my windows installer is broken :(

Should look like this.

Nick

 

should i run System File Checker or do a repair install? other then the installer everything else seems to be OK. what should i do?

 

Did you say you might be able to restore some registry keys you had deleted?

Nick

 

yep, ive got reg cleaner which i like and CCleaner which seems OK, but, ive also got HDCleaner which i think is OK, but i dont really know, ive run it about 3 times in the last 2 months, i can put back all its reg files. should i do that now?

 

I would restore those backups.

Nick

 

OK, i'll go and do it now. then see how it is.

 

i did it, then rebooted, but it's still the same no dependencies. i think im going to spend the next week writting a - how to secure XP guide after a fresh install i need to reinstall every 4 months or so anyway from the amount of downloading i do. there's one last thing though, ive never done a system file checker, is it less aggressive then a repair install, because i want to try it. thanks

 

Much less aggressive, but it does not repair the registry.

Nick

 

I have never had to use the restore function, but I back up my registry every day using ERUNT.

Nick

 

thanks Ron, but those links are where i started, i dont mind doing a reinstall, with all the downloading i do it messes up my registry and, with each new install, i have a better understanding of which programs i really need. i want to try and install XP on the other partiton i did the other day too. it will give me abit of time to try some things out too.

ive used ERUNT before, but i dont use it anymore, mainly because i dont think it will ever save me from the things which always cause me to do a reinstall. if id made backups, the one id need would probably be too old to use now, or, more likely, i would have deleted it.

if anything comes up i'll try it, but i'm going to think about a reinstall now.thanks for all the help