If scanreg /fix doesn't help then - as a last resort - you *may* get away
with a scanreg /restore. It *might* just pull you out of the mire - at least
sufficiently to let you get the keyboard back.

Failing that - and maybe not quite so drastic as a format - you could try a
re-install.
See Noel's pages at :-
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/reinME.htm

Good luck

Mart


wrote in message
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One other thing: As I stated, System Restore does not
display or run properly, so undoing a previous restore is
not an option.
-bhaviland

-----Original Message-----
Have you tried undoing the Restore operation?
Have you tried uninstalling NAV?
Try "SCANREG /FIX" from Start|Run (or a DOS boot from
floppy) - Windows
will reboot

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"bhaviland" wrote
in message
...
I reset windows to an earlier state to fix a problem but
forgot to stop Norton AV from running on startup and now
the Help Menu, System Restore, Contol Panel, My Network
Places, and various other windows and applications will
not open, display, and run correctly.
Dell tech has decided that a reformat is the only
solution. I don't want to, yet.
Is there any way, short of tracking down each system
malfunction and manually fixing them, to fix the ME
operating system?


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