Corrupt Windows distribution

All .png files marked as text files in zip directory.

Well,
to be precise the zip tool used for packing is buggy. It marks all .png files as text ones. And if one tries to extract files with 'end of line' conversion based upon text/binary mark in zip archive, then we see the problem.
The problem can be verified with 'zipinfo'.

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Corrupted Windows 7 install on W520 need to reinstall Windows?

Somehow I have corrupted my Windows 7 installation on my W520.
I receive this error message from Windows when I try to open standard links with Windows Explorer:
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel."
Lenovo Support says I have to reinstall Windows 7 from the recovery disks. (My backup is also corrupted.) I do not want to completely reinstall Windows if I don't absolutely have to (Nobody would.). Fred Langa has a column that says you can do an "upgrade" reinstall to the same version you already have and it will fix a corrupted Window. However, as I don't have a complete copy of Windows I don't know whether I can do that with my Lenovo Windows serial number? I have downloaded a couple of Windows 7 install discs from Digital River and neither of them seemed to work. (I am running Windows 7 x64 Professional.) I have tried a bunch of file association changes by merging new associations with the Registry, but this has not solved my problem. Windows basically works, and all of my programs work, so I am really hoping for a solution. I can use Power Desk to navigate Windows instead of Windows Explorer but it won't open the desktop shorcuts like Control Panel, Documents, Picture, etc.
Any ideas? Thank you!
W520, Intel QM67 Express Chipset, i7-2760QM, 1000M NVIDIA GPU 2GB DDR3, 1920x1080 FHD LED, 16GB Corsair Vengeance PC3 12800, Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300, Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SATA 3 SSD, Sony Optiarc BD-5750H Blu-ray Writer, Dual-Mode DisplayPort.

Sorry to be slow in responding, I had a 400-mile drive between receiving your e-mail and time to respons. <ouch>
I have been to Digital River, but I found *two* versions of Windows Professional X64. I also found two different numbered ISOs which claimed to be the same version. (I actually first learned about them in a different forum in Lenovo.) I tried to do a Repair from them and neither worked. They might work for an upgrade install, with my Lenovo serial number, but they do not work with a Repair. (I did have a Repair disc that I had made myself, and it did *not* solve my problem.)
Do you happen to know the exact ISO number of a version that will work. They are 3GB per download, so they take a few minutes at home. Here I am on a satellite connection so I couldn't download them at all.
Thank you very much and you have always been extremely helpful. BTW, are you at all optimistic that I won't have to reinstall Windows. I am pretty fatalistic myself at this point. I have worked on the problem for more than 10 hours.
W520, Intel QM67 Express Chipset, i7-2760QM, 1000M NVIDIA GPU 2GB DDR3, 1920x1080 FHD LED, 16GB Corsair Vengeance PC3 12800, Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300, Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SATA 3 SSD, Sony Optiarc BD-5750H Blu-ray Writer, Dual-Mode DisplayPort.

How to install Windows 7 over corrupt Windows XP

Hello,I have a MSI U 100 wind Netbook with Windows XP. I suddenly get this Mistake: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
I would like to install Windows 7 Home 32 bit now. Can I just install it over my corrupt Windows XP?
Thank you.......
Gale

Hi,
Regarding the error messages Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM, please take a look at the below KB article:
How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting
For install Windows 7 Home 32 bit on your computer, we need to make sure the hardware is compatible with the new OS, and the manufacturer get the available drivers to have the devices work well with the new operating system. We could take use of
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
More information, please take a look at the following article:
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
Upgrading to Windows 7: frequently asked questions
Hope this helps
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

Mailed PDF files arrive on Windows platform as corrupt Windows Media files

Recently I mailed some .pdf files to 3 of the Windows machines on our network. Each of them reported that when attempting to open the .pdf file on the Windows machine, their system tried to use Windows Media instead of Adobe Reader. Of course they received an error message. When they saved the .pdf files on their machines, the files opened correctly in Adobe Reader.
These are files that I downloaded from the State of Oregon. After we had problems there, I mailed them some of the .pdf files I had created. Same results. The Windows machine treats them as corrupt Windows Media files.
I am the only Mac in our company. Of course the problem must be mine!?!
I am using MS Entourage as my mail client.
Suggestions? Comments? Answers?
Thanks!!

Kappy,
No problem! Your suggestions were what made me consider the extension option in Entourage's preferences. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
Your suggestion also prompted me to try the same thing using Mail. Mail worked just fine, so the problem is in how Entourage handles the .pdf file being sent to a Windows computer where it will be opened either in Outlook or Internet Explorer.
It seems that Somewhere along the line, the .pdf extension is being changed to a .png extension which triggers the launch of Windows Media Browser.
I just rebuilt the Entourage database and I'll see what happens now.
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Hp mini could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt /windows/system32/hal.dll.

windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
then it says please re-install a copy of the above file

Any system or sys32 and any .dll files missing or corrupted errors, usually the only fix is to reinstall windows and anything on hard drive not saved on removable drives...flash, usb, cd or floppy is lost. I've had several sys32.dll file missing or corrupted errors and asked at Best Buy Geek Squad what the fix would cost and that's how I learned the only fix is installing windows.

