Last resort question for Media Player in vista

This is not something so simple as defaults. Windows does not respond under
any circumstances and I clearly have some kind of problem with my registry
files. If there is any option other than reinstalling vista I will do it but
it looks like that might be my only option. Now, how do I reinstall vista
with no CD as it came installed on my operating system.



"brink" wrote:

>
> Nipstudent;377921 Wrote:
> > I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically with
> > WMP 11.
> > I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases and
> > support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows more
> > than
> > me.
> >
> > I had downloaded several different media players to test them out and
> > later
> > removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no
> > longer
> > opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
> > attempted
> > to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll
> > and
> > Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error message:
> > The
> > module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed
> > with
> > error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error code
> > and no
> > information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have already
> > downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and have
> > downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
> >
> > Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Ben J, Canada
>
> Hi Ben J,
>
> Did you check and make sure WMP11 had all of it's file associations set
> back to it? Installing the other players would have changed the
> associations. Go to the link below for how. Just scroll down a bit
> until you get to this section, "Set Your Default Programs File Type
> Associations :".
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html?ltr=D
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

You should have a hidden partition on your drive containing Vista Recovery.
If it is not readily visible to you, ring the manufacturer, and ask them for
directions to it.
Or, ask them if they would supply you with an OEM disk, probably at a small
fee.

"Nipstudent" wrote:

> This is not something so simple as defaults. Windows does not respond under
> any circumstances and I clearly have some kind of problem with my registry
> files. If there is any option other than reinstalling vista I will do it but
> it looks like that might be my only option. Now, how do I reinstall vista
> with no CD as it came installed on my operating system.
>
>
>
> "brink" wrote:
>
> >
> > Nipstudent;377921 Wrote:
> > > I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically with
> > > WMP 11.
> > > I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases and
> > > support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows more
> > > than
> > > me.
> > >
> > > I had downloaded several different media players to test them out and
> > > later
> > > removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no
> > > longer
> > > opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
> > > attempted
> > > to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll
> > > and
> > > Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error message:
> > > The
> > > module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed
> > > with
> > > error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error code
> > > and no
> > > information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have already
> > > downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and have
> > > downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
> > >
> > > Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Ben J, Canada
> >
> > Hi Ben J,
> >
> > Did you check and make sure WMP11 had all of it's file associations set
> > back to it? Installing the other players would have changed the
> > associations. Go to the link below for how. Just scroll down a bit
> > until you get to this section, "Set Your Default Programs File Type
> > Associations :".
> >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html?ltr=D
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Shawn
> >
> >
> > --
> > brink
> >
> > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> >

In Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Program Access and Computer
Defaults, choose Custom and expand it. make sure "Enable access to this
program" for Windows Media Player has a checkmark.

If that looks okay, what happens if you right-click on Media Player, choose
Open File Location, and double-click on wmplayer.exe?

If nothing happens, open Task Manager (right-click your Taskbar) and see if
wmplayer.exe is running, on the Processes tab. If it is, right-click
wmplayer.exe, and choose End Process. Then try to open Media Player again.

If still no luck, try this:

Press the Windows key + R. In the Run box type

sfc /scannow

After the System File Checker scan, which may take awhile, you can confirm
any repairs by looking at the cbs.log (towards the end of the log) in
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.



"Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41921F9E-FAF1-4BD4-8B90-2813FE9ABC06@microsoft.com...
> This is not something so simple as defaults. Windows does not respond
> under
> any circumstances and I clearly have some kind of problem with my registry
> files. If there is any option other than reinstalling vista I will do it
> but
> it looks like that might be my only option. Now, how do I reinstall vista
> with no CD as it came installed on my operating system.
>
>
>
> "brink" wrote:
>
>>
>> Nipstudent;377921 Wrote:
>> > I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically with
>> > WMP 11.
>> > I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases and
>> > support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows more
>> > than
>> > me.
>> >
>> > I had downloaded several different media players to test them out and
>> > later
>> > removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no
>> > longer
>> > opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
>> > attempted
>> > to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll
>> > and
>> > Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error message:
>> > The
>> > module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed
>> > with
>> > error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error code
>> > and no
>> > information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have already
>> > downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and have
>> > downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
>> >
>> > Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Ben J, Canada
>>
>> Hi Ben J,
>>
>> Did you check and make sure WMP11 had all of it's file associations set
>> back to it? Installing the other players would have changed the
>> associations. Go to the link below for how. Just scroll down a bit
>> until you get to this section, "Set Your Default Programs File Type
>> Associations :".
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html?ltr=D
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> --
>> brink
>>
>> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
>> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
>> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>>

When I run this command a window opens very quickly and then closes with no
explanation.

