%1 %2

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the following
message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone have a
clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is often but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed.

First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have
to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS
KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2
%1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to
the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the
limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade
file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the
_RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might
have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the
problem. Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or
without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type:

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
and then
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have
been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the
install/update will need to be repeated.

e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System |
Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to
your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby



KenP wrote:

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the
following message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone
have a clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

I am experiencing the same problem. I've gone through the steps you've
outlined. However, when I get to Item G, there is no way to change the
minimum to 200MB. The slider is grayed out. Is this step necessary? Am I
experiencing some other problem?


"Mike M" wrote:

The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is often but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed.

First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have
to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS
KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2
%1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to
the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the
limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade
file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the
_RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might
have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the
problem. Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or
without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type:

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
and then
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have
been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the
install/update will need to be repeated.

e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System |
Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to
your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby



KenP wrote:

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the
following message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone
have a clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

I've noticed one other thing. When I go back to the troubleshooting tab, the
Disable System Restore option is checked again. Why is this?

"Orynthion" wrote:

I am experiencing the same problem. I've gone through the steps you've
outlined. However, when I get to Item G, there is no way to change the
minimum to 200MB. The slider is grayed out. Is this step necessary? Am I
experiencing some other problem?


"Mike M" wrote:

The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is often but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed.

First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have
to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS
KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2
%1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to
the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the
limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade
file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the
_RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might
have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the
problem. Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or
without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type:

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
and then
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have
been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the
install/update will need to be repeated.

e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System |
Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to
your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby



KenP wrote:

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the
following message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone
have a clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

How much free space is there on your hard drive??
System Restore needs at least 400MB free to be able to start.

Go to Start|Run - type MSCONFIG and click OK
put a checkmark in the 'Normal Startup' and click Apply
Then go to the Startup listing, and make sure that the *Statemgr entry
exists.
Click OK and reboot on request.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Orynthion" wrote in message
...
I've noticed one other thing. When I go back to the troubleshooting tab,
the
Disable System Restore option is checked again. Why is this?

"Orynthion" wrote:

I am experiencing the same problem. I've gone through the steps you've
outlined. However, when I get to Item G, there is no way to change the
minimum to 200MB. The slider is grayed out. Is this step necessary? Am
I
experiencing some other problem?


"Mike M" wrote:

The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is often
but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed.

First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a
WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will
have
to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS
KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from
%2
%1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due
to
the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the
limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot
upgrade
file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting
the
_RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you
might
have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the
problem. Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the
menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or
without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type:

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
and then
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have
been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the
install/update will need to be repeated.

e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System |
Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to
your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than
adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be
available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods
of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby



KenP wrote:

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the
following message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone
have a clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

Thank you Noel. I have 10GB fress pace on the hard drive. That is
definitely not he culprit. The *Statemgr entry does exist. Still having no
luck.



"Noel Paton" wrote:

How much free space is there on your hard drive??
System Restore needs at least 400MB free to be able to start.

Go to Start|Run - type MSCONFIG and click OK
put a checkmark in the 'Normal Startup' and click Apply
Then go to the Startup listing, and make sure that the *Statemgr entry
exists.
Click OK and reboot on request.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Orynthion" wrote in message
...
I've noticed one other thing. When I go back to the troubleshooting tab,
the
Disable System Restore option is checked again. Why is this?

"Orynthion" wrote:

I am experiencing the same problem. I've gone through the steps you've
outlined. However, when I get to Item G, there is no way to change the
minimum to 200MB. The slider is grayed out. Is this step necessary? Am
I
experiencing some other problem?


"Mike M" wrote:

The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is often
but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed.

First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a
WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will
have
to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS
KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from
%2
%1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due
to
the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the
limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot
upgrade
file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting
the
_RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you
might
have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the
problem. Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the
menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or
without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type:

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
and then
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have
been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the
install/update will need to be repeated.

e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System |
Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to
your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than
adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be
available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods
of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby



KenP wrote:

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the
following message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone
have a clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

There's the culprit then! - without the *Statemgr entry, neither SR nor SFP
are active.

To reinstate the *Statemgr entry, download and merge the following registry
file
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/SRIERFix.reg
(download to your desktop, then right-click on the file, and select Merge
from the options)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Orynthion" wrote in message
news
Thank you Noel. I have 10GB fress pace on the hard drive. That is
definitely not he culprit. The *Statemgr entry does exist. Still having
no
luck.



"Noel Paton" wrote:

How much free space is there on your hard drive??
System Restore needs at least 400MB free to be able to start.

Go to Start|Run - type MSCONFIG and click OK
put a checkmark in the 'Normal Startup' and click Apply
Then go to the Startup listing, and make sure that the *Statemgr entry
exists.
Click OK and reboot on request.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Orynthion" wrote in message
...
I've noticed one other thing. When I go back to the troubleshooting
tab,
the
Disable System Restore option is checked again. Why is this?

"Orynthion" wrote:

I am experiencing the same problem. I've gone through the steps you've
outlined. However, when I get to Item G, there is no way to change
the
minimum to 200MB. The slider is grayed out. Is this step necessary?
Am
I
experiencing some other problem?


"Mike M" wrote:

The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is
often
but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate
installed.

First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a
WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something
like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you
will
have
to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS
KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1
from
%2
%1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is
due
to
the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is
the
limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a
folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot
upgrade
file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try
deleting
the
_RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you
might
have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves
the
problem. Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from
the
menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with
(or
without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type:

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
and then
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not
have
been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and
the
install/update will need to be repeated.

e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System
|
Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider
to
your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than
adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be
available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during
periods
of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby



KenP wrote:

Hi, I hope you are having a great day.

When I boot my ME PC, I get the scrolling black screen with the
following message:

Error updating windows files %1 %2

No filename is given and nothing else is intelligible. Does anyone
have a clue as to how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

KP

Noel, Orynthion said the Statemgr entry *does* exist g
Joan


Noel Paton wrote:
There's the culprit then! - without the *Statemgr entry, neither SR
nor SFP are active.

To reinstate the *Statemgr entry, download and merge the following
registry file
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/SRIERFix.reg
(download to your desktop, then right-click on the file, and select
Merge from the options)

But is it checked?
--
Mike Maltby



Joan Archer wrote:

Noel, Orynthion said the Statemgr entry *does* exist g

lol That's a point but I read Noels answer as if he thought it didn't
exist, probably me jumping in too quick g
Joan


Mike M wrote:
But is it checked?

Noel, Orynthion said the Statemgr entry *does* exist g