Bootmgr is Missing in Windows 7

This is one of the most common boot issue you might come around, in the Windows operating system. In this article I will tell you how you can fix the Bootmgr is Missing error message in Windows 7

Step 1:

Insert the Windows 7 Installation or Repair disk into your drive and reboot the System. You will be prompted to “Press any key to boot from disk” so go ahead and press Enter.

Step 2:

Then it will give you language selection option click Next.


Step 3:

You will now get the option to “Repair your Computer“.












Step 4:

Select Repair your computer option and the Operating System i.e. Windows 7 next. Click Next.

On some occasions you may not find any operating system listed. Don’t panic just click Next!
Step 5:

Now click on “Command Prompt“.


Step 6:

Type in the following commands:

bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /RebuildBCD

Sometime you may need to change the directory from X:\Windows\System to C:\ type in the command cd\ then c: then run the commands.

Once you finish running those commands, reboot the system and see if it boots. It should! If not then run Startup Repair 3 different times.

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ESET Microsoft security update (KB2286198) hangs or causes a BSOD on restart

If you are experiencing a system hang or blue screen error after attempting to install Microsoft security update (KB2286198), you will need to update your ESET security product. This issue is due to a potential conflict with the Windows update and ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security. Downloading a new ESET virus signature update (version 5338 and later) will resolve this issue. To update your ESET security product, follow the steps below:

Open the main program window by clicking the ESET icon next to the system clock or by clicking Start All Programs ESET ESET Smart Security or ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

Click Update from the main menu on the left and click Update virus signature database in the main program window on the right.

The Update status should read: Version of virus signature database: 5338 (20100803). Verify that you have version 5338 or later.

Restart the Windows update process. Visit Microsoft's Windows 7 Solution Center for more information on receiving Windows updates.

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Update for Windows (KB2570791)

Locale: All
Deployment: Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Important/Automatic Updates, WSUS, and Catalog
Classification: High Priority, Non-Security, Update Rollups
Supersedes: KB2443685 on Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP
Target platforms: Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP
Approximate file sizes:

Windows Embedded Standard 7/Windows 7 update: ~ 712KB
Windows Embedded Standard 7 x64/Windows 7 x64/Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 update: ~ 1152KB
Windows Server 2008 R2 IA-64 update: ~ 217KB
Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista update: ~ 457KB
Windows Server 2008 IA-64 update: ~ 148KB
Windows Server 2008 x64/Windows Vista x64 update: ~ 529KB
Windows Server 2003 update: ~ 499KB
Windows Server 2003 IA-64 update: ~ 1033KB
Windows Server 2003 x64/Windows XP x64 update: ~ 691KB
Windows XP update: ~ 502KB

Description:
Install this update to resolve issues caused by revised daylight saving time and time zone laws in several countries. This update enables your computer to automatically adjust the computer clock on the correct date in 2011. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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Update Rollup for Windows Home Server 2011

Locale: All
Deployment: Important/Automatic Updates
Classification: High Priority, Non-Security, Update Rollups
Target platforms: Windows Server 2008 R2
Approximate file sizes:

Update Rollup for Windows Home Server 2011 update: ~ 32095KB

Description:
Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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Kb Microsoft Updates

Update Rollup for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (KB2554629)

Locale: All
Deployment: Important/Automatic Updates
Classification: High Priority, Non-Security, Update Rollups
Target platforms: Windows Server 2008 R2
Approximate file sizes:

Update Rollup for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials update: ~ 31828KB

Description:
Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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Firefox clear the cache

The Firefox cache temporarily stores images, scripts, and other parts of websites while you are browsing. This article describes how to clear the Firefox cache.

To clear your history (i.e. cookies, browsing history, cache, etc.) all at once
As you browse the web, Firefox helpfully remembers lots of information for you – sites you've visited, files you've downloaded and more. All of this information is called your history. However, if you are using a public computer or share a computer with someone, you may not want others to be able to see these kinds of things.

This article explains what information is stored in your history and gives you step-by-step ways to clear all of part of it. To temporarily have Firefox not store any history

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Tabs And Windows Firefox Home

Why weren't my tabs and windows restored?

