We installed Easus Partition Manager and were able to reallocate much of the D drive over to the C drive. All is well now and my friend is...
It appears that we can do little if any to the WinSXS folder. What I am planning to do is use Easus Partition Manager to enlarge the C drive to...
Matt, I thought you had solved my problem but I can't get a "Location" tab when I click on "Properties ". I think I followed the...
Arie, I realize this laptop hard drive is extremely small. I didn't provide any information on the D drive (partition?) in my initial post. It...
Friend's Computer - ACER Aspire Laptop, Windows VISTA Home, 32 Bit System. Tried to install Skype and got a message that there wasn't room on the...
I have been helping a friend transition from XP Home to Windows 8 for the past two weeks. I consider myself to be a fairly proficient and...
Broni, Time for an update and, I assume, resolve this thread. I tried to run the "Repair" process using my XPSP2 reinstall disc again and...
Broni, I planned to give you an update tomorrow. The friend got a new Windows 8 Gateway yesterday and we were setting it up today. I plan...
JTee - Good point: I have attached a PDF file with some suggestions from the Microsoft Support site which was the first Google link cited....
Lots of possibilities to check at this Google search -...
Broni, Just to give you an update. Dell does provide the "repair" feature which I ran and after it was through, the computer was still the...
Broni, A question before I begin the Repair Installation - which I haven't done before: My friend doesn't have the disc for her XP (Dell...
Broni, I took a quick look at the link and it looks to be a bit involved. It's getting late here on the East Coast so I think I will wait...
I go to the Microsoft Windows Update site via "Start" and "All Programs ". On the Update site, I get the following message: When I click on...
The final portion of the Windows Repair Tool log: Repair MDAC/MS Jet Start (7/8/2013 9:02:08 PM) Running Repair Under Current User...
I finally found the Fixit Tool for Windows Update problems and ran it but got the following dialog box: The "Not Fixed" had a red circle...
I was able to run the Windows Repair Tool. After restart, I went to the Windows Update page and got this message: That software appears to...
Broni, The computer is doing great. Response overall is much quicker and we're not getting any slow (and I mean slow) loading programs or...
Here are the results/scans: chkdsk /f /r No messages. I did look in the event viewer but didn't see anything significant. I did note the...
I'll mark this one "Resolved ". Just wanted to confirm what I thought was happening. Thanks for the input.
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