Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:39:25 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] PS/2 mouse conflict w/W98SE & Winamp 5.xx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:48:16 -0700 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] PS/2 mouse conflict w/W98SE & Winamp 5.xx > > Philip Nienhuis wrote: > And now a useful hint (for a change): > When after installation of some HW or SW Windows 9x proved to be stable, > I always saved the registry files and config files using Win95's ERU > utility (IIRC somewhere in \Admin on the W95 CDROM). Saved my butt > regularly: when I encountered trouble (sometimes after a particularly > ruinous scandisk session) I restored the system by just restoring the > latest ERU backup. (BTW WinME has a third registry file which must be > copied by hand, I forgot the name.) > > Philip > > What about for WIN2000 and XP? I just recently had a situation where I > wanted to return my WIN 2000 Libretto 100CT to a previous stable > condition, but could not find a way. I would love to restore a saved > "ERU" for these operating systems. Well to my knowledge there is at least a similar thing in Win2K and it's called something like "Sytem Restore". I never used it, just look in the on-line Help and search from there. Problem might be that you must be able to acces Win2K to do a restore, either from within it or from recovery console. Win9x ERU is nice because you can restore from "outside" (e.g., booting from floppy). But then again, I've never used SysRestore in Win2K, so don't believe me blindly. (One reason I use FAT32 on my Lib for Win2K's boot volume is that I can fiddle around with Win2K's system files after booting from DOS.) The 2nd hit while googling for "Windows 2000 System Restore" led to: http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7664 which IMO seems a good guide. But there were many more hits (....hint!) Philip
