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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / May 2007Windows File Protection
I am getting the message "files that are required for windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system stability WIndows must restore the original versions of these files" Insert your now. I am trying to system restore my computer and it is not allowing me to. So, I am doing a disk cleanup and this is when I am getting the message. I do not have the disk because it did not come with my system. I have a hp laptop. I am unsure what my next step is. THanks Try booting to Safe Mode and see if you can run system restore from there.  SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP Windows mike.maltby@gmail.com > I am getting the message "files that are required for windows to run > properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > did not come with my system. I have a hp laptop. I am unsure what > my next step is. THanks I have a secondhand hp laptop running winme. I want to get rid of a screen that appears during boot. This is not the regular winme startup screen. That screen appears briefly, then goes away. Then the screen is blank (mostly) for a while, and just around the time that the hourglass cursor appears, a hand-drawn screen appears and stays there until logon is completed. I've searched for jpgs and bitmaps and this picture doesn't appear to me anywhere in the file system. I've tried many different things, but so far no success. If anybody knows how this boot effect was created and how to turn it off, I'd be very appreciative Richard Couple of points :- 1.) Confirm that the IO.SYS file has not been 'modified' see: "Windows Millennium Edition and Real-Mode Functionality" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q272488 2.) The initial 'splash' screen *may* have been modified by the OEM or even by the previous owner. The WinMe splash screen is contained in the correct WinMe version of the IO.SYS file. However, there is also the splash itself called SULOGO.SYS in WIN_19.CAB which is not *normally* installed. You can expand/copy that file into root of C: and modify/adjust to suite your requirements. Several viewers will let you see the 'compacted' splash. (Try renaming with a .bmp suffix) If you use a graphics 'file viewer' to look at these files, you might notice that the aspect ratio looks 'wrong'. (The width is only half of that seen during the start-up/shut-down screens) This is by design and has to be taken into consideration if you decide to make your own opening and closing 'splashes'. I would suggest you look for a file called sulogo.sys and confirm that it is the 'rogue' one and delete it (or temporally rename/modify it) Mart >I have a secondhand hp laptop running winme. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Richard On reflection and after re-reading your description, it may not be due to 'splash' screen issues after all. I now ASS-U-ME that your reference to "This is not the regular winme startup screen. That screen appears briefly, then goes away." refers to the 'splash' screen. I so, then perhaps try booting to Safe Mode, (and ESCaping out of any login prompt) - do you now see the "screen that appears during boot"? If so, just change the wallpaper/background there and it should be gone on the next normal boot also. You should also therefore have been able to determine the name of the unwanted screen file and be able to remove/delete as appropriate. Mart > Couple of points :- > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >> >> Richard Thanks Mart That's exactly right. The wallpaper setting in safe mode brought up the unwanted screen. I guess the system sort of "passes through" safe mode on the way to normal bootup. That never occurred to me! Well done, and thanks again. Richard > On reflection and after re-reading your description, it may not be due to > 'splash' screen issues after all. I now ASS-U-ME that your reference to [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] >>> >>> Richard You're welcome Richard, although I doubt that I can claim to have been the first to suggest this solution. These things tend to come around every so often <g> Just glad that it worked for you and you've been able to fix it. Mart > Thanks Mart > That's exactly right. The wallpaper setting in safe mode brought up the [quoted text clipped - 74 lines] >>>> >>>> Richard |
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