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Table of Contents. Overview of the Windows Vista Repair options Windows Vista comes with a rich feature set of diagnostic and repair tools that you can use in the event that your computer is not operating correctly.
These tools allow you to diagnose problems and repair them without having to boot into Windows. This provides much greater flexibility when it comes to fixing problems that you are not able to resolve normally. This guide focuses on using the Startup Repair utility to automatically fix problems starting Windows Vista. The tutorial will also provide a brief description of the advanced repair tools with links to tutorials on how to use them. How to perform and automatic repair of Windows Vista using Startup Repair If you are having problems starting Windows Vista, then your first step is to use the automated repair tool called Startup Repair.
Startup Repair is a diagnostic tool that can be accessed via the Windows Recovery Environment. In order to start the Windows Recovery Environment you must boot your computer off of the Windows Vista DVD that you purchased or that came with your computer. To start this process, insert the Vista DVD into your DVD drive and turn your computer on. Your computer will start and you should see your BIOS listing your hardware and other information.
When that information is cleared, your computer will see that a bootable DVD is inserted and present a prompt similar to Figure 1 below. Boot the computer from the CD or DVD As you want to boot the computer from the Windows Vista DVD you need to press a key, and any key will do, on your keyboard when you see the above prompt. After you press the key, you should hear your DVD reader spinning up and then you will see a black screen with a white status bar at the bottom stating Windows is loading files. After a while, the status bar will turn completely white and you will see a screen stating that Windows is loading. The Windows Setup environment will continue to load and when finished you will be presented with a screen similar to Figure 2 below. Configure language and location options in Vista Setup At this screen you should configure the Language to install, Time and currency format, and Keyboard or input method options so that they are set correctly. When done, press the Next button.
You will now be at the main Windows Vista setup screen where you would normally install Vista on to a computer. Windows Vista Setup options As we want to repair the computer, you should click on the Repair your computer option. This will bring you to a new screen where the repair process will look for all Windows Vista installations on your computer. When done you will be presented with the System Recovery Options dialog box as shown in Figure 4 below. System Recovery Options Select the Vista installation you would like to repair and if there are drivers you need to load in order for Vista to access any of your drives or other components, then you should click on the Load Drivers button to load them. When ready, press the Next button to continue. If the repair process does not detect any problems starting Vista, it will display a list of recovery tools.
These recovery tools are discussed further in the section below. As we want to perform an automated repair, we would click on the Startup Repair option under this list of tools. It should also be noted that if the repair process detected that you previously had problems starting Vista, instead of displaying the list of recovery tools, it would have automatically started the Startup Repair tool for you. When the Startup Repair tool starts, it will scan your Vista installation for any problems. Install floppy disk drive.
If problems are found it will attempt to fix these problems automatically. This automatic repair process can be seen in Figure 5 below.
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Startup Repair window The automatic repair process can take quite a while. So please be patient as Vista attempts to find and repair any problems on your computer.
During this process your computer may reboot multiple times, which is normal and nothing to be worried about. During this process you may also be presented with a dialog box asking if you would like to restore your computer using System Restore. Restore using System Restore You should click on the Cancel button at this prompt because there is a better System Restore option that can be used from the which we will cover later.
For now, just click on the Cancel button and continue with the Startup Repair process. The repair process will now continue to scan your installation for errors to fix.
Once the repair process has completed, if it could not find any problems, you will be given an option to send your information to Microsoft. Could not repair automatically When sending this information, it is important to note that you will not receive a response back from Microsoft with a solution. Instead they use this information to determine if this is a bug that a lot of people are having and that they need to rectify or if they need to create a support article on how to fix it. If you wish to send the information, then click on the Send information about this problem (recommended) option. Otherwise, click on the Don't send option.
You will now be at a summary screen. End of automatic repair You can now click on the Finish button to reboot your computer to exit the repair process or if you would like to try some more advanced options then click on the View advanced options for system recovery and support. We recommend that you try the advanced tools if the Startup Repair tool could not fix your problems.
You can also reach the advanced tools at any time during a Startup Repair scan by clicking on the Cancel button. An overview of the advanced tools can be found with links to their individual tutorials. Advanced Tools Overview Vista provides advanced repair tools that you can use to fix problems with your Windows Vista installation. To reach this list of tools you would start your computer using the above process and either press Cancel during the Startup Repair process, or if no problems were detected, the list will automatically be shown. The repair process will now display the System Recovery Options screen. Vista System Recovery Options screen This screen provides access to five tools that can help you repair your Vista installation. These tools are: Startup Repair Startup Repair is an automated repair process that scans your Vista installation for problems and attempts to automatically fix them.
