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Old May 30th 04, 04:57 PM
Terry
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Each time i try to start System Restore im messaged to
restart the computer-but that doesnt work
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Old May 30th 04, 05:23 PM
Joan Archer
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If you post back with the exact error message and why it doesn't work
someone will be able to help.
Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
Joan

Terry wrote:
Each time i try to start System Restore im messaged to
restart the computer-but that doesnt work



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Old May 30th 04, 05:29 PM
Mike M
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First, check that you don't have a wininit.ini file. If you do, rename this
to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works then you possibly have
a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time you boot your system. One
known example is tgcmd.exe from the late lamented @Home another is a program
called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I understand that disabling it
in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your system but enable
you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED needs to be "switched off"
whilst using SR to either create or restore to a previous checkpoint.
McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new wininit.ini file each time the
system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 - "Error Message: System Restore
Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092).

If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that the system will re-boot
so don't have any applications open when doing this. I suggest this because
the same message is also displayed when the registry has been corrupted in
some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage.

Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and allow you to create a
manual check point.

Finally you may want to carry out a quick test of system restore to check that
all is now OK;
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Terry wrote:

Each time i try to start System Restore im messaged to
restart the computer-but that doesnt work



 




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