Win ME System Restore problem

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CKM - 29 Sep 2004 20:21 GMT

When I try to run system restore I get a message that I have to restart my
computer. This happened before and the fix suggested was to find the file
wininit.ini and rename it to wininit.xxx. I did that and it fixed the
problem. I was then able to use system restore.
Now I have the same problem again and I can't find wininit.ini.
What do I do next?

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Mike M - 29 Sep 2004 20:45 GMT

If the presence of a wininit.ini isn't the reason for your problem then
try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that the system will
re-boot so don't have any applications open when doing this. I suggest
this because the same reboot message is also displayed when the registry
has been corrupted in some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that
damage.

You may now want to try the following quick test:
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
Could you create a checkpoint?
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore your PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
e) Reboot your PC
Was the checkpoint retained?

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> When I try to run system restore I get a message that I have to
> restart my computer. This happened before and the fix suggested was
> to find the file wininit.ini and rename it to wininit.xxx. I did
> that and it fixed the problem. I was then able to use system restore.
> Now I have the same problem again and I can't find wininit.ini.
> What do I do next?

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