Recovery drive corrupted Windows 7 64-bit

Hi all,
My laptop came with recovery drive of Windows 7 64-bit. I once re-installed windows from that recovery drive. Some
time ago I installed some software after that "Windows not genuine" message start appearing. Then I tried to re-install Windows from Recovery Drive. But I come to know that my Recovery Manager is not working (Pressing F-8 while starting system, and
directly starting Recovery Manager from Programs) I have consulted some technical people they says that your recovery drive is corrupted. What should I do now.
Thanks!

Hi all,
My laptop came with recovery drive of Windows 7 64-bit. I once re-installed windows from that recovery drive. Some time ago I
installed some software after that "Windows not genuine" message start appearing. Then I tried to re-install Windows from Recovery Drive. But I come to know that my Recovery Manager is not working (Pressing F-8 while starting system, and directly
starting Recovery Manager from Programs) I have consulted some technical people they says that your recovery drive is corrupted. What should I do now.
Thanks!
Don't turn on your computer anymore.
Take your computer to a professional who can possibly recover whatever data may be recoverable on your hard drive. Tell the professional the software you downloaded that started causing the problem regarding the "Windows not genuine" message appearing
so the professional removes that software from the recovery if they can.
The professional will be able to diagnose what the issue with the harddrive or your computer is. Possibly the hard drive is failed and no data can be recovered from it. Possibly something on the laptops motherboard is bad so the hard drive can not be accessed.
The laptop may need a new hard drive. Which may require the professional to install Windows 64 bit OS on the new harddrive.
Plan to spend money.
May be cheaper to buy new laptop and throw old laptop away.
Don't install that software on your laptop again.
La vida loca

My Vista system crashed due to a corrupted windows file. When I reformatted C:/ & reloaded firefox & tbird, my bookmarks were gone. I have an image of the drive , but I don't know how to recover them and get the data back where I can access it.

Vista system crashed due to a corrupted system file. The C drive was reformatted, and windows reloaded, along with the rest of my programs.
Before the drive was reformatted, an image was made of it on a USB drive to save all the data. Now I need to know how to get the Bookmarks back for Firefox, and the Address Book back for Thunderbird.
Thanks

Thanks for the quick response. It worked very well, for both Firefox and Tbird.
One hitch, until I remembered: those are all hidden files, in hidden folders. I had a devil of a time finding the "roaming" folder, until I found out how to unhide everything. In years past, I used DOS for that kind of thing. Explorer is much less user-friendly. Now that I know how to do it, it's simple.
Thanks again for the guidance

Installed Photoshop cc 2014 asks for serial # - corrupted Windows file permissions

More of a warning / heads up to all than a question - installing Photoshop cc 2014 [via the CC manager app] caused some Windows file (security) permissions to become corrupt corrupt on my system. Symptoms include cc2014 asking for serial number validation on startup (when, as a cloud version, it should not do so), then being unable to connect to the internet when you press the 'validate serial' button so getting that window into infinite loops, and - a real pain in the *** when trying to fix the above - causing abends of some windows shell functions that in turn cause windows explorer to crash and restart.
Anyhow, digging into this (fortunately, I am a long time Windows SysProg) I discovered that for reasons unknown, either the CC master app or the actual Photoshop cc2014 installer (or both) are changing file access control permissions on a number of files, mostly DLL's. Most of the files affected are in the (normally hidden) Program Data directory on the windows root disk, Some of them are in the Adobe subdirectory - so fair enough if they want to fool around with their own program - but others being changed are in the Common Files and Microsoft subdirectories. I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is necessary nor why Adobe feel the need to touch files that 'do not belong' to them - something dangerous in the extreme as an external app such as Windows Update might replace or 'repair' the files so touched, and if Adobe / CC are relying on file permissions on non-Adobe files, such changes could result in all manner of random and spurious problems / error messages occurring.
Anyhow, if, fellow Photoshop cc 2014 user, you get this happen to you then you can fix the file permissions by opening a console window [also called a "DOS box", or "command prompt" depending on your age and knowledge... 8-) ] and run the windows file checker with the command
"sfc /scannow". Make sure that you use 'run as administrator' to open the console window, or you'll get an error about sfc only being available to administrators. Also a very (very) sensible idea to close all non-essential running applications first to prevent any possibility of weird interactions happening.
Finally, check that the 'hosts' file in [root drive]:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc is valid - for some reason, it looks like the install tried to check or update this file (again, I have no idea why) but the result was a corrupted hosts file, which I assume is the root cause of the 'unable to connect to host' type internet error messages. Copy the file, rename it as 'hosts.txt' and edit it with notepad or wordpad. Look for lines containing garbage strings at the bottom of the file (any line that starts with a # ignore, it is a comment, and any line that has IP addresses or host names should be ignored - though if they reference a site such as "someserver.adobe.com" you might want to treat them with suspicion if you continue to get internet 'cant connect to site' type errors.
Anyhow, when I fixed these two sets of problems, Photoshop cc 2014 started 'right first time' without all the BS messages about serial numbers etc.
Hope this helps somebody out there in AdobeLand......
Rick

Update: I tried several times to reproduce the error, actually it dosen't occur. I changed nothing on my system, without reboot it twice. This is what I said in my beginning times: it occurs sometimes but often. I will keep you up to date.

