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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / November 2006Hellppp!! Maybe more then system restore
Hello all im new to this group and im possibly seeking some help and im hoping you all can assist me :-) im not 100 percent knowadagable but here it is. i went to install tune up utilities on my cp and it just basically came up with some kind of advertisment so i try to do a system restore and it states system restore is not able to protect your computer please restart your computer and run the restore again!! ive done it all as far as i know !! i installed bitdefender didnt fix the issue, i got a new tune up did all the registry clean ups and nothing. i downloaded lavasoft adaware nothing , avg antivirus and spam remover nothing. i read a prior post on this same issue tried all that i ran proper steps to boot after i configured msconfig nothing i booted and hit f8 and it wont let me boot in safe mode??? if anyone has any ideas please let me know my email is protojprod@gmail.com or hit me up on here!!! any help is appreciated!!! proto j Playing with registry cleanup and tune up programs can have many adverse effects including unfortunately totally trashing the system. Another problem is that these programs can also damage system restore but there are many other programs that can have the same effect including running any product carrying either the Norton or Symantec name none of which are suited to use with Win Me regardless of what they say on the box. So how to proceed? I would suggest booting to DOS using a Win Me startup floppy and then, at the A:\> prompt entering SCANREG /RESTORE and then from the five dates offered choose the most recent that predates your problems. This will restore the registry to the state it was in at that time and before you started removing essential entries. I would then most strongly advise you to get system restore working correctly (post back to a new thread if you need help with this) before you start playing with the registry or installing damaging adware laden products.  SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Hello all im new to this group and im possibly seeking some help and > im hoping you all can assist me :-) im not 100 percent knowadagable [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > appreciated!!! > proto j hey i appreciate the quick response im sorry i didnt know this was for windows me!! i thought this was for xp is it still the same??? let me know!!! protoj > Playing with registry cleanup and tune up programs can have many adverse > effects including unfortunately totally trashing the system. Another [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > appreciated!!! > > proto j XP has no SCANREG /RESTORE command. Instead boot to the startup menu (keep tapping F8 when booting) and then use the Last Known Good link which will hopefully get you back up and running. For more details see MS KB307852 - "How to start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration feature in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307852). SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > hey i appreciate the quick response im sorry i didnt know this was for > windows me!! i thought this was for xp is it still the same??? let me > know!!! > XP has no SCANREG /RESTORE command. Instead boot to the startup menu > (keep tapping F8 when booting) and then use the Last Known Good link which [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > windows me!! i thought this was for xp is it still the same??? let me > > know!!! hey me again. i tried that a few different times and it didnot work i even tried to go in as safe mode i get the mean blue screen!! any othe ideas?? hit me back protoj > any othe ideas?? hit me back I've got plenty of ideas the first 100 or so of which are that you post details of your problem to an appropriate newsgroup, that is one that supports those running XP. <g> However it looks as if with you neither able to use Last Known Good or Safe Mode that you may have to perform a repair install. Alternatively restore your backup. If you don't back up your system partition periodically then once you have got your system back up running that this would then be a good time to consider doing this starting with a copy of your restored system. One problem here however being the amount of space required for those who run with huge system partitions. One advantage I've always found for keeping my system partition small (8GB here on my XP boxes) and containing no data, temp files, TIF, desktop and a minimum size swap file, meaning that I can fully backup and verify my C:\ drive in less than ten minutes. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > hey me again. i tried that a few different times and it didnot work i > even tried to go in as safe mode i get the mean blue screen!! any > othe ideas?? hit me back |
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