System Restore does not work

[Steampunk7]

Hi,

it seems that either trojan or MBAM deleted some Windows 7 x64 (see my system specs) System files on my PC.
Upon checking Windows Update, I was notified that the service is not running. In addition, Windows Security Center Service was turned off and couldn't have been turned on.
I spent a couple of days Googling for solutions and finally succeeded in restoring BITS and WSCS in Services. After that, downloading updates was enabled, but installing could not be performed, because System Restore does not work.
I turned off system protection and now I can download and install updates in small increments. I can't install all 300 MB of updates at once (there were 53 of them). OK, eventually I will install them all, but I would like to enable System restore.
I must stress that restore point can be made, but restoring can not be performed.
I tried to start System Restore Service but to no avail: "Windows could not start the System Restore Service on Local Computer. Error 126: the specified module could not be found"

Besides, when I reboot, I got message: "Error in srclient.dll. Missing entry CreateFirstRunRP"

Since sr.inf file was missing (along with some other system files), I copy/pasted it from another computer with the same OS. I tried to install sr.inf, but I was asked for other files (sr.sys, srsvc.dll, srrstr.dll, filelist.xml, rstrui.exe, srdiag.exe, srframe.mmf...) which were missing. Then I copied those files from the same computer, as well, but to no avail, since sr.sys could not be found neither there nor on installation disk.
(btw, I have Avast AV) I performed sfc several times in a row, but it found nothing. MBAM also found nothing.
This problem could be solved by reinstalling Windows, but I would like to avoid that, if possible.

Any advice as to how to make System Restore work?

 

[boohbah]

Welcome to sevenforums steampunk7,
try a sfc scan to start with...

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[Steampunk7]

Thanx for the advice. But, I already said in the post that I performed sfc scan several times in a row.

 

[boohbah]

Ah! sorry, i missed that.
you could consider a repair install,
though wait until you get some more responses to your thread.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

 

[Steampunk7]

I'll wait

 

[jumanji]

A repair install should definitely help restore your OS.

But before that you can try Reenable II Lite edition Downloads

(Only the Lite Edition can work with Windows 7 64bit. If your OS is 32bit you may use the portable edition. Just to know more about the software Download Re-Enable Portable 2.0.1.0 Free - Allows you to quickly repair damaged system registry keys. - Softpedia )

 

[Steampunk7]

Reenable II Lite didn't solve the problem. Thanx for trying to help, anyway...
Btw, I read carefully "How to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7" link and it seems that it actually guides you through re-installing Windows...?

 

[Steampunk7]

I had read through a number of threads in the meanwhile. Upon reading this one ...
(scroll down to "Debleena S replied on October 30 2009)
Windows Modules Installer Error:126 - Microsoft Community
...I tried to re-register Windows Update DLLs but I ran into some problems there:
"The module "wuaueng1.dll" failed to load.
Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or
debug to check for problems with the binary or
dependant .DLL files.
The specified module could not be found."

I got the same error message for the following two dlls:
WUWEB.DLL
WUCLTUI.DLL

Can this be fixed by copying those three dlls from another system ?

 

[Steampunk7]

I finally succeeded to fix both Windows Update and Windows Firewall (which was also disabled), by following advice of Bron here and Narenxp here.
After the BITS, WSCS and Volume Shadow Copies services were restored, I was able to download and install Win Updates, but System Restore still does not work:
"SR did not complete successfully...etc...An unspecified error occurred during System Restore. (0x80071a90) "
I must stress that restore point can be made, but restoring can not be performed.
I tried to start System Restore in Services but to no avail: "Windows could not start the System Restore Service on Local Computer. Error 126: the specified module could not be found"

Besides, when I reboot, I got message: "Error in srclient.dll. Missing entry CreateFirstRunRP"

I tried to reinstall SR using the command line:
rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %Windir%\Inf\sr.inf

but I couldn't do that, since it seems that several files were missing: sr.inf, sr.sys, srsvc.dll, srrstr.dll, filelist.xml, rstrui.exe, srdiag.exe, srframe.mmf...

 

[psongman]

Yes, you need some kind of file or path to make this possible. I tried everything, don't think repair will work, because I am missing the files in the Windows 7 disk, any help appreciated, the computer works fine otherwise, just can't make a system restore point that can be accessed!

 

[vinylgirl]

Has anyone possibly got the file srframe.mmf, in their C:\Windows\system32\restore folder?

I would love if you could upload it to me somehow?

Otherwise, are their any revelations, as yet, on how the heck to get System Restore back up and running?

Thanks in advance,
V