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General Computer Support / Re: Catastrophic Failure (Ox80000FFFF) interfering with System Restore

« on: July 11, 2015, 07:28:36 am »

Thanks a ton, Boggin. I found a fix! I used software I found here (see post #26, from JohnC_21) - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/565569/catastrophic-failure-0x8000ffff-when-trying-to-create-restore-point/page-2

that led to here- http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50010.aspx to re-register the VSS components. See "VSSfix" software for both 32 and 64 bit, at the bottom of the page. 

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General Computer Support / Re: Catastrophic Failure (Ox80000FFFF) interfering with System Restore

« on: July 11, 2015, 05:52:36 am »

I've ran scannow, chkdsk, and there's no problems. As far as versions, 2- Vista pros and 1- Vista home basic. All 3 are 32 bit. I don't have SP2 bootable disks. Should I go ahead and do that?

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General Computer Support / Re: Catastrophic Failure (Ox80000FFFF) interfering with System Restore

« on: July 10, 2015, 04:18:54 pm »

"Have you checked the program for an Undo option or if using your restore points is applicable ?"   I have and no to both questions. The error code comes up, only when trying to create a restore point. There are no restore points, available. But, there is a problem with Windows Update, as it says "most recent check for updates- never", which isn't true. I just ran Windows Update, about an hour ago, but there were no updates available. But, just a few minutes ago, ran Windows Update again, and it said "most recent check for updates- never", still. Very strange.

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General Computer Support / Re: Catastrophic Failure (Ox80000FFFF) interfering with System Restore

« on: July 10, 2015, 03:52:53 pm »

"These tune up programs should be avoided like the plague"  Unfortunately, i've found that out the hard way! I've tried those Fixit's and have had no luck. This is very frustrating!

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General Computer Support / Catastrophic Failure (Ox80000FFFF) interfering with System Restore (SOLVED)

« on: July 10, 2015, 03:23:01 pm »

The name of the topic, is basically the problem. I've tried several fixes i've found on Google and to no avail. This is a problem that's occurred on all of my pc's! All Vista. I think the problems happened after I applied "speed up, startup" in a registry repair program. I won't name the program, because i'm not 100% sure if that's the cause. But, it sure seems like the case. Do any of you gurus have any idea how to repair this problem? I've tried the repair option a million times with Tweaking.com and to no avail. Tweaking.com, sure does speed up things, but this shadow copy problem, won't repair.