After updating Vista Ultimate with Windows Update, I cant use any of my
commands! help...NO! slmgr...NO! even format....NO! Anyone got this problem?
(my buddy does)

Does "Run as Administrator", by right-clicking on Command Prompt, work?
Does the same hold true for invoking commands in Run (Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories) and Command.com (C:\Windows\System32)? If those
work, try this command in Run:

sfc /scannow

which might repair Windows. The System File Checker checks all the current
system files and can restore the cached approved copies.

"philip" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:93A4CA6C-4244-45CC-836A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> After updating Vista Ultimate with Windows Update, I cant use any of my
> commands! help...NO! slmgr...NO! even format....NO! Anyone got this
> problem?
> (my buddy does)

Interestingly enough, commands do work except when using standard-user token
for running cmd.exe

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Does "Run as Administrator", by right-clicking on Command Prompt, work?
> Does the same hold true for invoking commands in Run (Start
> Menu\Programs\Accessories) and Command.com (C:\Windows\System32)? If those
> work, try this command in Run:
>
> sfc /scannow
>
> which might repair Windows. The System File Checker checks all the current
> system files and can restore the cached approved copies.
>
> "philip" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:93A4CA6C-4244-45CC-836A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > After updating Vista Ultimate with Windows Update, I cant use any of my
> > commands! help...NO! slmgr...NO! even format....NO! Anyone got this
> > problem?
> > (my buddy does)
>
>