vista clean up

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I ran clean up utility on Vista Ultimate this morning. COMPLETELY ERASED ALL
PROGRAMS AND FILES...INCLUDING BOOT CONFIG FOR VISTA...even Vista will not
run!!!!!!!
 
Please tell what cleanup utility you ran. Was it the Vista utility or a 3rd
party utility?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Fred said:
I ran clean up utility on Vista Ultimate this morning. COMPLETELY ERASED ALL
PROGRAMS AND FILES...INCLUDING BOOT CONFIG FOR VISTA...even Vista will not
run!!!!!!!
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Neat trick!
Tells us how you did that?
Frank
 
Vista's clean up. In accessories

Richard Urban said:
Please tell what cleanup utility you ran. Was it the Vista utility or a 3rd
party utility?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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I am not saying that what you experienced is impossible but I have never
heard of this before. It sounds to me like you had another problem that
occurred simultaneously with the cleanup process.

At this point I am assuming that you can not bring your computer up - a
logical assumption if everything has been deleted/erased? If this is the
case, how do you know that everything has been deleted/erased?

Please come back with more information.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
After the clean up. I was still on Vista. Desktop only had two icons, so I
looked for my programs, nothing there. I looked on the hard drive, disk space
was 125GB used, after Vista clean up on 25 GB used. Looked in Windows
Explorer, program names were there but looking in them nothing was there.
Looked for DOC's nothing there. No other programs were open whenI stared the
utility.
I then restarted the PC and it came up with the boot file incomplete
reinstall your Windows CD. My big problem here is I downloaded Vista Ultimate
Feb 1st and I have no Vista CD. I do not want to BUY this program again.

Are you with Microsoft? If so how can I handle this?
 
No, I am not with Microsoft. MVP's are unpaid volunteers trying to assist
people with problems.

You downloaded Ultimate in Feb. and did nothing to protect your investment,
such as burning the download to a DVD? If you got the retail version you
could just borrow the install DVD from a friend and use your 25 place
install key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Fred said:
After the clean up. I was still on Vista. Desktop only had two icons, so I
looked for my programs, nothing there. I looked on the hard drive, disk space
was 125GB used, after Vista clean up on 25 GB used. Looked in Windows
Explorer, program names were there but looking in them nothing was there.
Looked for DOC's nothing there. No other programs were open whenI stared the
utility.
I then restarted the PC and it came up with the boot file incomplete
reinstall your Windows CD. My big problem here is I downloaded Vista Ultimate
Feb 1st and I have no Vista CD. I do not want to BUY this program again.

Are you with Microsoft? If so how can I handle this?

:
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Did you try system restore?
Frank
 
Richard

Just for future reference. There was the exact same issue posted by an OP in the .hu(Hungarian) XP newsgroup which I participate in. The OP posted that his Vista install lost all the3rd party programs also some default ones and all personal folders he had right after using the Vista built in Clean Up utility.

After it was determined that the OP used a reg cleaner which he was advised to use ( reg cleaner program that was written by some Russian for Vista) on his Vista to regain space. Right after he noticed that he lost some programs and personal files and when he tried to reboot it was a no go.

The scenario here sounds exactly the same as per a reg cleaner app. Repair apparently did not work. The OP got his system back up again by doing a complete clean reformat and install. Like everyone else he did not have a backup of his important files.
 
Thanks Peter. Any chance of finding out the programs name that did the
damage?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Richard

Just for future reference. There was the exact same issue posted by an OP in
the .hu(Hungarian) XP newsgroup which I participate in. The OP posted that
his Vista install lost all the3rd party programs also some default ones and
all personal folders he had right after using the Vista built in Clean Up
utility.

After it was determined that the OP used a reg cleaner which he was advised
to use ( reg cleaner program that was written by some Russian for Vista) on
his Vista to regain space. Right after he noticed that he lost some programs
and personal files and when he tried to reboot it was a no go.

The scenario here sounds exactly the same as per a reg cleaner app. Repair
apparently did not work. The OP got his system back up again by doing a
complete clean reformat and install. Like everyone else he did not have a
backup of his important files.
 
I strongly disagree with you on the mvp issue.
they may not get paid in $$$, but they do receive goods and services for being a mvp.
of course you are not supposed to know that.
because technically it would make them ms employees.
this would get into taxes and others areas.

surely you do not think they do that for NOTHING.




(e-mail address removed)



No, I am not with Microsoft. MVP's are unpaid volunteers trying to assist
people with problems.

