[sportspeddler1]

Because of all the help from geekstogo, I was able to get my computer up and running with dual boot - Windows 7 Professional 32 bit and Windows XP professional. With a few exceptions, it has been working pretty well. Here are the posts that pertain to the problems I was having at the time.

http://www.geekstogo...97#entry2299597
http://www.geekstogo...69#entry2301369
http://www.geekstogo...54#entry2301454

I use the Windows XP regularly for my business and except for an occasional BSOD it has been working pretty well. I use the Windows 7 seldom but something in it seems to be corrupt or a virus or something. Started about a week ago when trying to install a software program and got a message something like 'unable to install because a hardware device on your system is not functioning properly'. Sorry, I did not write down the exact wording. When I googled the message, most things I found suggested some sort of virus. I ran all the scans I could think of for viruses and nothing came up. I did get that same message ('unable to install because a hardware device on your system is not functioning properly') when I tried to run Malwarebytes but was ultimately able to run Malwarebytes with a clean install. Also got that same message when trying to run some other updates. None of the scans I ran showed any viruses, even a boot scan in Avast.

Since then, I really have not been on Windows 7 until today when I logged into it. Everything seemed to be OK. Installed some updates, then tried to update Adobe Reader. After the update downloaded I hit the install button and the screen just went blank for a second then the install button popped back up. After a few times of that I decided to try to do a clean install of Adobe Reader. When I tried to un-install the older version of Adobe reader, a message came up that I did not have permission to uninstall it (even though I have administrative rights). I then logged into my Administrator account, tried to uninstall it from there. It said I could not because the other account was still open. I logged off of the Administrator Account, logged into my regular account, then logged off of my regular account and the screen went blank. Tried to reboot. All I got was a black screen with a white cursor arrow. Tried to reboot into safe mode. The screen came up for me to log into safe mode, but when I tried to log into safe mode, it showed all the different things installing, but then I only got the black screen with the white arrow again. After several tries, I came onto here.

I'm sorry for the long description of my situation. Hopefully I can get the Windows 7 part of the computer repaired without doing any damage to my XP install, which is why I came here before trying anything else.

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Forgot to add... Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give!

[sportspeddler1]

Forgot to add... Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give!

[sportspeddler1]

Someone in the Chat area was able to help me get into the menu where I could choose the last known good configuration and I was able to boot back into Windows 7. I am still concerned about some of the strange behavior and Avast just popped up that a rootkit was found. So I am going to start a new post in the Malware Forum for some help on that.

Thank you!