When you select to repair Vista from the Vista setup screen, and Vista detects problems, this process will be started automatically. You can cancel this process at any time to access the other repair tools described below. The Startup Repair process has already been introduced when we discussed performing an automated repair.
System Restore System Restore allows you to restore your computer's configuration, driver information, and programs to a previous state while leaving your existing data intact. Using this option can typically fix a installation's problem if it is not associated with faulty hardware. In order to use this option, you must have had System Restore enabled in Vista so that there are restore points available to restore to. To learn how to use this feature you should read this tutorial:. Windows Complete PC Restore Complete PC Restore is a feature that allows you to restore your entire computing environment from a backup image that you created previously. The ability to create backup images for Complete PC Restore is only available in Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise. If you have tried all possible steps to repair your computer, and have a Complete PC Restore backup image available from when your computer was operating properly, then you can use this repair option to restore that image.
To learn how to use this feature you should read this tutorial:. Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool Windows Vista comes with a diagnostic tool that allows you to check the memory installed in your computer for errors. This will allow you to determine if the actual memory (RAM) hardware installed in your computer is creating errors. To learn how to use this feature you should read this tutorial:. Command Prompt The Command Prompt repair tool allows you to open a command prompt that you can use to access the files and registry information on your computer. This is an invaluable tool for removing security threats such as worms, rootkits, and other malware from your computer and to be able to access files when Vista fails to boot up.To learn how to use this feature you should read this tutorial:.
With the knowledge that these tools exist and how to use them, you now have the capability to repair your Windows Vista installation in the event that problems occur. No longer should you feel held captive to your computer, but rather in control of how it operates. If you have any questions on how to use the automated repair or the advanced repair tools, please ask us in the.
You can create a PDF file directly from a paper document, using your scanner and Acrobat. On Windows, Acrobat supports TWAIN scanner drivers and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) drivers. On Mac OS, Acrobat supports TWAIN and Image Capture (ICA). In Windows, you can either use the Autodetect Color Mode and let Acrobat determine the paper document’s content type, or use other presets ( Black & White Document, Grayscale Document, Color Image, and Color Document) based on your judgment. You can configure the scanning presets or use the Custom Scan option to scan with the settings of your choice. Acrobat scanning accepts images between 10 dpi and 3000 dpi. If you select Searchable Image or ClearScan for PDF Output Style, input resolution of 72 dpi or higher is required.
Also, input resolution higher than 600 dpi is downsampled to 600 dpi or lower. To apply lossless compression to a scanned image, select one of these options under the Optimization Options in the Optimize Scanned PDF dialog box: CCITT Group 4 for monochrome images, or Lossless for color or grayscale images. If this image is appended to a PDF document, and you save the file using the Save option, the scanned image remains uncompressed.
If you save the PDF using Save As, the scanned image may be compressed. For most pages, black-and-white scanning at 300 dpi produces text best suited for conversion. At 150 dpi, OCR accuracy is slightly lower, and more font-recognition errors occur; at 400 dpi and higher resolution, processing slows, and compressed pages are bigger.
If a page has many unrecognized words or small text (9 points or smaller), try scanning at higher resolution. Scan in black and white whenever possible.
When Recognize Text Using OCR is disabled, full 10-to-3000 dpi resolution range may be used, but the recommended resolution is 72 and higher dpi. For Adaptive Compression, 300 dpi is recommended for grayscale or RGB input, or 600 dpi for black-and-white input. Pages scanned in 24-bit color, 300 dpi, at 8-1/2–by-11 in.
(21.59-by-27.94 cm) result in large images (25 MB) before compression. Your system may require 50 MB of virtual memory or more to scan the image. At 600 dpi, both scanning and processing typically are about four times slower than at 300 dpi. Avoid dithering or halftone scanner settings. These settings can improve the appearance of photographs, but they make it difficult to recognize text. For text printed on colored paper, try increasing the brightness and contrast by about 10%.
If your scanner has color-filtering capability, consider using a filter or lamp that drops out the background color. Or if the text isn’t crisp or drops out, try adjusting scanner contrast and brightness to clarify the scan.
If your scanner has a manual brightness control, adjust it so that characters are clean and well formed. If characters are touching, use a higher (brighter) setting. If characters are separated, use a lower (darker) setting. When you run OCR on a scanned output, Acrobat analyzes bitmaps of text and substitutes words and characters for those bitmap areas.
