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re: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 3:47 pm Posted by Deb (1462 messages posted) First of all, you should always reply in the original thread or else it's hard to know what's going on...but since I do...can you boot into command prompt only? You may have to rename it in dos. If that's not possible I would boot to the windows 2000 CD and do a repair to try to fix the problem. You can press enter to install and then when it finds the original installation you hit R to repair and that way you don't lose your data. You will need the CD Key though. On Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 8:49 am, sonya gomez wrote: >Thanks Deb, I read that section and the resolution however I am unable to get >past the windows me screen I can't even get to safe mode. It is hung up so I can't >rename the file. > >any suggestions??? > >RESOLUTION >To resolve this issue, rename the Wininit.ini file: [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 7:43 am Posted by sonya gomez (4 messages posted) Thanks so much for your feeback. I will be sure to keep it in the thread incase others need the same assistance. I took it to PC Club and they weren't able to fix it either. They, like you, said that I would have to put in the Windows ME cd and do a repair. But after looking for 2 hours last night I couldn't find my CD (of course in time of need). Do you know if I call Microsoft if I can get a replacement CD, or is this the time when I should just buy another one and upgrade to XP or go to 98? Any suggestions? On Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 3:47 pm, Deb wrote: > >First of all, you should always reply in the original thread or else it's hard to >know what's going on...but since I do...can you boot into command prompt only? You >may have to rename it in dos. If that's not possible I would boot to the windows >2000 CD and do a repair to try to fix the problem. You can press enter to install >and then when it finds the original installation you hit R to repair and that way >you don't lose your data. You will need the CD Key though. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 11:50 am Posted by Deb (1462 messages posted) I thought you were using Windows 2000...well, whichever OS you decide to do it would be a good idea to reformat and do a clean install if possible. They always work better on a clean install. Good Luck! On Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 7:43 am, sonya gomez wrote: >Thanks so much for your feeback. I will be sure to keep it in the thread incase >others need the same assistance. I took it to PC Club and they weren't able to fix >it either. They, like you, said that I would have to put in the Windows ME cd and >do a repair. But after looking for 2 hours last night I couldn't find my CD (of >course in time of need). Do you know if I call Microsoft if I can get a replacement >CD, or is this the time when I should just buy another one and upgrade to XP or go >to 98? Any suggestions? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 8:37 pm Posted by Ibrahim (2 messages posted) I had a similar problem. I had Win ME. I was uninstalling Norton Antivirus 2002. It did get uninstalled properly. Then I restarted the PC to install Norton Antivirus 2003 Professional Edition. Thats when the problem started. It asked me to restart to finish updating. And then at startup it said "Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2". I would get just 2 error massages - the same message twice. But thn i could go on to Windows. To remove this, I re-installed Windows ME. Thts when I would get the same message continuously. I just left it for like 20 minutes while it was displaying the same message, but then finally windows got installed and i could access the Windows screen again. Thn, i quickly backed up the data and formatted it. On Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 11:50 am, Deb wrote: >I thought you were using Windows 2000...well, whichever OS you decide to do it would >be a good idea to reformat and do a clean install if possible. They always work better >on a clean install. Good Luck! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum