elfego34
Fri Sep 16 19:08:57 CDT 2005
Mike,
Unfortunately neither remedy was successful. I did not have a wininit.ini
file in Windows. A search found no tgcmd.exe or ACCESS DENIED. I tried
SCANREG /FIX from Start | Run and then went to System Restore. The same box
still pops up after I try to create a restore point. The message reads
"System Restore is not able to create a restore point. Please restart the
computer and then run system restore again."
"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:ekpYNwpuFHA.3528@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Scanreg /restore and system restore have nothing to do with each other
> other than that both contain the word "restore". In this case deleting
> the _RESTORE folder has cleared your system of system restore checkpoints
> however the backed up copies of the registry used by scanreg (when used
> with the /restore switch) are still available as these are the rb0?,cab
> files in the windows\sysbckup folder.
>
> "Unable to establish a restore point - please restart your computer etc."
>
> First check that you don't have a wininit.ini file in your Windows folder.
> 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, 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 likewise CCleaner if in
> "clean at boot" mode. 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.
>
> Note however that the use of Norton AntiVirus is incompatible with the use
> of system restore (in fact with Win Me but that's another story) due to
> Symantec choosing to store details of the current reference signatures in
> the registry, information that is lost if the system is rolled back to a
> checkpoint crated before the last NAV signature update. A problem that is
> typically unique to NAV.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> elfego34 <elfego34@elmundo.com> wrote:
>
> > I am unable to establish a restore point or restore to an earlier
> > check point in WIN ME. Also I am unable to access Help and Support.
> >
> > Have a five year old Dell 4100 series PC with PIII 800mghz processor,
> > 30G HD, 128mg RAM, and running WIN ME.
> >
> > I use Firefox and Thunderbird but use Outlook Express for NG's. Also
> > run Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware regularly.
> >
> > Recently installed programs - Zone Alarm (Free version), AVG
> > Antivirus (Free version), Adaptec USB 2.0 board.
> > Recently uninstalled program Symantec NIS 2002 w/ NAV.
> >
> > Noticed that when accessing Help that the hourglass would hang up
> > everytime, so I closed and got the message--
> > "The application is busy Do you want to abort anyway Y/N?" Answered
> > yes and application closed. So I thought about restoring to
> > an earlier check point to see if H&S would come back. During the
> > restore operation a black screen appeared with some verbiage
> > (sorry I didn't write it down) to the effect that Norton files were
> > out of date for NAV. Proceeded ahead and the H&S worked. Then
> > for some unfathmoble reason I undid the previous restore to the
> > latest one and the Restore function nor the H&S hasn't worked since.
> >
> > I put in a startup diskette and typed scanreg /restore to see
> > available points and all five indicated "Started" , thinking none of
> > these would
> > be of any use I then used the Method 3 of the MS Article ID 303354 and
> > renamed the _RESTORE directory oldrest. This also did no
> > good and the Restore function now says "Unable to establish a restore
> > point - please restart your computer etc." Otherwise everything
> > seems to work OK.
> >
> > Any help for a better approach to this problem will be appreciated.
> > I am beginning to empathize with Brer Rabbit.
>