GUI Screwed Up + Host of Other Issues

titors · 10 Mar 2010

Hey!
So I've been using Win7 for a while and it's been great. But something happened and it's all screwy now. The GUI seems like a Win2000 downgrade, took a couple of pics

A bunch of other stuff that screwed up along with the GUI:

Audio - Hardware changes might not have been detected
Aero ~~Peek~~ (disabled on Taskbar & Start Menu Properties)
System Restore - A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error. Check the Application event log for more information (hex memory address)
Turn Windows features on or off - Nothing shows
Windows Installer/Uninstaller - The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed...[contact admin blah blah]
Antivirus- Panda Antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials have been disabled and cannot be renabled.

Yea, so I'll update the list as I find out more about any problems and issues. And thanks for any help at all in advance.

(And sorry if this thread's in the wrong location ^^; )

whs · 10 Mar 2010

For starters your aero does not work. But then you seem to have more system functions that are defunct. Run sfc /scannow in elevated command prompt and see whether some can be fixed.

titors · 10 Mar 2010

"Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service"

whs · 10 Mar 2010

Now that is pretty bad. You should start to aquaint yourself with a reinstall - unless you can pull in an image or an early restore point - the latter may not work either though.

Saltgrass · 10 Mar 2010

Do you have any reason to suspect a virus?

karlsnooks · 10 Mar 2010

titors,
Sure looks like you are looking at a reinstall but first try MalwareByte's anti-malware.
To get this program you must go to malwarebytes.org and NOT malwarebytes.com

Malwarebytes.org

isaaclopez · 10 Mar 2010

titors said:

Turn Windows features on or off - Nothing shows

For some reason its like that with me

titors · 10 Mar 2010

Now that is pretty bad. You should start to aquaint yourself with a reinstall - unless you can pull in an image or an early restore point - the latter may not work either though.

Yea, System Restore doesn't work and I didn't create a ghost image (stupid in hindsight). Does Win7 have a repair feature? I put in the install disk but it said something about not finding Drive information.
I guess formatting and reinstalling is going to be the most likely solution : (

Do you have any reason to suspect a virus?

Not at all. Just stating the facts. I'm pretty sure that it was another user messing with the Control Panel or registry maybe : \

Sure looks like you are looking at a reinstall but first try MalwareByte's anti-malware.
To get this program you must go to malwarebytes.org and NOT malwarebytes.com

Surprisingly the installation worked! (Uninstalling doesn't so I just assumed). A quick scan revealed no infected files or anything. Running the full now.

Frostmourne · 10 Mar 2010

I would reinstall cleanly 7, and prevent anyone from using the system. Use the setting up 7 guide in my sig if you do.

Saltgrass · 10 Mar 2010

titors said:

"Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service"

You are saying when you type cmd in the Start Menu search box and hit CTRL+Shift Enter to open an adminstative command window and typing SFC /scannow that it will not start?