Thanks wolf ... sounds like that would have fixed my last installation .....
but i had already re-installed last week after upgrading graphics card to
radeon x1550 512MB as i thought my hangs had something to do with card.
I was stuck on the install 3 of 3 loop days after install and going crazy
..... That was my real problem and i just wondered if anyone had my old
problem which obviously they did - I have learned to use these forums -
Brilliant - however i have just fixed that now after reading the post from
'nugat'.
Cheers nugat - I am back in and no doubt lots of other people will be too ...
SOLUTION delete pending.xml from windows/winsxs under vista
U have to boot with install disk though - repair computer and go to command
prompt - else u get access to denied to file (if u try move/delete from xp -
dual boot)
BIG PS - The reason lots of people do not have restore points is that
running dual boot deletes the vista restore points when u boot into xp ...
also why so many people be smart and cheeky about not having a backup or
restore points .... i have all my data files on other drives so my personal
data is safe .... i was still setting up my second install of vista and when
it was ready then i was gonna create a backup - unfortunately microsoft
jumped in there first ...
Anyway thanks to all the helpful posts on here - and thanks Ernest Dunhin
for the original post/solution - well done that man for putting the info on
here to help us guys ....
"wolfvision3" wrote:
> Here is your link to update your IE7 dll's and just run this from the
> microsoft site or save this file and open on desktop it is completly safe i
> did it on another computer, because i did not want to reinstall IE7 browser
> again and it fixed the issue, hope this helps. Link:
> http://vl.vinod975.googlepages.com/home222
>
> "Grahm" wrote:
>
> > This install 3 of 3 shutdown loop is most frustrating. I had only
> > re-installed vista from installation disk last week after vista mail would
> > not open and no internet was available due to missing dll's and constant
> > hangs after an hour. Last week my new install was running great, now
> > microsoft automation has killed my machine. Luckily it is dual boot.
> >
> > My question is Can i replace some files from windows.old over the new
> > windows install in explorer that would sort out the registry to boot up
> > successfully. I cannot be bothered with 2 days work setting it back up and
> > then for how long will it last.
> >
> > Because I am dual boot I have no restore points - that advice about restore
> > from disk was too late for me as I had already booted into xp to access my
> > documents.
> >
> > Thanks guys any help appreciated ....
> >
> > G