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I am not all sure I should have subscribed to this thread but I have been trying to tidy up my laptop computer as I suspect that a clean install my sons did for me last year is the source of a lot of irritating problems.
I decided to save the System Info to my desktop to save me time when getting help . I was trying to copy and save from the command msinfo32 and having problems doing that. I strayed into the Event Viewer in my browsing efforts to sort this and found the following warning:
Device ROOT\SCPI_HAL\000 requires reboot to complete configuration
I found this tutorial. My question is, should I go ahead with this although your intro to this tutorial suggests it would be better to have done this BEFORE the clean install took place. Could this be the source of some of my problems ? I was advised it would be a good idea to get someone computer savvy to look at my pc. My son came round and did his best but some problems still remain. Finding someone I trust to mess with it is not so simple ! I have more faith in ten forums !
Please advise
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Sorry seems to have duplicated my post.
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1You have posted the same text three times. I suggest you edit the post to remove the repetitions.
2 To save msinfo32 results:- Run the msinfo32 command then click on its File menu, select Export, choose a path and a filename, click on Save. Then go and make a pot of tea because it can take several minutes to complete. It can be a huge text file of over 1MB so I hope you have a good reason to want to save it and are prepared for some pretty boring browsing if you decide to read it - in Word, it covers over 200 pages.
3 Reading Event viewer entries is a bit like reading a medical dictionary; within five minutes you'll be positive that you have late stage Martian lurgy with added complications. It is better to regard Event viewer as a potential source of data to help you diagnose a fault for which you have behavioural symptoms.
4 It is always better to have made backups before a major change so that you stand a chance of getting back to normal if there's a problem. But you didn't so that's the end of the matter; you cannot go back in time. Just start making driver backups now and then do so again when you change any drivers.
5 Make system images before any major changes. I have a vague recollection that you already do this using Macrium reflect [free edition]. If not, start doing it now. See
my ditty - File backup vs imaging, imaging utilities, backing up drivers [post #3] - TenForums
My ditty includes a link to a TenForumsTutorial on Macrium that is very good indeed.
Denis
Dism is in your
C:\Windows\System32
folder just like many other Windows commands e.g. DiskPart.
And that folder is in the default Path so you can run Dism in an Admin cmd window without having to write out the full path each time.
You'll find it there in Windows 7, 10, 11.
If you just enter the raw command Dism, it will respond with the general page of its extensive built-in Help. Extract shown below -
And you can get the individual Help sections by entering a Dism option followed by /?
Dism Help differs for each Windows version so check the Help separately for each one.
All the best,
Denis
Unless somebody knows otherwise, I think that the Dism in Windows 7 does not have the necessary commands.
1 You run Dism on a Windows 7 computer by booting from a Windows 10/11 Installation USB.
2 You could try copying the Dism.exe across to see if it works.
- Dism from Windows 11 works in Windows 10 and its built-in Help remains that of Windows 11 so it might well retain its Windows 11 Dism capabilities.
- I do not have a Windows 7 computer available to test.
3 You could use the Dism++ utility that PaulB suggested in post #76.
Best of luck,
Denis
Hi Denis
because i can't even open the webpage post #76
I guess the webpage is
https://chuyu.me/en-US/
GitHub - Chuyu-Team/Dism-Multi-language: Dism++ Multi-language Support & BUG Report
Paul's links are to webpages with a certificate problem so your browser security might object to them. Firefox lets me go to them but issues a warning first.
@Paul Black - Paul, any comment?
Or just use one of the other options that I suggested.
Denis