re: Cannot find server Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 2:36 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by j. Crawford (10 messages posted) Thanks for the advice. It turned out to be a faulty modem. It was "leaking" packets. Brighthouse provided a new modem and all is well. Thanks again. J. Crawford On Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm, Ed wrote: >Try this. Boot to DOS (using a bootable Win ME floppy from >target=_blank>http://www.bootdisk.com) and type the following at the C:\ prompt >- > >SCANREG /RESTORE > >Note the space before the forward slash in this command. > >Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the >registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being >from before the problem arose. > >By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can >go back to before the problem arose. > >When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored, >restart the computer normally. > >Ed > > > Written in response to: re: Cannot find server (Ed: Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm) Responses to this message: re: Cannot find server (Ms. Eagle: Friday, May 4, 2007 at 8:34 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Cannot find server (j. Crawford: Fri, Apr 27, 2007, 7:13 am) re: Cannot find server (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Apr 29, 2007, 2:56 pm) re: Cannot find server (Ed: Thu, May 3, 2007, 1:50 pm) re: Cannot find server (j. Crawford: Thu, May 3, 2007, 2:36 pm) re: Cannot find server (Ms. Eagle: Fri, May 4, 2007, 8:34 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum