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Windows Forum / Windows Me / General Topics / June 2005windows protection error
help get this but can't even start up in safe mode!! think the boys have tried installing a game and PC hasn't shut down properly. Keep getting " Registry file not found. registry may be inoperative for this session" then the screen goes blue and tells me theres a windows protcetion error, system halted. Don't have install CD (PC doesn't recognise CD to install from anyway) or floppy?? Help?? Boot to a DOS prompt using a Win Me boot floppy and at the A:\> prompt type SCANREG /RESTORE and restore a copy of the registry that predates the onset of your problems.  SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > help get this but can't even start up in safe mode!! think the boys > have tried installing a game and PC hasn't shut down properly. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Help?? Mike, don't have floppy disk, have cds but they're not recognised...anything else I can try Kate > Boot to a DOS prompt using a Win Me boot floppy and at the A:\> prompt > type [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Help?? > Mike, > don't have floppy disk, have cds but they're not recognised...anything else > I can try > Kate you can try getting a floppy disk unless you mean no Floppy Disk Drive ? Rick >>Boot to a DOS prompt using a Win Me boot floppy and at the A:\> prompt >>type [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>> >>>Help?? have floppy disk don't have ME boot floppy and have no idea where to get one, any ideas would be helpful thanks > > Mike, > > don't have floppy disk, have cds but they're not recognised...anything else [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >>> > >>>Help?? If you're not on a WinME system right now, then: www.bootdisk.com Rick > have floppy disk don't have ME boot floppy and have no idea where to get one, > any ideas would be helpful thanks [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>>> >>>>>Help?? have made boot disk....entered scanreg /restore does it take ages to check registry files? it seems to have clicked onto A drive and is not doing anything! is this ok? Kate > If you're not on a WinME system right now, then: > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>>Help?? Should take a few seconds only. What messages did you see when you typed SCANREG /RESTORE at the DOS prompt? SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > have made boot disk....entered scanreg /restore does it take ages to > check registry files? it seems to have clicked onto A drive and is > not doing anything! is this ok? mike, got blue screen saying it was checking registry files, similar to scandisk screen. after about minute you could hear it click onto floppy drive then, A:> was at top of page then nothing happened. Kate > Should take a few seconds only. What messages did you see when you typed > SCANREG /RESTORE [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > check registry files? it seems to have clicked onto A drive and is > > not doing anything! is this ok? > got blue screen saying it was checking registry files, similar to > scandisk screen. after about minute you could hear it click onto > floppy drive then, A:> was at top of page then nothing happened. Kate, In which case something appears to be very wrong. On typing SCANREG /RESTORE at the A:\> DOS prompt you should see the screen turn blue with the following text displayed: At the top of the screen the words: Microsoft Registry Checker in pale blue and underlined. Beneath that in a grey box a list of (up to) five rb00?.cab files, each with to its left a date below which appears the words Restore and Cancel At the bottom of the screen the words, again in pale blue and underlined, "Select a cab to restore from." When booting from the boot floppy make sure you select either option 2 or 3, that is with or without CD support and not option 4 - Minimal. SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > have floppy disk don't have ME boot floppy and have no idea where to > get one, any ideas would be helpful thanks You can download the image of a Win Me OEM boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Download to your desktop, double click to run and follow the prompts to transfer the image to a floppy. Do NOT copy the downloaded file to a floppy - that won't make a bootable floppy but instead a floppy disk containing the file you downloaded. This can be done on any PC and then the floppy used to boot the problem PC to DOS. SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com have tried doing as you have said but still getting error message, even tried this from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=279736 (didn't do notes bit) To start the System Restore tool when you cannot start your Windows Me-based computer normally or in Safe mode, you can temporarily change the Windows shell from Explorer.exe to Progman.exe: 1. Start your computer by using the Windows Me Startup disk. 2. At the Startup menu, choose Minimum Boot. 3. At the command prompt, type edit c:\windows\system.ini, and then press ENTER. 4. Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this: shell=progman.exe 5. Press ALT+F, and then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file. 6. Press ALT+F, and then press X. 7. Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, and then restart your computer. When your computer restarts, Program Manager should start. If Program Manager does not start, repeat steps 1 through 7, being careful to follow these steps exactly, and then continue to the next step. 8. On the File menu, click Run, type msconfig in the Command Line box, and then press ENTER. 9. Click Launch System Restore to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional state. Notes • After you configure your computer to start Program Manager (Progman.exe), you can also start the System Restore tool by typing c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe at a command prompt, and then pressing ENTER. • If you still cannot use System Restore, repeat steps 1 through 6. In step 4, change the shell= line so that it reads: shell=explorer.exe This sets the Windows shell back to Explorer.exe so that you can continue troubleshooting. really need to get into PC need email stuff!!! Kate > help get this but can't even start up in safe mode!! think the boys have > tried installing a game and PC hasn't shut down properly. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Help?? |
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