Wipe or Win repair install.

Hello all,
I hame having some problems installing some programs, want to get all this bloat ware off my machine, etc......was told to do a win repair install and someone also said to do a wipe.....not sure what the diff is. Will any of these fix missing or damaged files in my sys32 folder. I do not mind installing all of my programs again, but I rather not have to install drivers, etc. As usual, not type of disk was sold with my g570, so I guess I would have to get win 7 from somewhere....do I use my key on the bottom of laptop to somewhere download a new copy?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Is there a step by step somewhere that I could follow.
Thanks for your help!

This is what i posted before, just wanted more info before i do something to this laptop....besides this flash thing, it has been shutting down on its own several times a week, too much bloatware, the touchpad is the worst i have ever used.....other than these...not a bad laptop....
Thanks again,
K
G570 - Cant install Flash - says mscms.dll
07-20-201207:26 PM
Hi,
Win 7, IE 9, 64 bit, virus off, logged on as admin, mscms.dll file is in the sys 32 folder. When I try to install Flash Player, I get an error that mscms.dll file is missing. Any ideas? Thansk, Jim
tried to re-register the file and this was the error - module mscms.dll was loaded but the entry point DllregisterServer was not found.......make sure that "mscmd.dll" is a valid DLL or OCX file then try again
also did a sfcscannow and these where the errors....
Just included the lines that had info next to them
2012-07-15 14:44:54, Info CSI 000001d4 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2012-07-15 14:44:56, Info CSI 000001d6 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 14:45:02, Info CSI 000001d8 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 14:45:02, Info CSI 000001d9 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:164{82}]"Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.IcmCoreUpdate" 2012-07-15 14:45:02, Info CSI 000001db [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:18{9}]"mscms.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2012-07-15 14:4 2012-07-15 14:48:34, Info CSI 000002e0 [SR] Repairing 1 components 2012-07-15 14:48:34, Info CSI 000002e1 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2012-07-15 14:48:34, Info CSI 000002e3 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 14:48:35, Info CSI 000002e5 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 14:48:35, Info CSI 000002e6 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:164{82}]"Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.IcmCoreUpdate" 2012-07-15 14:48:35, Info CSI 000002e8 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:18{9}]"mscms.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2012-07-15 14:48:35, Info CSI 000002ea [SR] Repair complete
2012-07-15 14:48:35, Info CSI 000002eb [SR] Committing transaction 2012-07-15 14:48:35, Info CSI 000002ef [SR] Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction have been successfully repaired 2012-07-15 15:09:11, Info CSI 00000009 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2012-0 2012-07-15 15:17:13, Info CSI 000001d4 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2012-07-15 15:17:14, Info CSI 000001d6 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 15:17:21, Info CSI 000001d8 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 15:17:21, Info CSI 000001d9 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:164{82}]"Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.IcmCoreUpdate" 2012-07-15 15:17:21, Info CSI 000001db [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:18{9}]"mscms.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2012-07-15 15:17:22, Info CSI 000001de [SR] Verify complete 2012-07-15 15:17:22, Info CSI 000001df [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 201 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002e0 [SR] Repairing 1 components 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002e1 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002e3 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002e5 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"mscms.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Base, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002e6 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:164{82}]"Microsoft-Windows-ICM-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.IcmCoreUpdate" 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002e8 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:18{9}]"mscms.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002ea [SR] Repair complete 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002eb [SR] Committing transaction 2012-07-15 15:20:38, Info CSI 000002ef [SR] Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction have been successfully repaired
thanks alot for any help

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Is there any workaround for this? I was thinking of installing Vista instead, and upgrading to Win7 once installed, but if it's a driver thing, it would just be a long way to the same result and could have the same problem with Vista as well.
Any ideas?

I think I figured out what is happening here with the video drivers on the new iMac's and Win7. I believe it's re-directing the video to the mini display-port output when you see the screen go blank. I installed my Win7 x64 with no issues but I had an external monitor hooked up at the time and while it was installing the O/S my iMac went black but everything moved over to my external screen. Once it finished installing then everything went back to normal after a reboot.
Not sure if that helps anyone but pretty sure that's what is going on. So if you have another monitor handy, get the mini display-port adaptor from Apple and connect your external screen before you install Win7. Cheers!
P.S. If you have one of the new iMac's and want to install the latest Radeon drivers (after you have installed Win7 on your iMac), try the following. Download and install the drivers from ATI/AMD directly. They'll try to install and fail (no worries) but now the driver/install files will be unzipped into an ATI folder on your main Windows hard drive.
Now go to this site: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php and download the tool and use the Vista instructions listed on the main page of the URL above. You shouldn't need to download the MSXML 6.0 and I don't think you need to disable the UAC stuff like they suggest for Vista (I didn't) and it works fine. UAC is not nearly as intrusive on Win7 as it is in Vista so I think that's why it worked for me and pretty sure the MSXML 6.0 is already in Win7. Once the program has modified the mobile Radeon drivers then you can run "setup" from your ATI directory and the new drivers will finally install correctly including the Catalyst Control Center. Voila! I now have 9.10 drivers up and running on my new 27" iMac and working perfectly so far.
James
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ITunes won't start after Windows 7 Repair install

