08-28-2008
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Re: I can not turn on the Automatic Update & failure of the System
Hmmm  ... No..I did not turned off Windows Disk Protection... As a matter
of fact I remember now that I had some problem uninstalling Windows
SteadyState ..
Considering this...what I am supposed to do now ?
"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
> Prior to uninstalling WSS, did you do this ?:
>
> > To uninstall Windows SteadyState
> > Turn off Windows Disk Protection. For instructions, see the
> > “Protecting the Hard Disk” section in this handbook.
> > Remove restrictions placed on the shared user profiles. Shared user
> > profiles will remain on the shared computer even after Shared
> > Computer Toolkit or Windows SteadyState has been uninstalled and
> > will retain any restrictions applied to them. If you want to keep the
> > restrictions in place on user profiles after Windows SteadyState is
> > uninstalled, go on to Step 3.
>
> cf: Windows SteadyState 2.5 Handbook
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
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> floringeorge2001 wrote:
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> > I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop with Windows XP Professional SP3 and
> > starting few days ago I accidentally noticed the following:
> >
> > 1. the Automatic Updates feature is not operational. When going into the
> > Windows Security Center, I noticed that the Automatic Updates feature is
> > turned off. When I clicked on the "Turn on Automatic Updates" tab I get the
> > following message : "We're sorry.The Security Center could not change your
> > Automatic Updates settings. To try changing these settings yourself , go to
> > System in Control Panel. On the Automatic Updates tab, select Automatic
> > (recommended), and then click OK ". Then I went to the System - Automatic
> > Updates : I noticed that the "Turn off Automatic Updates" tab is
> > checked/ticked and that this tab and all the other tabs [ "Automatic
> > (recommended) " , "Download updates for me , but let me choose when to
> > install them" and " Notify me but don't automatically download or install
> > them" ] are not active - that is the headings of the respective tabs are
> > translucent, and therefore I can not check/tick any of the three tabs for
> > turning on the automatic updates.
> > 2. I tried to do a system restore using several earlier dates but it failed.
> > 3. The letters "i" and "l" of the name of files within the folders appear
> > with BROWN color.
> >
> > I did full scans using Avast, Spyware Doctor, Spybot Search and Destroy and
> > Norton Security Scan but no virus or spyware were detected. I should add that
> > so far I managed to successfully download and install manually all the
> > updates using the Microsoft Update web site. Also, a couple of weeks ago I
> > started to use Windows Steady State but 3-4 days ago I decided to remove it
> > because it takes to much time to do the changes when restarting the computer.
> > I also used Systernal Rootkit revealer but nothing significant was detected.
> > I should add that I successfully manually updated my computer using
> > Microsoft Update and Windows update websites.
> > I would appreciate a solution to my two problems :
> > 1. I can not turn on the Automatic updates in the Windows XP Security Center
> > 2. Failure of Windows XP System Restore to restore my laptop to earlier dates.
> > Thanks !
> >
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