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Old January 7th 06, 04:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Problems with start-up, shutdown, restore... Should I reinsta

Michael J. Sykes wrote:

I uninstalled the Norton AntiVirus program a while ago, but I still
have their Utilities installed.


I did say Symantec which includes all their various applications
especially their utitlies.

I can see my WININIT.INI file (1 kb) in the C:\Windows directory
(though I have not booted to DOS). Would renaming the file while in
Windows (without booting to DOS) interefere with the shutdown of my
computer?


Wininit.ini has nothing to do with shutdown and everything to do with
bootup and its presence is undoubtedly the cause of some of your problems.
You need to establish why you have a wininit.ini file and whether this is
always present.

Your suggestion of renaming this file differs from the actions
suggested by the Microsoft page you referenced
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069). Should I try following
Microsoft's suggestions first?


283069 used simply to suggest renaming wininit.ini if present. This
should still be your first action and we still need to establish if this
file is being continually crated as that would indicate another problem.
Then proceed using the instructions I typed. I see 283069 has at long
last been changed and now includes the steps that Noel Paton and myself
have been suggesting that Microsoft should have includes since around 2002
when I first established the prime cause of the %1 %2 problem.

Regarding having to repeat my last security update, I think I will
need to repeat several updates!


You'll need to reinstall every update and patch that you have attempted to
install since you first encountered the %1 %2 error since none will have
been installed correctly. I would suggest that you download and run
Belarc's Adviser (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) as this will
help you to identify any updates that you might need to reinstall - such
as any that
didn't properly install due to the %1 %2 error you were seeing earlier.
The Windows Update site often doesn't recognise that patches are broken so
doesn't offer them again. Running Belarc helps and any patch that needs
to be reinstalled can then be downloaded from the Windows Update
Catalogue. (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp).
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Mike Maltby