If you had tabs and windows open when you closed Firefox, the new default Firefox home page will have a Restore Previous Session button on it. To get your tabs and windows back, just click it. Restore Previous Session - Win1
If you don't use the default Firefox home page, you can restore your tabs and windows from the History menu:

At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to History (History menu in Windows XP) and select Restore Previous Session. Restore Previous Session - Win2

For more info about how session restore works, see Session Restore and Firefox does not ask to save tabs and windows on exit.
Why are the menus (File, Edit, View, etc.) missing?

If you're using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you now have an orange Firefox button that takes the most common functions and puts them in one menu.

To temporarily show the old style menus, just press the Alt key.
To have them shown all the time, right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip and check Menu Bar in the pop-up menu.
Menu Bar - Win

How do I get the orange Firefox button?

If you're using Windows XP or you've customized your toolbars, you can switch to using the orange Firefox button by:

Right-clicking on an empty section of the Tab Strip and unchecking Menu Bar in the pop-up menu.

See Menu bar is missing for problems with the Menu bar and check out How do I customize the toolbars? for more about arranging Firefox to fit your needs.
What happened to the back, refresh and home buttons?

To streamline the navigation section and group buttons by task, a few things have changed:

The back button drop-down menu can be accessed by clicking and holding on the back button.
The stop and refresh buttons are combined into one button on the right end of the location bar.
The home button is to the right of the location bar.

Nav Buttons - Win
Not crazy about this arrangement? No problem. It's your browser, make Firefox work the way you do. See How do I customize the toolbars? for more about customizing buttons and toolbars.

Right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip, select Customize... and the Customize Toolbar window will open.
Drag, drop and rearrange items.
To add an item to a toolbar, drag it from the Customize Toolbar window onto the toolbar where you want it to appear.
To remove an item from a toolbar, drag it to the Customize Toolbar window.
To move an item in a toolbar, drag it where you want it to appear.
When you are finished making changes, click Done to close the Customize Toolbar window.

Custom Buttons - Win
What happened to the Status Bar?

The Status Bar at the bottom of the Firefox window has changed. The new Status Bar only shows page loading activity and link previews. When neither of those are needed it simply disappears. Please see What happened to the Status Bar? for more.
Status Bar link - win
Status Bar load - win
Why do my fonts look blurry?

If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, text in Firefox may appear blurry. This is usually due to Windows ClearType not being turned on.

In Windows, click Small Vista Logo and type cleartype in the search box.
Click Adjust ClearType text to open the ClearType control panel.
Check Turn on ClearType and then Next to fine tune your settings.
After you fine tune the ClearType settings, click Finish to accept them.

For more details see, Fonts look blurry. It's also possible that you are also experiencing issues related to outdated graphics card drivers. See How do I upgrade my graphics drivers? for more information, including how to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox as a possible workaround.
Some of my add-ons were disabled. What can I do?

After upgrading, Firefox checks for new versions of your add-ons and disables those that are no longer compatible. By default it will continue to check for new versions periodically. For more info, see Add-ons are disabled after updating Firefox.

Some add-ons (like Firebug) have completely different versions for new versions of Firefox so the auto-update feature won't work. To check for a new version:

At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP), and then click Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.
In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions panel.
Click the more link in the add-on's description.
In the detail view, click the homepage link to be taken to the add-on's website where you can search for a newer version.

Where are my bookmarks?

Relax. If you were using the Bookmarks Toolbar to hold your favorite sites you may just have to turn it back on:

Right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip and check Bookmarks Toolbar in the pop-up menu.
Bookmarks Toolbar - Win

You can also view and organize your bookmarks in the Library window.

Click the Bookmarks button Bookmarks button win 2 on the right side of the navigation toolbar (Windows XP: click the Bookmarks menu) and select Show All Bookmarks to open the Library window.

Bookmarks Button win

For more about using bookmarks, including tagging and organizing, see How do I use bookmarks?
Why are tabs on top of the location bar now?

