Vista preinstalled games gone(Have tried add/remove)

[ChelseaGrin]

As title says...
my windows preinstalled games(solitaire, etc) are gone, but the thing is, I went to add/remove progs, and went to turn on and off windows features, and when I attempt to turn the games back on, i get an error saying "An error has occurred, not all of the features were successfully changed".

I have no idea what to do, but it's driving me insane.

 

[Frostmourne]

I'd say install windows 7, but the games are not listed in the games folder? Is this copy of Vista retail?

 

[ChelseaGrin]

not listed, and its retail.

 

[Frostmourne]

Tick the boxes in add/remove in safe mode and then reboot.

 

[ChelseaGrin]

Same deal in safe mode. error after a few minutes of waiting.

 

[Frostmourne]

Run sfc /scannow at an elevated command prompt. Type cmd into the start menu and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter or right click and select run as administrator.

 

[ChelseaGrin]

I've done that as well, didn't have an effect.

 

[ChelseaGrin]

Bump?

 

[stoneys-nutz]

Hello ChelseaGrin,
I have heard that some people have had good results with this method.
Open a Command Prompt as Administrator.
Enter the following command and hit Enter: "Start /wait ocsetup InboxGames" (without quote marks). This will take several minutes to complete. Once the command is complete you will return to the command prompt. This command does not return a message. You will need to manually reboot the system to complete this method.
I don't know if it will work in your case, it seems the files are missing or damaged, but may be worth a try.
Give it a go and post your results, good luck.

 

[ChelseaGrin]

stopped half way and said

"*the component setup program encountered an error: 0x800b0100 no signature was present in the subject
"

 

[stoneys-nutz]

Have you tried a system restore, to a point, before this started happening ?.

 

[ChelseaGrin]

None go back far enough.

 

[ChelseaGrin]

Bump?

I really still can't fix it, it's driving me nuts ;-;