You downloaded Ultimate in Feb. and did nothing to protect your investment,
such as burning the download to a DVD? If you got the retail version you
could just borrow the install DVD from a friend and use your 25 place
install key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Mikey

Please try to avoid applying your own values to other people. Whenever you
try to lump people into nice tidy groups, it reveals a lack of intelligence.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


I strongly disagree with you on the mvp issue.
they may not get paid in $$$, but they do receive goods and services for
being a mvp.
of course you are not supposed to know that.
because technically it would make them ms employees.
this would get into taxes and others areas.

surely you do not think they do that for NOTHING.




(e-mail address removed)



No, I am not with Microsoft. MVP's are unpaid volunteers trying to assist
people with problems.

You downloaded Ultimate in Feb. and did nothing to protect your
investment,
such as burning the download to a DVD? If you got the retail version you
could just borrow the install DVD from a friend and use your 25 place
install key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
typical mvp attitude.



(e-mail address removed)



Mikey

Please try to avoid applying your own values to other people. Whenever you
try to lump people into nice tidy groups, it reveals a lack of intelligence.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


I strongly disagree with you on the mvp issue.
they may not get paid in $$$, but they do receive goods and services for
being a mvp.
of course you are not supposed to know that.
because technically it would make them ms employees.
this would get into taxes and others areas.

surely you do not think they do that for NOTHING.




(e-mail address removed)



No, I am not with Microsoft. MVP's are unpaid volunteers trying to assist
people with problems.

You downloaded Ultimate in Feb. and did nothing to protect your
investment,
such as burning the download to a DVD? If you got the retail version you
could just borrow the install DVD from a friend and use your 25 place
install key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Mikey

It is NOT a typical MVP attitude. It is an attitude shared by many aside from MVP's about your (not all but a fair amount) postings and in your replies to posters. You do this in the different newsgroups that you post in

Maybe a little thought in your posts can go a long way.

Although you post many correct answers which is very helpful ,but answers and posts like above is not called for.

And Again I ask you very politely PLEASE stop posting with your HTML Code

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

typical mvp attitude.



(e-mail address removed)



Mikey

Please try to avoid applying your own values to other people. Whenever you
try to lump people into nice tidy groups, it reveals a lack of intelligence.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


I strongly disagree with you on the mvp issue.
they may not get paid in $$$, but they do receive goods and services for
being a mvp.
of course you are not supposed to know that.
because technically it would make them ms employees.
this would get into taxes and others areas.

surely you do not think they do that for NOTHING.




(e-mail address removed)



No, I am not with Microsoft. MVP's are unpaid volunteers trying to assist
people with problems.

You downloaded Ultimate in Feb. and did nothing to protect your
investment,
such as burning the download to a DVD? If you got the retail version you
could just borrow the install DVD from a friend and use your 25 place
install key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Peter said:
Mikey

It is NOT a typical MVP attitude. It is an attitude shared by many aside from MVP's about your (not all but a fair amount) postings and in your replies to posters. You do this in the different newsgroups that you post in

Maybe a little thought in your posts can go a long way.

Although you post many correct answers which is very helpful ,but answers and posts like above is not called for.

And Again I ask you very politely PLEASE stop posting with your HTML Code
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I kill filed this bozo cause the idiot continues to post in html.
Must be a newbie huh.
Frank
 
kindly be nosy enough to read the rules at ms on news group posts, HTML has always been welcome in ms news groups.
possible you need to learn how to control/configure your os to display posts in the manner of your choice.

yes it is a typical mvp attitude, if you cannot prove the post wrong, be rude.



(e-mail address removed)



Mikey

It is NOT a typical MVP attitude. It is an attitude shared by many aside from MVP's about your (not all but a fair amount) postings and in your replies to posters. You do this in the different newsgroups that you post in

Maybe a little thought in your posts can go a long way.

Although you post many correct answers which is very helpful ,but answers and posts like above is not called for.

And Again I ask you very politely PLEASE stop posting with your HTML Code

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

typical mvp attitude.



(e-mail address removed)



Mikey

Please try to avoid applying your own values to other people. Whenever you
try to lump people into nice tidy groups, it reveals a lack of intelligence.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


I strongly disagree with you on the mvp issue.
they may not get paid in $$$, but they do receive goods and services for
being a mvp.
of course you are not supposed to know that.
because technically it would make them ms employees.
this would get into taxes and others areas.

surely you do not think they do that for NOTHING.




(e-mail address removed)



No, I am not with Microsoft. MVP's are unpaid volunteers trying to assist
people with problems.

You downloaded Ultimate in Feb. and did nothing to protect your
investment,
such as burning the download to a DVD? If you got the retail version you
could just borrow the install DVD from a friend and use your 25 place
install key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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