The main reason is that it just makes more sense — especially with features like App Tabs and the Add-ons Manager. For details on this change, see Why are tabs on top?
How do I put tabs back like they used to be?

Right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip and uncheck Tabs on Top in the pop-up menu.

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Windows 7 fails to configure updates

As a first step of troubleshooting, I would suggest you to check the updates history to see if there are any updates that have a failed status and let me know the description of those updates.

Step 1: Check the update history

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/See-which-Windows-updates-are-installed

Let me know if the description of the updates that have failed status.


Step 2: Manually try installing the updates from Microsoft Download Center

a. Go to the Microsoft download website, type the "KB" number of the update into the download search box, and then click Go.

b. In the list of search results, click the Knowledge Base (KB) article link to go to the download page. If there's more than one listing, look for a link that goes to the Microsoft Download Center.

c. If there are multiple versions on the download page, find the appropriate one for your computer. Click the Download button, and save the update to your desktop.

d. When prompted, click Open to install the update.



Step 3: Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Windows-Update-troubleshooter



Step 4: The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista and Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949358

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Error code 66A while trying to install update KB2446708

Net 4 update problems
I am trying to install the .net 4 update (KB2446708) for Vista, it gives me error code 66A. I have tried to Repair the .net Framework Client Profile and it comes back with Not Suceeded because of a GenericTrust Failure.I have tried to reset the Windows Update Components using the fix it tool. What shall I try next??

see if this helps fix it:

How do I reset Windows Update components?

there is an automatic "fix-it" there too

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

Also, try putting the KB numbers in the search at the below link then manually download them

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

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The task image is corrupt or has been tampered

In order to fix this, you have to delete the actual task XML file that contains the task settings,
then rerun the Task Scheduler to confirm that the error is gone, then import a non-corrupted version of the task back into the Task Scheduler.
Most of the work you have to do is to locate the task file in question.
The task files are located in C:\Windows\System32\Tasks.
If you try to open the task folder, you might get a UAC prompt asking you for permission to access the folder, this is OK, just click continue to access the folder.
In my case, the corrupt task was "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector".
This was a Microsoft task, therefore I had to go into the C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic folder to locate the actual task xml file,
which was named "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector".

Once you have located the task file, close the task scheduler, back up the corrupted task file to any location of your choice, then delete it, then open the task scheduler to confirm that the error has gone.

What you now need to do is to export the non-corrupted task from another computer or virtual machine, and import it into the task scheduler.
To export the task in question from another computer, follow these steps.

1. Open the Task Scheduler, then drill down into the task in question, then right-click on the task and select "Export...".
2. Save the exported XML file to a location of your choosing, then copy it over to the affected computer.
3. Once you are back on the affected computer, make sure that the task scheduler is closed, then you need to run the task scheduler as an Administrator.
4. To run the task scheduler as an Administrator, click Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools, then locate "Task Scheduler", right-click it and select "Run as Administrator".
5. Once the task scheduler is open, drill down to the folder where the task is supposed to be located, right-click on a blank portion of the window, and select "Import Task...".
6. Once you have imported the task, a "Create task" window will open as shown below, just click OK to it.
7. The task should then be successfully imported, you can then close the task scheduler, and the problem should be fully resolved.

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Stub has stopped working Error message

Can you do the following for me please?
OTL
Download OTL to your desktop.
Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed to let it run uninterrupted.
When the window appears, underneath Output at the top change it to Minimal Output.
Under the Standard Registry box change it to All.
Check the boxes beside LOP Check and Purity Check.
Click the Run Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL.
Please copy (Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy) the contents of these files, one at a time, and post it with your next reply.

CKScanner

Please download CKScanner from here to your Desktop.

Make sure that CKScanner.exe is on the your Desktop before running the application!

