All the different versions have made a bit of a mess of it. Try running sfc /scannow from an admin cmd prompt then apply the newest one.
Hi, I had a successful 64bit Ultimate Win 7 install until the latest update which installed kb971033 and borked it. Mine was an Asus flashed bios method. I installed the tool in the first post and ran it and it removed the warning, then I set my screen saver back to the one I had from the black screen. Anything else I need to do? Should I uninstall the update that caused the problem? or just leave it? Sorry to ask but 247 pages of posts covering various install methods has me totally confused about what I need to to in my situation. Thank you.
If you really had a bios mod you might just have to use a different key or cert. As long as your activated you can go into updates then installed updates then right click and uninstall. Otherwise the loader works fine
I don't use a loader, unless this was a loader I just installed. Is this a loader? I did have a successful bios install, really. Sadly that person is no longer around to help me with this or I would have turned to him. Where would I get a different key or cert? and how would I install it once I do? Tks.
tks will look at them. I tried to use the keys for Ultimate provided in the locked thread elsewhere in the forum, when I entered them in the "change product key" box on the system page all came out as invalid. going to look at the links above now.
hmm, now Opa is throwing an error: "Windows cannot find 'slmgr.vbs'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." Did something remove it?
Oh crap, and when you uninstall it like I did it does not put it back? I assume there is another file probably missing from my memory of setting this up initially. Is there a way to put this (and any other possible missing files) back? or have it pooched it beyond all hope?
You would think that the uninstall option should put all those files back but strangely it does not for some people. IDK why. You can always use a VM to install the same version of win7 and just copy each missing file over from the VM to the physical one but it would be a lot easier to just reinstall win7 to clean all that up. Hazar's tool is a good one but unfortunately it can do things like this cause the nature of how it works.
OK thanks, not the answer I wanted to hear, but appreciate yours and everyone elses time. I have spent over 100 hours installing sofware into this machine to make ready for my move from WinXP to Win7. Not sure I have the heart to do it all again.