Hi fabrownii,
When you tap F8, do you get an option to choose Safe Mode with command prompt?
When you tap F8, do you get an option to choose Safe Mode with command prompt?
Hi fabrownii,
Try performing a repair install for Windows Vista and see if this process resolves your issue. Here is the link for the repair install instructions:
Repair Install For Vista - Vista Forums
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diskpart
list volume
[COLOR=#0066cc][I]This is so you can be sure what drive letter the recovery console is seeing the
operating system drive as. Sometimes it can be different to what you expect.[/I][/COLOR]
exit
dism.exe /image:[B]<drive letter>[/B]:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions [COLOR=#0066cc]
[I]Swap [/i][B]<drive letter>[/B][i] with whatever drive letter you found previously.
This command should stop the "pending updates".
After you get the message: "The operation completed sucessfully" run the next one.[/I][/COLOR]
sfc /scannow /offbootdir=[B]<drive letter>[/B]:\ /offwindir=[B]<drive letter>[/B]:\Windows
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