JanyceJ
Sun Feb 29 11:30:48 CST 2004
Thanks, Dave. You're alway so helpful. My other questions
are: when my PC boots up, one of the screens that flashes
says "OnTrack Virus Scanner....powered by Trend.."
Is that an anti-virus program?
My other question is how often should I go to the MS
website and upgrade & should I do all upgrades they
suggest?
Thanks,
Janyce
>-----Original Message-----
>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: (
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 can also lead to 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. [BTW do you
>have any Symantec applications installed? I ask because
LiveUpdate is
>implicated in this 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:
>
>A:\> ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
>A:\> REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST
>
>c) Remove the floppy
>d) Reboot your PC
>
>Another problem though is that the update you were doing
was probably never
>completed so your system may still be unusable. If
however it does manage to
>boot then
>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 MS-MVP
>mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
>JanyceJ <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Since I installed AV program (McAfee), during boot-up
the
>> screen shows a message (white on black) "WINDOES COULD
NOT
>> UPGRADE THE FILE %1 from %2 %1 %2". This lines repeats
>> about 10 times, then says "WINDOWS COULD NOT UPGRADE 1
OR
>> MORE SYSTEM FILES BEFORE STARTING. WINDOWS MAY NOT START
>> OR RUN PROPERLY. PRESS ANY KEY to continue...." I
press
>> a key, then it says "completed upgrade" & finishes
booting
>> just as it used to & all looks well. What did I do
>> wrong? What do I do now? (I have other questins, but
>> first things first!) Thanks (again!)
>
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