I have some very annoying issues with vista going on

**Mooseknuckle** · #1 20th Oct 2009, 15:16

I have some very annoying issues with vista going on...

1. i cannot download updates...everytime they fail...here are some screenshots...the 2nd is of the updates that try to install everytime i turn my PC on and they fail everytime...

2. I realized about 2 weeks ago that when i open IE i cannot type into any text boxes within any of the pages i bring up and at the bottom left it says error on page....when i click on it it says error: 153 unspecified reason.

3. Firefox will not remember any of my user names and passwords...therefore everytime i visit a site or forum i have to sign in again...this has been going on for about 3 months...it was fine before then.

4. I still have vista ultimate SP1....i have seen SP2 sometimes in my updates list, but it has fail to install as well....not sure what to do

Please fill me in on what to do for each of these issues as it is very annoying and getting worse....thanks a lot for the help in advance..

**Razer** · #2 21st Oct 2009, 11:15

Try getting the SP2 standalone installer from the MS website and not using Windows Update

**Mooseknuckle** · #3 21st Oct 2009, 17:27

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Originally Posted by Razer

Try getting the SP2 standalone installer from the MS website and not using Windows Update

i tried this...while rebooting during installation it said updates could not be configured correctly reverting changes.....

Once it did that and PC booted up i got this on the screen
any thoughts??? anything about the other issues as well?????

**Razer** · #4 22nd Oct 2009, 00:08

Try a system restore to a point before Windows update began to fail. I had this problem, windows update itself had an update and it went wrong..

**Mooseknuckle** · #5 22nd Oct 2009, 05:23

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Originally Posted by Razer

Try a system restore to a point before Windows update began to fail. I had this problem, windows update itself had an update and it went wrong..

i will give this a shot...ill have to go back a couple months....that being said this will not uninstall any programs or program updates i have performed in the last few months will it? this will just affect the system files?

**Razer** · #6 22nd Oct 2009, 08:28

No, it will adjust the system files to the date you set.

Always a great idea to have a backup of all your data though!

**xactly** · #7 22nd Oct 2009, 14:21

Try adjusting the 'Time and Date' settings to the correct time and date.

**Mooseknuckle** · #8 22nd Oct 2009, 16:31

i tried to do a restore, but when i clicked on pick a different restore date the latest restore point was like 2 days a go,.....i will need to go back a couple months...can you tell me how to do this in vista?

thanks.

**Razer** · #9 23rd Oct 2009, 09:13

There's a little calendar if I remember and you click one of the bold dates. All other dates have no restore points.

At the title where it says "October 2009" you can click an arrow to go to previous months, get one from before the problem started.

**Mooseknuckle** · #10 25th Oct 2009, 10:52

i do not see the calendar to pick a date from like in XP....here is the screen i get when i click on "choose a restore point".....notice the dates are recent, and i need to go back a few months....any ideas how to go back ???