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If the ideal substitution is uncertain, Acrobat marks the word as suspect. Suspects appear in the PDF as the original bitmap of the word, but the text is included on an invisible layer behind the bitmap of the word. This method makes the word searchable even though it is displayed as a bitmap. Note: If you try to select text in a scanned PDF that does not have OCR applied, or try to perform a Read Out Loud operation on an image file, Acrobat asks if you want to run OCR. If you click OK, the Text Recognition dialog box opens and you can select options, which are described in detail under the previous topic.
I am still having a problem scanning on my Windows Defender for my Windows 10. The Custom Scan will not scan because the icon to click to start the custom scan is faded out. I did not do it, in fact when I ran a custom scan once it ran and found a dangerous threat on my computer and fixed it, and every since then I've not been able to run a custom scan since. I need help because I've done everything that was told me to do and nothing changed. I can run a quick scan and a full scan, but I feel that they are not detecting any threating malware or other kind of hidden threats. What can I do to fix the icon that I should be able to use for starting the custom scan that is now faded out?
Thank You Original title: Windows Defender for Windows 10. @FeebieWoods - Can you attach a screen shot of the Windows Defender UI. I'd like to see why/what is causing the 'Custom Scan' icon to be grayed out. Custom Scan just allows you to choose what drive/folder to scan.
Full scan will scan your entire system (all drives) so that should cover your custom scan scenario. If you haven't already.
Can you please search for this issue in the 'Windows Feedback' app that comes preinstalled with Windows 10. If you find it, please up-vote, else create a new one with the error in the title. If you feel that the malware is still running. I recommend you run Windows Defender Offline: Windows Defender receives it update by default through Windows Update Service. I would first check to see if the Windows Update service is working correctly. If that is working and you feel that you need to manually download latest signatures try executing the following command: '%programfiles% windows defender mpcmdrun.exe' -signatureupdate -http If you haven't already I would recommend downloading and installing Microsoft EMET. Currently 5.5 (Beta) is out for Windows 10 here: You can read more about EMET here: Thx, CJ.Eichholz (MSFT) - Microsoft Antimalware This post is provided as-is with no warranty or support.
This post is provided as-is with no warranty or support. Hello, Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family. From the description provided, I understand that the status of the Windows Defender custom scanning is disabled. To be able to assist you better, provide us a few more details on the below questions. Is Windows Defender able to remove the threat after it notifies you about the malware detection?. Do you have any third party antivirus/firewall software installed which works along side Windows Defender? As an in initial recommendation, I suggest you to r un the offline Windows Defender and check if it helps.
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In reply to the question that was asked me by SayanGhosh I've done the off line Windows 10 Defender scanning and still could not obtain access to the custom scanning, it's still faded out, which tells me that the malware that was found when I was able to use the custom scanner is still there working in the background even after it was found by Windows Defender and gotten rid of. Right after that the icon faded out to run custom scanning anymore. Thank you and thank you for responding so quickly to my question. Hello, Thank you for keeping us posted and we appreciate your patience. I suggest you to follow the below methods and check if it helps to resolve the issue.
Method 1 Place the computer in a Clean Boot state and check if there are any third party applications to be causing the issue. A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program. Note: Steps mentioned for Windows 8/8.1, will work fine with Windows 10. Disclaimer: Please go through the section: How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot of the Kb article to boot the computer in normal startup after fixing the issue. Method 2 If the cause of the issue is due to system file corruption.
I suggest you to run System file checker. System File checker (SFC) scan is done to check if there are any corrupted system files that could be causing this issue. Kindly follow the below given steps:. Press Windows key + X, select Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt. In Command prompt type sfc/scannow and press enter. Restart the computer.
If no corrupted system files were found in the previous state, then I suggest you to try the following steps to employ the DISM command lines:. Open command prompt by pressing Windows key + X and selecting “Command prompt admin”. In command prompt, type the following commands and press Enter after each command: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth. Close the command prompt and restart the PC and check if it works. Method 3 If the above recommendations does not help, check if the same issue occurs when logged in through a different user account. Ref: Write to us with the updated information and we would be happy to help you further.
Click Excluded File Types in the left pane, make any desired changes, and then click Save. You can identify types of files that you do not want Windows Defender to scan, such as pictures (.jpg) or music (.mp3). You might exclude certain file types so that Windows Defender runs faster by skipping over your music files, for example. Simply type the file extension — you don’t need to include the asterisk (.) or leading period (.) and click Add. To scan any file types you have previously excluded, select the file type from the list and click Remove. Click Advanced in the left pane, make any desired changes, and then click Save. You can select whether to scan compressed files (for example,.zip files), e-mail and attachments, and removable drives (such as USB drives).
You can also enable heuristics, which checks for partial matches of existing spyware definitions, and you can configure Windows Defender to automatically create a restore point before taking action on any detected items (so that you can recover your computer if the action causes a problem).