"dean-dean" wrote:

> In Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Program Access and Computer
> Defaults, choose Custom and expand it. make sure "Enable access to this
> program" for Windows Media Player has a checkmark.
>
> If that looks okay, what happens if you right-click on Media Player, choose
> Open File Location, and double-click on wmplayer.exe?
>
> If nothing happens, open Task Manager (right-click your Taskbar) and see if
> wmplayer.exe is running, on the Processes tab. If it is, right-click
> wmplayer.exe, and choose End Process. Then try to open Media Player again.
>
> If still no luck, try this:
>
> Press the Windows key + R. In the Run box type
>
> sfc /scannow
>
> After the System File Checker scan, which may take awhile, you can confirm
> any repairs by looking at the cbs.log (towards the end of the log) in
> C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.
>
>
>
> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:41921F9E-FAF1-4BD4-8B90-2813FE9ABC06@microsoft.com...
> > This is not something so simple as defaults. Windows does not respond
> > under
> > any circumstances and I clearly have some kind of problem with my registry
> > files. If there is any option other than reinstalling vista I will do it
> > but
> > it looks like that might be my only option. Now, how do I reinstall vista
> > with no CD as it came installed on my operating system.
> >
> >
> >
> > "brink" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Nipstudent;377921 Wrote:
> >> > I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically with
> >> > WMP 11.
> >> > I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases and
> >> > support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows more
> >> > than
> >> > me.
> >> >
> >> > I had downloaded several different media players to test them out and
> >> > later
> >> > removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no
> >> > longer
> >> > opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
> >> > attempted
> >> > to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll
> >> > and
> >> > Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error message:
> >> > The
> >> > module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed
> >> > with
> >> > error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error code
> >> > and no
> >> > information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have already
> >> > downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and have
> >> > downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
> >> >
> >> > Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Ben J, Canada
> >>
> >> Hi Ben J,
> >>
> >> Did you check and make sure WMP11 had all of it's file associations set
> >> back to it? Installing the other players would have changed the
> >> associations. Go to the link below for how. Just scroll down a bit
> >> until you get to this section, "Set Your Default Programs File Type
> >> Associations :".
> >>
> >> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html?ltr=D
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >> Shawn
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> brink
> >>
> >> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> >> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> >> *Please post feedback to help others.*
> >>
>
>

I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
following the instruction of a support page:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.

I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member file"
%windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens. I then
type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears with
no text in it.

I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone can
continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or how to
reinstall vista with no recovery disk.

I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
following the instruction of a support page:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.

I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member file"
%windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens. I then
type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears with
no text in it.

I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone can
continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or how to
reinstall vista with no recovery disk.

"Nipstudent" wrote:

> When I run this command a window opens very quickly and then closes with no
> explanation.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
> > In Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Program Access and Computer
> > Defaults, choose Custom and expand it. make sure "Enable access to this
> > program" for Windows Media Player has a checkmark.
> >
> > If that looks okay, what happens if you right-click on Media Player, choose
> > Open File Location, and double-click on wmplayer.exe?
> >
> > If nothing happens, open Task Manager (right-click your Taskbar) and see if
> > wmplayer.exe is running, on the Processes tab. If it is, right-click
> > wmplayer.exe, and choose End Process. Then try to open Media Player again.
> >
> > If still no luck, try this:
> >
> > Press the Windows key + R. In the Run box type
> >
> > sfc /scannow
> >
> > After the System File Checker scan, which may take awhile, you can confirm
> > any repairs by looking at the cbs.log (towards the end of the log) in
> > C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:41921F9E-FAF1-4BD4-8B90-2813FE9ABC06@microsoft.com...
> > > This is not something so simple as defaults. Windows does not respond
> > > under
> > > any circumstances and I clearly have some kind of problem with my registry
> > > files. If there is any option other than reinstalling vista I will do it
> > > but
> > > it looks like that might be my only option. Now, how do I reinstall vista
> > > with no CD as it came installed on my operating system.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "brink" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Nipstudent;377921 Wrote:
> > >> > I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically with
> > >> > WMP 11.
> > >> > I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases and
> > >> > support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows more
> > >> > than
> > >> > me.
> > >> >
> > >> > I had downloaded several different media players to test them out and
> > >> > later
> > >> > removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no
> > >> > longer
> > >> > opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
> > >> > attempted
> > >> > to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll
> > >> > and
> > >> > Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error message:
> > >> > The
> > >> > module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed
> > >> > with
> > >> > error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error code
> > >> > and no
> > >> > information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have already
> > >> > downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and have
> > >> > downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
> > >> >
> > >> > Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
> > >> >
> > >> > Ben J, Canada
> > >>
> > >> Hi Ben J,
> > >>
> > >> Did you check and make sure WMP11 had all of it's file associations set
> > >> back to it? Installing the other players would have changed the
> > >> associations. Go to the link below for how. Just scroll down a bit
> > >> until you get to this section, "Set Your Default Programs File Type
> > >> Associations :".
> > >>
> > >> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html?ltr=D
> > >>
> > >> Hope this helps,
> > >> Shawn
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> brink
> > >>
> > >> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > >> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> > >> *Please post feedback to help others.*
> > >>
> >
> >

