Go into regedit and find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\wscsvc\Enum then right click on Enum and Delete.
That key should not be there and it refers to another key which does not exist or should not anyway. Look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum and click on the + in front of Enum. Do you see LEGACY_WSCSVC? If so, right click on LEGACY_WSCSVC and Delete.
Then reboot and try
Start, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator, Continue. Type with an Enter after each line:
sc start wscsvc
command again. Does it still say the service does not exist?
For your Adobe Problem:
Could be your IE settings are too restrictive. Try Running IE, then Tools, Internet Options, Advanced. Find the RESET button and hit it then OK. Close IE. Delete the old download and restart IE then try a new download. Right click on the downloaded file and check Properties. Does it say anything about being BLOCKED? Unblock it if does and then try to install it by right clicking and Run As Administrator.
We can also try resetting the registry permissions to default.
Download SubInACL.exe
http://www.microsoft...&displaylang=enBy default it installs the tool in C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\
Please allow it to do so.
Download and Save the attached file, reset.zip, right click on it and Extract all and copy the reset.cmd file to C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\.
Start, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator, Continue. Type with an Enter after each line:
cd \Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
reset.cmd