Hi all,
One day I was trying to print something while a musical program was
playing at the same time on the computer. It locked up and all hell
broke loose. I rebooted and got the error message, "While
initializing device IFSMGR.
The Microsoft Installable File System Manager cannot find the helper
driver.
Please ensure that IFSHLP.SYS has been installed. System halted."
Instead of extracting the two files, IFSMGR and IFSHLP.SYS, I took a
copy of them from another computer and copied each prospective file in
to the folder that microsoft said to, windows and windows\system. I
was able to boot up but only to a desktop with five icons, My
docments, My computer, My Network Places, Recyle bin, and Internet
Explorer. I can tab to the start button but I can not open it. I
have to manually shut down the computer. When I open any icon on the
screen, I get an error message, "Your current security settings
prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page
may not display correctly." I saw a message from a July posting on
the 24hoursupport helpdesk. I thought I would try the solution that
was given:
Uncheck "Active Desktop".
Right-click a blank area of the desktop, "Properties", "Desktop" tab,
"Customize Desktop" button, "Web" tab, uncheck the web page selection,
and
"OK" your way out.
But when I get to the "Show web content on my Active Desktop, it is
not checked.
Also I found a way to get to System Restore, but when I click on it,
the window is empty.
My computer is running WindowsMe. I would rather not reformat the
hardrive either or reinstall windows keeping my data. Does anyone
have any other solutions?
thanks,
J