Go to Start Menu\Programs\Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt.
Choose "Run as Administrator". Then type the command:

sfc /scannow

Press enter on your keyboard.

"Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:880EEED3-4603-4025-9A44-289CBDBBE8AC@microsoft.com...
> When I run this command a window opens very quickly and then closes with
> no
> explanation.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> In Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Program Access and Computer
>> Defaults, choose Custom and expand it. make sure "Enable access to this
>> program" for Windows Media Player has a checkmark.
>>
>> If that looks okay, what happens if you right-click on Media Player,
>> choose
>> Open File Location, and double-click on wmplayer.exe?
>>
>> If nothing happens, open Task Manager (right-click your Taskbar) and see
>> if
>> wmplayer.exe is running, on the Processes tab. If it is, right-click
>> wmplayer.exe, and choose End Process. Then try to open Media Player
>> again.
>>
>> If still no luck, try this:
>>
>> Press the Windows key + R. In the Run box type
>>
>> sfc /scannow
>>
>> After the System File Checker scan, which may take awhile, you can
>> confirm
>> any repairs by looking at the cbs.log (towards the end of the log) in
>> C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:41921F9E-FAF1-4BD4-8B90-2813FE9ABC06@microsoft.com...
>> > This is not something so simple as defaults. Windows does not respond
>> > under
>> > any circumstances and I clearly have some kind of problem with my
>> > registry
>> > files. If there is any option other than reinstalling vista I will do
>> > it
>> > but
>> > it looks like that might be my only option. Now, how do I reinstall
>> > vista
>> > with no CD as it came installed on my operating system.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "brink" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Nipstudent;377921 Wrote:
>> >> > I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically
>> >> > with
>> >> > WMP 11.
>> >> > I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases
>> >> > and
>> >> > support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows
>> >> > more
>> >> > than
>> >> > me.
>> >> >
>> >> > I had downloaded several different media players to test them out
>> >> > and
>> >> > later
>> >> > removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no
>> >> > longer
>> >> > opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
>> >> > attempted
>> >> > to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll
>> >> > and
>> >> > Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error
>> >> > message:
>> >> > The
>> >> > module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer
>> >> > failed
>> >> > with
>> >> > error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error
>> >> > code
>> >> > and no
>> >> > information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have
>> >> > already
>> >> > downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and
>> >> > have
>> >> > downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ben J, Canada
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ben J,
>> >>
>> >> Did you check and make sure WMP11 had all of it's file associations
>> >> set
>> >> back to it? Installing the other players would have changed the
>> >> associations. Go to the link below for how. Just scroll down a bit
>> >> until you get to this section, "Set Your Default Programs File Type
>> >> Associations :".
>> >>
>> >> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html?ltr=D
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps,
>> >> Shawn
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> brink
>> >>
>> >> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
>> >> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
>> >> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>> >>
>>
>>

If you open your "user name" folder (on the Start Menu, on the right side),
you should see a file called sfcdetails.txt. If you get a blank Notepad
when you open it, then "[SR] Cannot repair member file" is not in your
cbs.log. That's good news. When you ran sfc /scannow, did you get a
message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"?
That's also good news. At least your system files, and your Media Player
files, are intact. As to why Media Player won't open will take some more
pondering, if you followed my previous suggestions and they didn't work.

"Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEB24401-6CF5-47E6-8E09-54A4E38998AB@microsoft.com...
>I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
> following the instruction of a support page:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.
>
> I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member file"
> %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens. I
> then
> type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears
> with
> no text in it.
>
> I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone can
> continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or how
> to
> reinstall vista with no recovery disk.
>

I opened the txt file and it was in fact blank. However, when I ran the
scannow I got the following message:

Verification 98% complete, 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. For example
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log

"dean-dean" wrote:

> If you open your "user name" folder (on the Start Menu, on the right side),
> you should see a file called sfcdetails.txt. If you get a blank Notepad
> when you open it, then "[SR] Cannot repair member file" is not in your
> cbs.log. That's good news. When you ran sfc /scannow, did you get a
> message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"?
> That's also good news. At least your system files, and your Media Player
> files, are intact. As to why Media Player won't open will take some more
> pondering, if you followed my previous suggestions and they didn't work.
>
> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CEB24401-6CF5-47E6-8E09-54A4E38998AB@microsoft.com...
> >I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
> > following the instruction of a support page:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.
> >
> > I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member file"
> > %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens. I
> > then
> > type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears
> > with
> > no text in it.
> >
> > I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone can
> > continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or how
> > to
> > reinstall vista with no recovery disk.
> >
>
>

Your loads and removal of media players of all sorts have caused the
problem. Most software is built to rely on some borrowed and shared flies
from the host system. Often when removing these programs you remove or
corrupt the Windows files.

Best reload Vista to repair.


"Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C7FF9FC-E55A-47FC-8218-28B773B09AC9@microsoft.com...
>I have a problem with Vista, like many others, more specifically with WMP
>11.
> I have gone through a lengthy process of searching knoweledgebases and
> support options that I finally have come to ask someone that knows more
> than
> me.
>
> I had downloaded several different media players to test them out and
> later
> removed them all. After I did this I found that Media Player 11 no longer
> opened and no streaming video in explorer or firefox responded. I
> attempted
> to use the knowledgebase's solution of reregistering the Jscript.dll and
> Vbscript.dll files with two run commands but I got the error message: The
> module "jscript.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed
> with
> error code 0x80004005. I have searched everywhere for this error code and
> no
> information is either relevant or understandable to me. I have already
> downloaded the windows essential codec package from snapfiles and have
> downloaded Dependency Walker but cant figure out how to use it.
>
> Any relavent info on this would be more than greatly appreciated.
>
> Ben J, Canada
>

To create only SFC information gleaned from the cbs.log in a file called
sfcdetails.txt, and find sfcdetails.txt easily, open Command Prompt (using
the shortcut in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories). By default, the prompt
starts in
C:\Users\(Your Name). Type:

cd desktop

Press Enter on your keyboard. Then Copy and Paste this at the prompt:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

Press Enter. Sfcdetails.txt should then appear on your Desktop.

Does it mention anything about Windows Media Player files?

"Nipstudent" <Nipstudent RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1F898DDB-443C-4A2E-AF55-583C3B403222@microsoft.com...
>I opened the txt file and it was in fact blank. However, when I ran the
> scannow I got the following message:
>
> Verification 98% complete, 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. For example
> C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> If you open your "user name" folder (on the Start Menu, on the right
>> side),
>> you should see a file called sfcdetails.txt. If you get a blank Notepad
>> when you open it, then "[SR] Cannot repair member file" is not in your
>> cbs.log. That's good news. When you ran sfc /scannow, did you get a
>> message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity
>> violations"?
>> That's also good news. At least your system files, and your Media Player
>> files, are intact. As to why Media Player won't open will take some more
>> pondering, if you followed my previous suggestions and they didn't work.
>>
>> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CEB24401-6CF5-47E6-8E09-54A4E38998AB@microsoft.com...
>> >I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
>> > following the instruction of a support page:
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.
>> >
>> > I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member
>> > file"
>> > %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens.
>> > I
>> > then
>> > type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears
>> > with
>> > no text in it.
>> >
>> > I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone
>> > can
>> > continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or
>> > how
>> > to
>> > reinstall vista with no recovery disk.
>> >
>>
>>

When I type the first command it comes up saying desktop which I assume is
whats supposed to happen. Then, with the next command nothing happens. A new
prompt comes in after it with no text.

