Registery problems

winston · Post by **winston** » 2 May 2016 3:12 pm

I have a HP slimline that was running vista. The guy that owns it was having problems so he installed win 7
and while it was restoring the registry files the electric went off, then he brought it to me. The hard drive is bad so I put a new one in, installed win7 with no problems except one. Windows update would not and will not work regardless of what I have been doing. I used microsoft hot fix, and everything microsoft offered. Did the scandisk with no luck. Still will not update. Is there a way to fix a damaged Registry?? thanks in advance. winston may

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 2 May 2016 3:25 pm

Do an in-place upgrade/repair installation. That should repair associations and permissions. Just make sure you keep files and settings.

winston · Post by **winston** » 2 May 2016 4:23 pm

I will try that right now Wiz... thanks Winston

winston · Post by **winston** » 2 May 2016 7:00 pm

Wiz
That did not work. Now I cannot install IE 11. At one time I installed IE 11 and it worked fine but I have never been able to get automatic downloads to work.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 2 May 2016 7:19 pm

Can you download Windows Updates manually, via the Start Menu link? There are prerequisite updates before you can install IE 11.

winston · Post by **winston** » 4 May 2016 6:30 pm

Wiz, I had to reinstall vista and everything is working fine. I guess it did not like win7. thanks for the help. winston may