How to repair corrupt \windows\system32\config\system files?

T61 will not boot to Win XP - says the \windows\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt.
BIOS hardware test of disk drive passes. When I place a Microsoft Win XP disk to attempt a repair, the message says there is no disk drive detected. I assume this is due to unique Lenovo HDD drivers that are not on the Microsoft disk.
Is there a way to repair this file(s) without doing a full HDD reformat?
THank you.

You need to include the Intel Matrix Storage manager via Floppy disk while running setup-CD or change in BIOS "Config"-SATA" to compatibility.
Then you can repair windows but first backup the hard drive onto annother disk f.ex with Acronis True Image Home (Emergency CD).
Boot from XP Retail-CD
`select "Install"
select the drive with the found windows installation and "Repir"
Windows Setup removes the system files and replaces them from CD
after systemreboot you willneed to re-install all patches and updates
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T40 missing or corrupted \windows\system file after recovery process

My T40 Thinkpad had a corrupt drive so I secured the recovery disks from IBM to rebuild the hard disk. The recovery process seemed to work well, but when completed and prompted to remove all disks and reboot, the system booted and failed before Windows XP loaded with an error message that the windows\system file was corrupt or missing. Any recommendations on how to succesfully recover? Thanks.

boot off the WinXP Disc and run a repair. Did it mention the boot.ini file being corrupt, or something else?
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Corrupt windows after upgrading to OS X Mavericks

I just upgraded to OS X Mavericks and have noticed that my windows have corrupt areas around the border of them. Also, if I hover over an icon on the lower bar, it pops up a white blob instead of the actual text. This seems to be occuring when I start my laptop from sleep mode. If I resize the window or maximize the window it still has the corrupt areas around the window. Anyone else seeing this same problem?

Take a representative screenshot of the anomaly and post it in a reply.
To take a screenshot hold ⌘ Shift 4 to create a selection crosshair. Click and hold while you drag the crosshair over the area you wish to capture and then release the mouse button. You will hear a "camera shutter" sound. This will deposit a screenshot on your Desktop.
If you can't find it on your Desktop look in your Documents or Downloads folder.
When you post your response, click the "camera" icon above the text field:
This will display a dialog box which enables you to choose the screenshot file (remember it's on your Desktop) and click the Insert Image button.
⌘ Shift 4 and then pressing the space bar captures the frontmost window.
⌘ Shift 3 captures the entire screen.
Drag the screenshot to the Trash after you post your reply.

I have a problem, I had to reload my hard drive, I didnt erase it, I load xp pro into another folder(windows2) and everything(files) remained in regular(corrupt) windows folder. System32 error came up and corrupt it and it couldnt load the os. I want to

I have a problem, I had to reload my hard drive, I didnt erase it, I load xp pro into another folder(windows2) and everything remained in regular windows folder. System32 got corrupt and it couldnt load the os. I want to be able to bring my bookmarks over from windows into current windows2, how do I do it.

See this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Corrupted Windows, and F11 Functionality

Hi
I have (HP TouchSmart IQ500) with pre-installed windows vista. For some reason, the windows is corrupted and the boot screen kept loading forever. I decieded to make use of the recovery option that appears when starting the computer (F11), but everytime I restart the computer and keep pressing (F11) nothing happens!
ESC, F10 and F2 are working fine. F11, doesn't even shows any message! the computer ignores everything and keep on booting! I tried another keyboard, and the same thing happened.
Any idea what to do ?

Hello,
Maybe you can start the recovery manger because either you have deleted the recovery partition or simply it is not working?
Have you created a set of a copy of the recovey discs? If yes you can use them, if not, if you do not have deleted the recovery partition, i can see how you can initiate the recovery partition to reimage your system.
Let me know.
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Firefox 26.0 update corrupts windows system files

I updated firefox mid-December 2013 on a pc running Windows 7. Everything was fine until I shut down. Windows would not start. Safe mode would not start. We eventually found that there were corrupt system files. We fixed those, uninstalled the firefox update and everything was fine. At that time I was not certain firefox was the source of the problem because I had installed other updates and programs.
I just updated to firefox 26.0 (no other changes made), shut down, and couldn't launch windows. Uninstalled the update and fixing my sytem again.

Hello,
Can you please try doing a complete clean re-installation of Firefox latest version.
Simply uninstall your Firefox and then perform a Full virus and Malware scan on your system.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
https://www.malwarebytes.org/free/
Please see the article for more:
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after the malware and virus check please download a complete new Firefox from :
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please reply back to us
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Corrupt Windows Office 2010

My Pavillion dv4 1275mx has developed a corrupted file on the Windows Office 2010 that prevents it use. What do I do?

Not Office 2010. You can with Office 2011 for Mac. From Amazon or many other suppliers. The only way you'll get 2010 running on a Mac is if you have Windows running through Boot Camp or similar.

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