"dean-dean" wrote:

> To create only SFC information gleaned from the cbs.log in a file called
> sfcdetails.txt, and find sfcdetails.txt easily, open Command Prompt (using
> the shortcut in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories). By default, the prompt
> starts in
> C:\Users\(Your Name). Type:
>
> cd desktop
>
> Press Enter on your keyboard. Then Copy and Paste this at the prompt:
>
> findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt
>
> Press Enter. Sfcdetails.txt should then appear on your Desktop.
>
> Does it mention anything about Windows Media Player files?
>
> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F898DDB-443C-4A2E-AF55-583C3B403222@microsoft.com...
> >I opened the txt file and it was in fact blank. However, when I ran the
> > scannow I got the following message:
> >
> > Verification 98% complete, 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. For example
> > C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
> >
> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >
> >> If you open your "user name" folder (on the Start Menu, on the right
> >> side),
> >> you should see a file called sfcdetails.txt. If you get a blank Notepad
> >> when you open it, then "[SR] Cannot repair member file" is not in your
> >> cbs.log. That's good news. When you ran sfc /scannow, did you get a
> >> message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity
> >> violations"?
> >> That's also good news. At least your system files, and your Media Player
> >> files, are intact. As to why Media Player won't open will take some more
> >> pondering, if you followed my previous suggestions and they didn't work.
> >>
> >> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CEB24401-6CF5-47E6-8E09-54A4E38998AB@microsoft.com...
> >> >I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
> >> > following the instruction of a support page:
> >> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.
> >> >
> >> > I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member
> >> > file"
> >> > %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens.
> >> > I
> >> > then
> >> > type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears
> >> > with
> >> > no text in it.
> >> >
> >> > I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone
> >> > can
> >> > continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or
> >> > how
> >> > to
> >> > reinstall vista with no recovery disk.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>

This is a small sample of what is in the txt file:

2007-07-11 20:44:09, Info CSI 00000006 [SR] Verifying
100 (0x00000064) components
2007-07-11 20:44:09, Info CSI 00000007 [SR] Beginning
Verify and Repair transaction
2007-07-11 20:44:12, Info CSI 00000009 [SR] Verify
complete
2007-07-11 20:44:12, Info CSI 0000000a [SR] Verifying
100 (0x00000064) components
2007-07-11 20:44:12, Info CSI 0000000b [SR] Beginning
Verify and Repair transaction
2007-07-11 20:44:15, Info CSI 0000000d [SR] Verify
complete
2007-07-11 20:44:16, Info CSI 0000000e [SR] Verifying
100 (0x00000064) components

Nothing about media player.

"Nipstudent" wrote:

> When I type the first command it comes up saying desktop which I assume is
> whats supposed to happen. Then, with the next command nothing happens. A new
> prompt comes in after it with no text.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
> > To create only SFC information gleaned from the cbs.log in a file called
> > sfcdetails.txt, and find sfcdetails.txt easily, open Command Prompt (using
> > the shortcut in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories). By default, the prompt
> > starts in
> > C:\Users\(Your Name). Type:
> >
> > cd desktop
> >
> > Press Enter on your keyboard. Then Copy and Paste this at the prompt:
> >
> > findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt
> >
> > Press Enter. Sfcdetails.txt should then appear on your Desktop.
> >
> > Does it mention anything about Windows Media Player files?
> >
> > "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1F898DDB-443C-4A2E-AF55-583C3B403222@microsoft.com...
> > >I opened the txt file and it was in fact blank. However, when I ran the
> > > scannow I got the following message:
> > >
> > > Verification 98% complete, 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. For example
> > > C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
> > >
> > > "dean-dean" wrote:
> > >
> > >> If you open your "user name" folder (on the Start Menu, on the right
> > >> side),
> > >> you should see a file called sfcdetails.txt. If you get a blank Notepad
> > >> when you open it, then "[SR] Cannot repair member file" is not in your
> > >> cbs.log. That's good news. When you ran sfc /scannow, did you get a
> > >> message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity
> > >> violations"?
> > >> That's also good news. At least your system files, and your Media Player
> > >> files, are intact. As to why Media Player won't open will take some more
> > >> pondering, if you followed my previous suggestions and they didn't work.
> > >>
> > >> "Nipstudent" <Nipstudent.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:CEB24401-6CF5-47E6-8E09-54A4E38998AB@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I ran this command in the command prompt and it seemed to work. I was
> > >> > following the instruction of a support page:
> > >> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833.
> > >> >
> > >> > I get as far as typing in the: findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member
> > >> > file"
> > >> > %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt command and nothing happens.
> > >> > I
> > >> > then
> > >> > type in edit sfcdetails.txt and a window with a blue background appears
> > >> > with
> > >> > no text in it.
> > >> >
> > >> > I feel like I get somewhere but hit a roadblock somewhere. If anyone
> > >> > can
> > >> > continue helping me either creating some kind of resolution to this or
> > >> > how
> > >> > to
> > >> > reinstall vista with no recovery disk.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >