Given the multitude of problems personally I wouldn't bother with trying
to repair since you don't know what else is broken but instead would go
for a wipe and clean install.  However since the user says they have no
CDs, boot to DOS using a floppy and look for one or other of the two
folder C:\Windows\Options\Cabs or C:\Windows\Options\Install.  Look for
the folder that contains PRECOPY.CAB, BASE2.CAB and setup.exe.  If you
have this folder and know the product ID then you can clean install the
system.

If you don't have the product key you can try recovering the Product Key
as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a Boot Floppy and select 4) Minimal Boot
b) At the A:\> prompt, type the following with a return after each line.
The spaces are important.

c:
cd  windows
attrib  -s  -h  system.dat
edit  system.dat

Use Search | Find to find 'ProductKey'
The key used to install Windows should be to the immediate right of the
string ProductKey and of the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

With the Win Me cab set and the product key you are all OK to go.  If you
can't transfer these to other media then, using DOS, I would move the
folder containing the cab files to say C:\Source and then delete all other
folders and files (rather than format) and then run setup.exe from the
C:\Source folder.  Once complete I would strongly recommend that you
archive the contents of the C:\Source folder to a CD so that any
subsequent reinstall can be more easily achieved.

Best of luck,

This Swen fix should correct that.

http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/Fixswen.inf
(download, right-click, select Install)

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:21:23 GMT, in
microsoft.public.windowsme.systemtools "lee4sharon" <u20526@uwe>
wrote: