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Heads up and an apology, but this is long, and may be confusing.
First up; My O/S is Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
Preface:
Alright cool. So I've built this machine myself and have had it since Jul 07 with minimal problems, but none really with Vista itself. Come a few months ago, I decided to install Service pack 2 beta, and soon after that, upgraded my memory. Suddenly I'm getting graphical problems, and no amount of tinkering with drivers or uninstalling or reinstalling the video card fixes them. I chalk it up to the possibility of SP2 beta might be the problem. I try uninstalling, it won't.
So, that leads me to now, where I've reformatted my system drive, and reinstalled Vista three times, two being with the help of Microsoft on the phone, and every time leads to dead ends and my main problem now: windows update won't update properly. First go, I have like 74 updates, and with them all selected I install them, the vast majority fail, maybe two succeed, I'm prompted to restart, I do, then I still get 74 updates available. I decided to try and nip this in the butt, and install each update one by one, starting with all the 'important' ones first. I get about 20 installed, which they all fail the first go, then install fine; until one just won't install no matter what I do (clearing windows\softwaredistribution\download\, stopping and starting the update service).
I've tried installing service pack 1 with the standalone installer, but it gives me an "internal error" and some error code. Right now I really can't tell you or find out because now I'm getting an error with Windows Boot Manager telling me that a file, Netio.sys, is either missing or corrupt and is failing to load windows due to it.
I've tried searching for help based on the error codes I've been getting from the windows update, but they're all out of date, or wrong such as one "remedy" was to run a program called proxycfg.exe to "fix" your proxy settings, however proxycfg.exe doesn't exist, as every person who requests the help says after trying the suggestion.
Microsoft seems to think some virus or bug has made its way into my RAM; and by the by, I've tried the memory diagnostic tools, and no errors with that, but really at this point i donno what to do.
Thanks in advance for help.
First up; My O/S is Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
Preface:
Alright cool. So I've built this machine myself and have had it since Jul 07 with minimal problems, but none really with Vista itself. Come a few months ago, I decided to install Service pack 2 beta, and soon after that, upgraded my memory. Suddenly I'm getting graphical problems, and no amount of tinkering with drivers or uninstalling or reinstalling the video card fixes them. I chalk it up to the possibility of SP2 beta might be the problem. I try uninstalling, it won't.
So, that leads me to now, where I've reformatted my system drive, and reinstalled Vista three times, two being with the help of Microsoft on the phone, and every time leads to dead ends and my main problem now: windows update won't update properly. First go, I have like 74 updates, and with them all selected I install them, the vast majority fail, maybe two succeed, I'm prompted to restart, I do, then I still get 74 updates available. I decided to try and nip this in the butt, and install each update one by one, starting with all the 'important' ones first. I get about 20 installed, which they all fail the first go, then install fine; until one just won't install no matter what I do (clearing windows\softwaredistribution\download\, stopping and starting the update service).
I've tried installing service pack 1 with the standalone installer, but it gives me an "internal error" and some error code. Right now I really can't tell you or find out because now I'm getting an error with Windows Boot Manager telling me that a file, Netio.sys, is either missing or corrupt and is failing to load windows due to it.
I've tried searching for help based on the error codes I've been getting from the windows update, but they're all out of date, or wrong such as one "remedy" was to run a program called proxycfg.exe to "fix" your proxy settings, however proxycfg.exe doesn't exist, as every person who requests the help says after trying the suggestion.
Microsoft seems to think some virus or bug has made its way into my RAM; and by the by, I've tried the memory diagnostic tools, and no errors with that, but really at this point i donno what to do.
Thanks in advance for help.
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