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Critical structure corruption....
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/...
In other words, don't blame windows. I would advise you to check RAM with memtest86+ and then check S.M.A.R.T data on the HDD. After replacing any faulty parts, reinstall windows from scratch using a USB stick created with "media creation tool" (google it and pick the first result).
(select custom, then to delete all partitions on the HDD).
If it asks for product key, select "skip". It will fetch your license from the cloud by using your hardware serial. -
@penguin same here, My mother is happy, the printer/scanner works great and libre office is ok replacement for ms office.
Also I can ssh to that machine so is an extra node for me XD. -
@sebastian Well you know. If it has Windows:
if (computer.IsBroken("Hardware"))
{
if (computer.contains("Windows"))
{
blame("Windows");
}
else
{
blame("Hardware");
}
} -
@sebastian well if he changes hardware wouldn't Windows be unable to fetch the right license key?
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@oscarascal There is a certain limit on how much hw changes you can do before Microsoft considers this a "new" computer and wont allow the old license to be fetched/activated. A disk change isn't going to trip this anyways. The motherboard has the major identifiers like MAC, BIOS serial, processor serial..
I have changed faulty RAMs and disk's on multiple computers and Microsoft has always been able to fetch the license back after a keyless reinstall.
However, replacing the mobo always triggers the "not activated" message even after having same RAM and disk.
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Most helpful error log ever...
So I'm basically my family's IT guy, as you'd expect, but this is just pulling my hairs.
My mom's laptop has a weird error message saying something about a corrupt windows update database.
Not wanting to mess the system up, I decided to factory reset the computer and see if that helped.
During the factory reset, windows tells me that it can't delete all files, and that another factory reset might be in order.
Alright, I don't think any more of it and proceed to setup the account on the computer, everything works fine.
Next day I decide to run windows update on it just to see if everything works as it should, the computer restarts and immediately BSoDs on me. Upon reboot the same error from before the system reset pops up again, and I'm back to square one.
Fuck windows and all its constant issues
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