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Yes, you can take a look at Scriptlogic's desktop authority. Probably that's what you want to get here. We use it to build signatures for our users and we gather the information from Active Directory so that it performs automatically for users. As for example, take a look here. They have sample KIX32 script in their script library. The main thing here with this tool for me is its flexibility. You can leave all settings alone and do the things in fully automated mode, or you can go your own way and implement custom features writing KIX scripted functions and adding them to builtin tool functionality.

First of all, what you have written in your Application log? Try observing it. Click Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer. Click on the Application item in the tree and then look for error items with red icons.

If you find nothing, just run the update and update to WMP11.

OK. What you see in your System log? Open Start\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Event Viewer and then open System. Which items do you see having red icons?

This is probably you administrator who assigned the "Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu" group policy to restrict you from using it. Try checking it.
1. Click Start and then click Run item to open the Run box
2. Type rsop.msc in the open field and press Enter
3. The Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) master will be launched, the info will be gathered and you will see the Resultant Set of Policy snap-in opened
4. In the opened snap-in, navigate the path User Configuration\Adminsitartive Templates\Windows Components
5. Now if you see the Windows Explorer folder within the Windows Components folder, it means the "Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu" or the other connected with changes in Windows Explorer was applied to your computer. Let's check it.
6. Open the Windows Explorer in the left panel of the Resultant Set of Policy snap-in and switch to the right panel.
7. You will see the list of items listed there. Each item represents a policy applied to you. "You" that means, to your account as we are observing the User configuration section
8. In the list of policies find the "Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu" policy. If it's there, you are problably in troubles. That means someone has applied that policy to you
9. Let's check who it was. Double-click on the policy to open the policy properties
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You either can try to select the Last Known Good Configuration option from the boot menu or try using Sytem Repair with Windows Setup Disc.
To boot with last known good confuration settings. Start your computer. When you will see the boot menu, select the record in the boot menu listed that is used to start your corrupted system and press F8. Now press enter as you do when you start your sytem normally. You will see menu containting record Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked). Select it and press Enter. I recommend backing up files located on that system partition prior to doing that. See this for additional info. Read this to find out what the Last Known Good Configuration feature is good for and where it will not help.

To use Sytem Recovery console feature, boot from your Windows Setup Disk. At the Wellcome to Setup screen press R when asked to start the Recovery Console
Follow this guide to fix registry errors if it's the case.

There's yet one (that is probably the one you should prefer) approach to fix errors with non-starting operating sytem. You can use Repair function available from Windows Setup utility. Again you need to boot with your Windows Setup disk and press R. Only that now you should do it after the Welcome to Setup screen. When you are on Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter to start …

I guess it's a conflict of restore points between Windows XP and Vista. If you create restore points for all your partitions in both Windows XP ans Windows Vista, probably both Windows write the data to the same location in the System Volume Information folder and thus when Windows XP starts creating its points, it clears the exisitng points made by Vista. You can look what is stored within the point storage folder by doing the following:
1. Open Explorer and find the System Volume Information folder (preferrably on the boot partition, that is where you have your Windows folder stored in)
2. Right click on that folder and open its Properties dialog
3. Open Security tab and click the Add button
4. In the Select Users, Computers and Groups dialog type the name of your account and click OK to close the window
5. In the Properties window select added account and check Read checkbox in the Allow column to get able of reading the directory
6. Close dialog box
7. Now you can open System Volume Information folder and browse its contents
8. When you will finish with revising folder contents open the Properties window again and remove your account from the list of accounts permitted to use this folder. Don't delete SYSTEM account as your will restrict system from accessing the folder by doing that.

Look this article to get more info about how to gain …

Try doing the following
1. Click Start and select Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->Backup to start NTBackup
2. Switch to the Backup tab
3. Ensure that the type of disc you want to use for backup is the rewritable media
4. Select the files that you want to back up to CD-RW
5. Specify file for the type of Backup destination (if it's grayed out and shows File, leave it intact)
6. Click Start and select Run
7. Enter %USERPROFILE% in the textbox and press OK
8. In Windows explorer click within the Address bar field and add this string
\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning\Backup.bkf
to the end of the string in the bar
The string now should look like
C:\Documents and Settings\YourAccountName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning\Backup.bkf
9. Copy the string from the bar, switch to the Backup Utility window and paste copied string into the Backup media or file name field
10. In Windows Explorer right-click CD burner drive icon and select Write these files to CD command.
See this page for additional info.
Alternatively you can try to save the backup file in another place (not in CD cache folder) and then drag and drop it right on the CD-RW icon in the drive tree.

Probably your game setup is corrupt. Remove the game and setup it again. Look here for details.