restoring windows.old to vista

Here is the problem. I was either hacked or someone is this house(no one
will tell me) set up the password protect, so when you turn on the
computer, it asked you for a password. Well, my wife put in the disk
that came with the computer and reinstalled windows vista. So now all I
have is a recycle bin, and nothing else. I cant get on the internet or
do anything. I have window.old file, but everwhere I go to find out how
to restore it. It wont work. I do the command prompt thingy, but it
gives me a access denied. It wont let me rename anything or move
anything. Dell wants me to pay the $80 just to talk to someone. I cant
find anything on the internet either.

I need serious help. Thanks for any help


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twesaak

Hi,

Windows.old contains the data from your former installation. To access it,
you first will need to take ownership of it from the folder's properties
(security tab/sdvanced). From the command prompt, you would use icacls.

What your wife has done is basically created a new installation. Software
will need to be reinstalled, and that may include software that supports
whatever type of connection you use.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"twesaak" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Here is the problem. I was either hacked or someone is this house(no one
> will tell me) set up the password protect, so when you turn on the
> computer, it asked you for a password. Well, my wife put in the disk
> that came with the computer and reinstalled windows vista. So now all I
> have is a recycle bin, and nothing else. I cant get on the internet or
> do anything. I have window.old file, but everwhere I go to find out how
> to restore it. It wont work. I do the command prompt thingy, but it
> gives me a access denied. It wont let me rename anything or move
> anything. Dell wants me to pay the $80 just to talk to someone. I cant
> find anything on the internet either.
>
> I need serious help. Thanks for any help
>
>
> --
> twesaak