Fair comment Ron, but it was the OP who referred to SR, so I ASS-U-MEd he
was talking about an 'upgraded' Win98SE to WinMe box. g

However, scanreg /restore does seem the most appropriate option - Let's just
hope it works!

Mart


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
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wrote:

without losing all of my other programs/software?
i have a damaged win.ini file (on boot up Windows tells me to reinstall
Win98SE) and my Canon BJC-2100 printer will not work-error-"cannot
communicate with lpt1 port".

You posted this question to a Windows Me newsgroup and it would have
been better if you posted it to one that deals with Windows 98.

The other responses have talked about "System Restore" which is a
Windows Me component. It is not part of Windows 98 or 98 SE.

Here is what you need to do:

Turn on the computer and press the Ctrl key just as soon as the first
information of any kind shows on the screen. Hold it down until the
Windows 98 Startup Menu appears and choose "Command Prompt only" from
the menu.

When the computer stops at the C:\ prompt enter the following
commands:

SPEEDISK

That just loads the Windows 98 disk caching utility to speed up the
next stage of the process, which is:

SCANREG /RESTORE

Choose the most recent backup registry that is dated prior to the
onset of your problems. When the restoration is complete press
Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot your computer.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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