home PC tech support in a small town. Yesterday I ran across a > computer with Media Center Edition that had a few backdoor Trojans lurking > about on it. I deleted all the malware I could find, but I think one of > them > took a little piece of the Operating System with it, because it is showing > some quirky behavior such as repeated unexplained system errors and > occasionally restarting on login. I perused through the event log, but > there > is nothing there to indicate a problem. > > Anyway, when I am sitting in front of the computer again, I will run an > "sfc > /scannow". If that doesn't work, I'd just assume fix it with a repair > install, but I am pretty sure the recovery disk is going to make me > reformat. > I've read that you can get ahold of install disks for different versions > of > XP for $10-$15 sans cd key, but I can't find a place to do so. Is there a > MCE > install disk available for low-budget IT guys like me who just need the > disk > to reinstall an existing operating system just for the sake of correcting > errors?
Guest astrosoup Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Repairing XP- MCE I'll take a closer look at the recovery CD, but I am not ready to reformat the machine just yet, so I may have to hold off on the recovery CD option. I hate to downgrade the user to xp pro if I don't have to. I guess my best option is just to purchase a copy of xp MCE. It is just annoying that I have to purchase a license for the operating system just so I can fix an already licensed copy of it. thanks or your help. -adam
Guest Kelly Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Repairing XP- MCE Hi, MCE is XP-Pro - the main difference is that MCE handles multimedia interfaces. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "astrosoup" <astrosoup@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6CF52947-BF22-4886-B8C5-C7F7FAD79227@microsoft.com... > I'll take a closer look at the recovery CD, but I am not ready to reformat > the machine just yet, so I may have to hold off on the recovery CD option. > > I hate to downgrade the user to xp pro if I don't have to. > > I guess my best option is just to purchase a copy of xp MCE. It is just > annoying that I have to purchase a license for the operating system just > so I > can fix an already licensed copy of it. > > thanks or your help. > -adam
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