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Having been involved with beta win95 to Win 8, never had any real issues until now in dealing with issues.

I an denied access as adim to various files and folders that I can not delete them considering I made them.

invalid register access to photos when I try clicking then that none of the recommendations work to allow me access to them other using a program.

I had a game that work find from day one 6 months ago that it disappear. Try reinstalled the game and end up being a error trying to run the game. Go to uninstalled it, cannot be found with any uninstall programs including win 8. I see part of it in the program folder.

I had an icon of Regedit on the desktop and disappear also and cannot be found.

When to used Regedit that was download, it refused to allow me to remove the info.

Have lost all sound. Done driver update with it saying current ones are current and even going to the board site. They say the drivers are working.

If I try to do a win8 repair, it said the drive is lock

I am getting ready to strip the system and reinstall Win 7 pro since I had no real issues with it.

Even some of the win 8 update fail to install as well.

What do I have to do to deal and fix these issues??

I hate the fly out menu on the right as it will come out when I don't want it or refuse to come out when I need it. It more of a pin now than during the beta testing.

Thanks
 

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I suggest complete reinstall.
Start from scratch.
 

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What version of Windows 8 is this, and was it any kind of Beta version? I can't imagine how your system got locked down like that.

Usually, stuff like this can be fixed by resetting the permissions for all fines and folders on the drive, there is a Program called "D7" that has a utility to do this, it takes maybe an hour to reset all the permissions.

It could also be you obtained that virus that "hides" all of your files and folders, and maybe when restoring the -h attribute you got messed up, maybe those folders you made got hit with a +S (system) attribute which would make it not be able to be changed.

I'd try D7's "reset permissions" - There are also a few scripts you can find what can to it too, its a VB script, resets all attributes back to normal.

If none of that works, THEN I'd wipe the drive and re-install
 

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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
I felt I would have to do a full rebuilt when I asked this question.

It was the full Win8 Pro and no beta on the drive.

I had issues installing it before and have the id number after it was validated

While reinstalling the system, the drive die. Drive less than a year old.

After installing the system on the new drive, cannot validate the system. What do I need to do to get it validated to the validated number I have??

Also, the updates for the system fail and most likely due to not being validated, if not another issues not seen before.

Never had to rebuilt a window system under 18 months in the past, yet doing 6 months after installing pro. No issues during the beta testing, but whoa with official release.

What is my next step???
 

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    EvGA X58 3X SLI
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    24 gigs
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    650Ti 2 gigs
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    Seagate 2T, 3T, 3T, 4T 7200 rpm 64
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    750
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    MS
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If your hard drive was replaced, thats a major cause of the activation failing. If you bought the Windows 8 disk, then Microsoft should give you a new activation by Phone, if all of the automatic validations do not work. Just call them on the phone when activating, they'll give you a new key and Bobs your uncle.
 

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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
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    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
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    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
When you say it won't validate do you mean it fails the Windows Genuine Validation or it won't activate or both? Where did you obtain your copy of Windows 8 from? Replacing the hard drive and then reinstalling shouldn't cause Windows to fail activation. If you bring up the Start screen and type regedit it should search for it and list it in the search results. You can also start it from the run command.
 

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    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
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    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
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    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
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    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
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    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
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    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
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    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
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    Thermaltake TR 620
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    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
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    Stock heatsink fan
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I agree, usually replacing a HD won't matter, but on rare occasions I had to re validate.

What is he looking for in Regedit, the activation, where would that be? Better specify, I'd like to know too- I've never looked for the validation status in Regedit.
 

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    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
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    Works 550w
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    MSI "M-Box"
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    Water Cooled
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    Dell Keyboard
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    Microsoft Intellimouse
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
A lot of the problems he describes say to me "infection" and or a compromised system. When things like regedit are gone and hidden from sight its usually because something doesn't want you to have access. That something is usually bad. On the other hand, messing around in the registry, especially if you don't know what you are doing can mess things up really bad too. Either way at this point if that PC was sitting in front of me I'd be recommending doing a clean install.
 

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    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
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    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
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    Stock heatsink fan
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    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
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    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
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    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
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    Windows Defender
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    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Well he said he downloaded "regedit" - It may have been a virus. All ya gotta do it type "regedit" into a command prompt.
 

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    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
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    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
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    Cable Medium Speed
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    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Well he said he downloaded "regedit" - It may have been a virus. All ya gotta do it type "regedit" into a command prompt.

Or a script, either way his system is more than likely compromised.
 

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    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
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    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I agree - I ran NOD32 and Malwarebytes yesterday and I had stuff in there I didn't even know I had, got rid of it, boom. There is just a point where I KNOW I'm infected - Especially when Peerblock starts flashing constantly. That's a sure sign of a Rootkit infection.

So, I would run TDSSkiller first, then Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit, THEN do a full scan, you can download and use Eset NOD32 version 6.x something for free for 7 days - Plenty of time to eradicate any problems. But you still need to run D7 to repair those permissions.
 

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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
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    Cable Medium Speed
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    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
I finally have fresh install system and the Product Key was corrupted and been given a new number by MS after a hour.

I had access to the regedit, but could not find the keys to removed various programs so I could removed the software that was not showing up as installed. Never seen this before. This is software I have being used for years.

Never had this much problem with any OS since starting with the beta win 95 to win 8. Beta 8 didn't have this issues like the official one.

Lets hope I don't have the same issues again and if so, win 7 Ultimate will replace it until I move to a Mac system.
 

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  • OS
    win8.1 pro
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    System Manufacturer/Model
    custom built
    CPU
    I7 920
    Motherboard
    EvGA X58 3X SLI
    Memory
    24 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    650Ti 2 gigs
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 2T, 3T, 3T, 4T 7200 rpm 64
    External WD 1.5T usb2 and 2T USB3
    PSU
    750
    Keyboard
    MS
    Mouse
    MS
    Internet Speed
    Highspeed
    Browser
    Fifefox
    Antivirus
    AVG
Well lets hope you don't end up going down that road again. How old is your system/hardware? If you start having issues again you may want to run some diagnostics on your hard drive and maybe check your RAM for errors. Issues with either one of those can cause data corruption which can cause Windows to have fits etc.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Well lets hope you don't end up going down that road again. How old is your system/hardware? If you start having issues again you may want to run some diagnostics on your hard drive and maybe check your RAM for errors. Issues with either one of those can cause data corruption which can cause Windows to have fits etc.

24 gigs of ram new Jan with new 650Ti 2gig video.

2 T HD that die was 9 months old. Installed the OS on a new 4T drive with a new 3T and 2T backup. Also 1.5 & 2T external drive. Removed the less than 3 year old 2 1T and 1.5T HD and used them in the docking bay now as an extra backup drives.

System 2 years old. Installed Blue Ray Burner in Jan to go along with the old CD burner 52X

I always do update checking, diagnostics monthly on everything with weekly defag of HD.

Have the whole system checked in Jan since the Hardware not my skill.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    custom built
    CPU
    I7 920
    Motherboard
    EvGA X58 3X SLI
    Memory
    24 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    650Ti 2 gigs
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 2T, 3T, 3T, 4T 7200 rpm 64
    External WD 1.5T usb2 and 2T USB3
    PSU
    750
    Keyboard
    MS
    Mouse
    MS
    Internet Speed
    Highspeed
    Browser
    Fifefox
    Antivirus
    AVG
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