I am now officially out of ideas 
:banghead:
The only option I know of now is a repair install.
Download the SP1 Refresh for your language and edition from the links on these pages...
Heidoc - Microsoft DR Download links
The links are for downloads from the Digital River servers run for MS, so are about as safe as you can get
Follow the instructions in this tutorial - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html
- and they should help you get through it (it's not as difficult as it looks!)
:banghead:The only option I know of now is a repair install.
Download the SP1 Refresh for your language and edition from the links on these pages...
Heidoc - Microsoft DR Download links
The links are for downloads from the Digital River servers run for MS, so are about as safe as you can get
Follow the instructions in this tutorial - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html
- and they should help you get through it (it's not as difficult as it looks!)
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM...i3 370M/i7 6500U8GB - finally :)/8GBit's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
- OS
- Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
- CPU
- i3 370M/i7 6500U
- Motherboard
- Asus/Lenovo
- Memory
- 8GB - finally :)/8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6" built-in
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768/1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
- PSU
- n/a
- Internet Speed
- as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
- Antivirus
- MSE/Defender
- Browser
- IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
