Windows Firewall and Service Pack 2

[railfrog]

Got hold of my daughters laptop the other day to "clean it out."

Gave it a complete scan, checkdisk, malware and spybot.

A couple of problems though.
First is that the firewall will not stay on. (windows Firewall).
This was happening before i did the clean.

Second is when i try to install service pack 2 for Vista home premium, there is an error message which says..

Error: ERROR_NOT_FOUND(0x80070490)


Acer Aspire 5920
Vista Home Premium

Any more information then please ask.

[SaTaNcLaUz]

You receive a "0x80070490" error code when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates

maybe start there


and its been a very long time since i've posted here, but, i'm totally digging the way the links behave in the comments! haha

[railfrog]

Thanks

That wants me to do a repair with a dvd. Problem is i have no dvd with Vista on it. Was pre-installed.

[SaTaNcLaUz]

try the SFC thing above that first

[railfrog]

ok...did the SFC thing.

Got to 41%, then..."Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.log windir\logs\CBS\CBS.log

Cannot open the logs as access is denied. Tried it through windows and the cmd prompt.

[johns123]

Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes an improved firewall that is enabled by default. This will provide increased security for your system.

[SaTaNcLaUz]

well poo!

looks like you may be better off backing up files/pictures and restore the thing. there should be options when you boot the computer to use the "restore partition" to reload windows.

[railfrog]

If i were to "borrow"a disc with Vista home premium on it, would i be able to do a repair?