Lost most windows functions

[Guest BrandonAj_18]

I am not sure what happened in June 2008 to our computer but it stopped

having most of the windows functions. We do not have paint,calculator,volume

control,and many other things. To top it off whenever we put a cd rom in the

drive it will not run it on the computer because it doesnt recognize the

drive. There is only a c drive now and it is driving me nuts here. A friend

tried system restore multiple times and we located the date the problem

occured but the system will not restore we get a message stating that it

cannot be restored to the earlier date. Any ideas? Yes I have the Cd Rom that

came with the computer however I cannot restore from Cd Rom if the computer

will not recognize it.

[Guest philo]

Re: Lost most windows functions

 

 

"BrandonAj_18" <BrandonAj18@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F4068C4B-BC3B-4D29-8FE3-3473B2FD77FE@microsoft.com...

> I am not sure what happened in June 2008 to our computer but it stopped

> having most of the windows functions. We do not have

paint,calculator,volume

> control,and many other things. To top it off whenever we put a cd rom in

the

> drive it will not run it on the computer because it doesnt recognize the

> drive. There is only a c drive now and it is driving me nuts here. A

friend

> tried system restore multiple times and we located the date the problem

> occured but the system will not restore we get a message stating that it

> cannot be restored to the earlier date. Any ideas? Yes I have the Cd Rom

that

> came with the computer however I cannot restore from Cd Rom if the

computer

> will not recognize it.

 

 

 

You need to determine if it's simply that Windows does not recognize the cd

ROM

or if it's just plain defective.

 

Check the bios and see if it's recognized...

if so set the boot order to boot fist from cd rom.

 

now reboot and see if you can boot from the cdrom...

if so, you can perform a repair installation

 

 

NOTE: Be sure to backup all your data before you do anything else

[Guest Galen Somerville]

Re: Lost most windows functions

 

 

"BrandonAj_18" <BrandonAj18@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F4068C4B-BC3B-4D29-8FE3-3473B2FD77FE@microsoft.com...

>I am not sure what happened in June 2008 to our computer but it stopped

> having most of the windows functions. We do not have

> paint,calculator,volume

> control,and many other things. To top it off whenever we put a cd rom in

> the

> drive it will not run it on the computer because it doesnt recognize the

> drive. There is only a c drive now and it is driving me nuts here. A

> friend

> tried system restore multiple times and we located the date the problem

> occured but the system will not restore we get a message stating that it

> cannot be restored to the earlier date. Any ideas? Yes I have the Cd Rom

> that

> came with the computer however I cannot restore from Cd Rom if the

> computer

> will not recognize it.

 

Sounds like it's slowly shutting you down because Genuine Advantage says

it's an invalid system.

 

Galen

[Guest ladym50+]

Re: Lost most windows functions

 

 

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emm

 

 

"Galen Somerville" wrote:

>

> "BrandonAj_18" <BrandonAj18@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F4068C4B-BC3B-4D29-8FE3-3473B2FD77FE@microsoft.com...

> >I am not sure what happened in June 2008 to our computer but it stopped

> > having most of the windows functions. We do not have

> > paint,calculator,volume

> > control,and many other things. To top it off whenever we put a cd rom in

> > the

> > drive it will not run it on the computer because it doesnt recognize the

> > drive. There is only a c drive now and it is driving me nuts here. A

> > friend

> > tried system restore multiple times and we located the date the problem

> > occured but the system will not restore we get a message stating that it

> > cannot be restored to the earlier date. Any ideas? Yes I have the Cd Rom

> > that

> > came with the computer however I cannot restore from Cd Rom if the

> > computer

> > will not recognize it.

>

> Sounds like it's slowly shutting you down because Genuine Advantage says

> it's an invalid system.

>

> Galen

>

>

> --Hi, I am new at this forum. But, listen, have you downloaded the SP3 pkg lately? When I did that, the same thing that you mention happened to me. I couldn't even go in the internet, and my Device Manager was all empty. I went to Add/Remove in Control Panel, and removed the SP3 pkg. Then, I went to Start, Search, wrote down SP3 and removed all the remaining files too. Then I called Gateway (my computer is a Gateway). We tried few things, and this is what worked for me: I went to Start, Run, Msconfig, Services. In services there are choices "Disable all" or "Enable ALL". Mine were all disabled, I clicked "Enable All" and that fixed my problem. I hope this can help you.