System Restore and Missing Links

I have a one week old HP with Vista Premium x64. I have not made the system
restore disks yet. Been busy sorting out software problems

I have the following problems:

Control panel will not open on the start menu or through explorer when I
click on it. The subdirectories will open when I click on the carrot on the
left of control panel in explorer.
FreeCell.exe will not run.
System restore will not find a restore point. It is not working properly. "
The volume shadow service used by system restore is not working. For more
information view the event log.(0x81000202)

All the other software I have check is operating. Firefox is a little balky
even without addins.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Peter

peter wrote:

> I have a one week old HP with Vista Premium x64. I have not made the
> system restore disks yet. Been busy sorting out software problems
>
> I have the following problems:
>
> Control panel will not open on the start menu or through explorer when I
> click on it. The subdirectories will open when I click on the carrot on
> the left of control panel in explorer.
> FreeCell.exe will not run.
> System restore will not find a restore point. It is not working properly.
> " The volume shadow service used by system restore is not working. For
> more information view the event log.(0x81000202)
>
> All the other software I have check is operating. Firefox is a little
> balky even without addins.

1. Make the recovery disc set *now*.

2. Since the system is new, restore it to factory condition. Once restored,
uninstall unwanted/obsolete/trial software. If McAfee or Norton came
preinstalled, replace it with Avast or Avira (free versions). Update to
Service Pack 2 if necessary. If the computer misbehaves, contact HP tech
support or take it back to where you bought it for immediate replacement.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:...
> peter wrote:
>
>> I have a one week old HP with Vista Premium x64. I have not made the
>> system restore disks yet. Been busy sorting out software problems
>>
>> I have the following problems:
>>
>> Control panel will not open on the start menu or through explorer when I
>> click on it. The subdirectories will open when I click on the carrot on
>> the left of control panel in explorer.
>> FreeCell.exe will not run.
>> System restore will not find a restore point. It is not working
>> properly.
>> " The volume shadow service used by system restore is not working. For
>> more information view the event log.(0x81000202)
>>
>> All the other software I have check is operating. Firefox is a little
>> balky even without addins.
>
> 1. Make the recovery disc set *now*.
>
> 2. Since the system is new, restore it to factory condition. Once
> restored,
> uninstall unwanted/obsolete/trial software. If McAfee or Norton came
> preinstalled, replace it with Avast or Avira (free versions). Update to
> Service Pack 2 if necessary. If the computer misbehaves, contact HP tech
> support or take it back to where you bought it for immediate replacement.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>

Should I do the disks before restoring from the hard drive or restore from
the hard drive first?

Thanks.

Peter

peter wrote:

> Should I do the disks before restoring from the hard drive or restore from
> the hard drive first?

Do them now. It will take a couple of DVDs and under an hour of your time.
That way if something goes wrong with the drive you'll have them.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Thanks for the help.

I have come up for air. Nothing ever goes as fast as projected.

I think I am OK now but have not done much work for the last two days.

As best I can recollect, the problem sequence went something like this.

Firefox was not running smoothly and I had AVG and zonealarm installed. The
same as my xp installation for about 2 years.
I tried clearing them from startup and reboot. There was still avg processes
running in task manager.
Uninstalled them. I guess through the control panel.
Then I cleaned the registry. Bad news.


Peter

"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:...
> peter wrote:
>
>> Should I do the disks before restoring from the hard drive or restore
>> from
>> the hard drive first?
>
> Do them now. It will take a couple of DVDs and under an hour of your time.
> That way if something goes wrong with the drive you'll have them.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>