Thanks for the replies. I recently removed Norton AV and AntiSpam, =
because they were causing system resource problems. However I was still =
unable to create a restore point. I'll try your suggestion re the =
WININIT file.

peter

"Noel Paton" wrote in message =
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Alan/Peter
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the '290700 bug' doesn't prevent the creation of Restore points - =
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renders those that are present un-restorable!
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This problem, OTOH, is well-known - and often caused by Norton (no =
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there then?) - try this....
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Do a Search for the file WININIT.INI - if you find it, then rename it =
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WININIT.JNK, and reboot - your problem should be gone.
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If you don't find it, then try this - Start|Run - enter SCANREG /FIX =
into
the dialog box, and click OK - windows will reboot - see if that fixes =
it.
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HTH
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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
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"Alan Edwards" wrote in message=20
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Have you tried this?

Checkpoints that you create after September 8, 2001 do not restore
your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=3Dkb;en-us;290700

...Alan

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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Peter David"
wrote:

There are no restore points that I can roll back to. I have looked =
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all the ME Help files to find out how to create a restore point, and =

followed all the suggestions. I have tried disabling System Restore, =

rebooting, then re-enabling SR, rebooting, and I still get the same=20
message when I try to create a restore point: "cannot create restore =

point, reboot computer, then try again."=20
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