Double-click on CKScanner.exe and click Search For Files.
After a very short time, when the cursor hourglass disappears, click Save List To File.
A message box will verify the file saved
CKFiles.txt will be created on your desktop, copy and paste the contents of this into your next post

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Download and install MBAM from here
Run a full scan

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Black screen F8 key unresponsive Can't reboot

The drive is easy to put in.
1 - remove the AC Adapter and battery
2 - open up the case over the hard drive (usually 1 or 2 screws)
3 - lift up on the plastic tab to remove the hard drive
4 - remove the adapter over the SATA/IDE connector (it pulls off)
5 - unscrew 4 screws to remove the drive from the "caddy"
6 - reassemble in reverse.
Since the old drive is bad, you'll definitely need a set of recovery disks. If you don't have them now, you'll have to order them from the link I gave earlier (If in the USA). They usually arrive in a couple of days and it'll take a couple of hours to install.

Turn the computer on, open the CD/DVD drive and put Disk 1 in. Close the drive
Restart the system, tapping Esc as soon as the Compaq splash screen shows up.
Select the CD/DVD drive to boot from - and follow the prompts.

Here's a link to the product manual. Chapter 4 deals with replacing the hard drive: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01523646.pdf

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C00D1199 Error message Problem

Error Message C00D1199
So I made a big mistake.

I got a Flip Video Camera for my birthday. Woot. I could watch the videos with no problem. So I got motivated. I was trying to use the mpeg videos it produces in WMM. I downloaded a codec package, and now I can't watch the originals. I unistalled the darn package, and no change.

The error message I'm getting is C00D1199. From what I can find it's a broad error code for a variety of problems. Can anyone help me?

Ok, there are several way which you could try. The first of which, is installing codecs:

Free-Codecs.com : Download K-Lite Codec Pack 6.1.0 FULL, K-Lite Codec Pack 6.1.0 STANDARD, K-Lite Codec Pack 6.1.0 BASIC : K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools

If you download and install this (I would use the full version). Then you should be able to import .mp4 files into WMM and merge them together.

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Cannot load the device driver for this hardware

If you experience Windows Error 42 then be sure that now your operating system is facing some kind of danger that is important to take in control as soon as possible otherwise you will encounter slow and degraded system performance, blue screen problem and even system crash. So resolve this error message or you will experience many other kind of lose.

Causes of this error are:

Main reason behind this error is faulty or incompatible device driver, this generally gets encountered when your system do not correctly process the settings that are initially required by the hardware to run. Some other reasons are Spyware attack, Registry problem, improper installation or uninstallation of any program, file corruption etc.

So in order to resolve the error message you can use manual steps but sometimes even manual steps fail to resolve the error message. So the need to get complete solution arises as how to fix error problem completely.

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Clean A Patching Virus (Virut or Sality) W32.Sality.Gen Virus Threat Remover

Sality is a dangerous virus that combines both a keylogger and a backdoor threat. It collects information on your computer and network, records all keys pressed on the keyboard and steals private information. Sality can also grant remote access to a hacker to control your computer. Hackers may then download malware to your computer, send emails from your inbox and completely destroy your hard drive. In addition, the virus removes any antivirus or antispyware installed on the PC. Remove this dangerous virus immediately upon detection.

Clean A Patching Virus (Virut or Sality) W32.Sality.Gen Virus Threat Remover

W32.Sality.Gen Virus Threat Remover

Disconnect your Network connection, Router or Modem.
Download and run Dr. WEB Cure from a bootable CD, Choose Dr Web Live CD. this can be very useful. Under file update, under settings do a full scan. Under options do a full check. Under Actions select infected, set to cure. Leave the rest to report, hit apply, hit OK. Select C: hit play, this will run the scanner. Now go through the list very carefully and delete anything that looks suspicious, try to avoid deleting system files. Reboot the computer. Download Comodo, on another machine, and burn to a CD ROM. Turn off system restore, don't forget to turn back on at the end. Now install on the infected machine, signature files not needed, this is why Comodo it is used. Make sure you are using Comodo Defence +, use Active Process list to block running processes you are not sure about , time to scan the machine. Remove found items and restart. Comodo will run on 32 & 64bit system. Now Connect back to the Internet, and update virus data base.
Now Download some Malware defence. something like Malware bytes, and update. Check that your connection is not redirected trough a Proxy Server to a malware site using Port 7171 if it is, try to turn it off, if not use ****** Disk.
After installing and updating the Malware software run to remove any remaining entries.

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