Hi there
I recently had to repair my Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium edition installation. It warned me before reinstalling that there could be some problems with iTunes following the repair but I followed the instructions to counter this and repair Windows 7. i.e. I uninstalled all iTunes software as outlined on Apples pages.
On opening Windows 7 again I ended up with a Blue Screen of Death - this pointed me to a faulty iTunes installation - I checked control panel and sure enough it was not listed as uninstalled. I therefore followed online instructions to completely remove iTunes and used Revo Uninstaller Pro to catch anything I missed. All looked good, I rebooted my machine and then went to install iTunes again. I chose the 64bit installer from the site and installed as normal. I have now tried to open iTunes (to sync my iPhone) and it thinks about it for a second and then never opens. On opening task manager I can see iTunes.exe*32 (does this mean 32 bit and if so why when I've DEFINITELY got the 64 bit installation), iTunesHelper.exe*32 and AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe*32 all in Processes - they are not in open programs.
Even stopping these processes does not help. iTunes was working fine before my Windows 7 problems on this machine and all other software seems ok too following my repair. Can someone please assist me in getting iTunes to work again with my computer as this is very frustrating. This is not the first time it has happened to me - on my old Vista machine (different machine totally) this happened once or twice intermittently but then seemed to resolve itself. I have defrag, disk doctor and run just about every utility I have installed to get my system working ok and the only problem seems to be iTunes. I'd therefore appreciate help in resolving this.
Many thanks

Did you try and update through itunes or download the installer from the apple website?
I've read some where its better to just download the stand alone installer from apple and
do it that way.

Wipe Hard Drive clean install of Window Server

What is the best way to wipe Hard Drive? Save a partition for later use and use remaining partition to install Sever OS, save to external drive(to use later) and wipe completely(cleanest install, I believe), complete wipe completely not worrying about
saving anything, or suggestions?
NOTE; The machine has never been turned on, still in the box. Hardware goes above and beyond Min. Requirements for software.
Which is the best way to install Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Evaluation download - ISO image? Azure?
How to install Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials from ISO image- Download and burn to DVD, Save to USB or to actual machine?
How to install Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials from Azure? (Don't have Azure account)
I need to have it completed ASAP so I can install Accounting/PM database software. Need it operational Monday if all possible. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Woodrow

There are a lot of embedded questions here, I'll try to hit them all:
1) If you're reinstalling on the same partition, you do not need to be too crazy in how it gets formatted. There's no performance gain to using BCWipe or anything. When you format, you're just erasing the table of contents, then overwriting the
actual data later on anyway. Just keep it simple.
2) If you want to save the data, just copy it somewhere else before you delete anything. If you're not concerned about the data, don't worry about it, just go back to answer #1.
3) You can download the Evaluation OS from the MS website. You cannot turn an eval copy into a full install without reinstalling, so are you sure that is what you want? You'll end up test building, then when you like it, you'll have to do it
all over again.
4) ISO to DVD or USB: Doesn't matter how you end up installing it. Today's machines can usually support any install media. Some ways are faster, but you're only talking about saving minutes. What does it really matter?
- Chris Ream -
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Error on win 7 install on iMac with 2 drives

OK been round this a few times.
iMac (i7)
1Tb HD & 256 SSD
used bootcamp to partition
made it through win install
and clikced Bootcamp partition, then advanced, then format.
Finishes format and the I click
NEXT
error
Windows is unable to install to the selected location.
Error: 0x80300024
Which someone online said is due to having more tha one drive.
I dont really want to crack open the iMac and remove a drive.
Suggestions?
thanks
b

I haven't heard of any fix from Adobe but maybe this will hwlp.
I kept getting an error this morning when trying to install Windows updates on my PC. One of the updates was trying to update Visual C++ (vc_red) from a folder on the C drive which was locked. The folder had a very long name (2f4b86.....). I kept getting a popup box pointing to the folder but it would not install the update from there. I had to copy the folder to the C:\Users\Public Downloads folder to get it to install. I mention this because vc_red seems to be involved with the previous Acrobat XI installation issue I had.
I would try looking at your installed updated and see if you have either update installed.:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB2538242)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB2538243)
Removing them may allow Acrobat XI to be installed.

Wipe or Win repair install.

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