Mike,
Thanx for writing. i will try that stuff. The ironic=20
thing about this is it happened in the beginning of May. =20
Right after i installed a modeling program and download a=20
lot of plugins for it (the Program was Rhinoceros 3d). It=20
is sooooo frustrating:-(. Thanks Again. =20
David





-----Original Message-----
Your System Restore problem:
It is possible that your problem is due to your PC not=20
having been patched
with the 290700 patch which has been required since Sept=20
2001 for the state
manager to create usable system restore checkpoints.

You can see whether you have installed the patch or not=20
by checking the
version of the file smgr.dll in your windows\system=20
folder. If v4.90.0.3003
then you have updated but if v4.90.0.2533 you have not=20
and need to do so at
once.

Note that when installing the patch it will flush your=20
restore folder
and create a single new checkpoint on completion. This=20
cannot be avoided
since checkpoints created with the old version of=20
smgr.dll cannot be restored.

It is also possible that at one stage you did install=20
this patch but have
subsequently reinstalled Win Me over itself using the Win=20
Me CD. Doing this
causes the original, broken, version of smgr.dll to be=20
reinstalled.

If required the patch can be obtained either via Win Me's=20
AutoUpdate, the
Windows Update site or from the Microsoft Windows=20
Catalogue accessed from the
Windows Update site. For more details see MS KB 290700 -
"Checkpoints That
You Create After September 8, 2001 Do Not Restore Your=20
Computer"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D290700) which also=20
has a link to the
patch.

Your inability to delete any file:
Sorry but I have no sensible suggestion to make here. =20
How long has this been
happening? What change did you make to your system=20
immediately before this
problem started?
--=81
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



David wrote:

Hey,
I posted a question about the C drive in an earlier
post. I had mentioned that i couldn't delete anything=20
off
of the C drive. Someone wrote me back and suggested
deleting in safe mode or running system restore (it
happened recently). I tried SR but no matter what date=20
i
did it at i was always unsuccessful (it said "SR is
unsuccessful"). Can this be fixed? I don't want to do
the safe mode thing cause that means every times i want=20
to
delete something i have to switch into safe mode :-(. =20
Any
ideas. Thanks a ton!!!!!
David


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