Jeff, Yes, Windows ME does have a Restore function, but if your friend can't get into Windows, she can't access it! If that is the case, Restore can be accessed from DOS. If your friend has a Startup disk, she should choose Minimum Boot. At the command prompt she should type: edit c:\windows\system.ini and press Enter She should find the line: shell = and edit it to read: shell=progman.exe Then press Alt+F and press 'S' to save the changes to the system.ini file Then press Alt+F and press 'X' Next step is to remove the Startup disk and restart the PC. Program Manager should then start. On the File menu she should click Run, type msconfig in the Command Line box and then press Enter Finally, clicking Launch System Restore will enable her to set the system back to an earlier date.
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q279736 Hope this helps, Jim, in sunny Brisbane,Oz. Jeff Dougherty wrote on Monday, March 03, 2003 2:49 AM Subject: PCWorks: Windows Millenium question.... > Hello, > I have a friend running WIN ME, AOL 6.0 and McAfee vir*s scan. > McAfee has not been updated for at least three months. > She can not boot into windows. The computer locks up at the ME splash screen, I > guess it is. > I'm not at all familiar with ME, but would like to help her. > I've instructed her to try booting from McAfee disk to see if it will scan for > vir*Ses. > Does ME have any type of restore (Like XP) or reg restore (like 98)? > If this sounds like a v*rus, I can take my Norton disk and try scanning with that > when I go over. > Thank you. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
