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re: windows me stuck at logo screen
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 10:05 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(570 messages posted)
Accessing System Restore without Windows Explorer -
You could try using Program Manager (Progman.exe) rather than Windows Explorer to
access System Restore. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 279736 at Knowledge Base article 279736.
Start your computer by using a Windows ME Startup disk. At the Startup menu, choose
"Minimum Boot". At the command prompt, type this and then press ENTER -
edit c:\windows\system.ini
Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this:
shell=progman.exe
Press ALT+F, then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file. Press ALT+F,
then press X. Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, then restart your computer.
When your computer restarts, Program Manager should start. On the File menu, click
on RUN and then type MSCONFIG in the Command Line box, then press ENTER. Click on
"Launch System Restore" to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional
state.
NOTE: You can start the System Restore tool by typing the following at a command
prompt, and then pressing ENTER -
c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe
WARNING: If you use System Restore you will LOSE all the work you have done, and
all the files you have either created, modified or downloaded, since the last Restore
point was created.
Ed
On Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 8:24 am, Ed wrote:
>1. TEST FOR A HARDWARE FAULT
>
>Sounds like a hardware fault. Switch off. Then unplug all peripheral devices (printer,
>modem, scanner, mouse, etc), leaving only the keyboard attached. Then boot normally.
>
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>2. REVERT TO A REGISTRY BACKUP
>
>If the above does not solve the problem, boot to DOS (using a bootable floppy disk,
>e.g. from 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.
>
>
>3. USE SYSTEM RESTORE
>
>If the above hasn't solved the problem, use Win ME's "system restore" function to
>return the system to a point before the problem arose, if you have System Restore
>enabled in your computer.
>
>For details, do a google search on the phrase "System Restore in Windows ME" at
http://www.google.com
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>target=_blank>http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=%22System+Restore+in+Windows+ME%22
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>
>4. HOW TO REINSTALL Windows ME WITHOUT AN INSTALLATION CD
>
>If nothing else works, you can reinstall Windows ME even if you have no installation
>CD, by following the instructions in this post:
>
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868
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>This is the "nuclear" option though. You will lose all your settings, and will therefore
>have to reinstall all of your PC's hardware and all programs. You *must* have the
>original setup disks and CDs to hand in order to do this.
>
>You *must* also have your "product key" (serial number) to hand. The Product Key
>is stored (in plain text, unencrypted) in the Windows Registry at -
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> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
>
>To obtain the product key at the DOS prompt, type the following commands at the
C:>
>prompt, one command per line, press enter after typing each line -
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>PATH=A:;C:;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
>FIND "ProductKey" C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT > C:\ProductKey.txt
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>You might want to post here again for further suggestions before reinstalling Windows,
>as that is a bit of a drastic solution (and doesn't always work).
>
>Ed
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