System Restore Blank Page. Tried several fixes, none of them worked!
Hi All, After a lengthy serach on google, and NTCompatible, I was unable to find a fix that worked for me. First things first, here's a screen shot of what is going on: Please note: I am NOT having the blank Calendar problem.
Hi All,
After a lengthy serach on google, and NTCompatible, I was unable to find a fix that worked for me. First things first, here's a screen shot of what is going on:
Please note: I am NOT having the "blank Calendar" problem. See the screen shot!
That being said, here is a list of things i HAVE tried, none of which have fixed my problem (NOTE: I AM logged in as an administrator (of course).)
1.) Restore Registry keys accordingn to Microsoft Knowledge Base articles dealing with "Blank" Calendars. NOTE: I am NOT having a Blank Calendar problem. System Resotre doesn't even GET as far as showing me a calendar
2.) Tried regsvr32 for jscript.dll, vbscript.dll, and mshtml by running the following batch file:
<Some .BAT File>
@Echo Off
regsvr32 jscript
regsvr32 vbscript
regsvr32 /i mshtml
</Some .BAT File>
On All 3 of them, I got a message that says registered succesfully. I RESTARTED, but still not fixed!!!!
3.) Tried Restarting into Safe Mode and trying System Restore
4.) Tried Last Known Good Configuration, and trying System Restore
5.) Tried to manually check registry keys suggested by Microsoft that have to do with System Restore / Help / Search not working. After a painful set of browsing the registry, all the keys are in place with the right values!
6.) NET START (it shows the System Restore Service As Running)
7.) Disable / Enable / Restart System Restore Service (through Services under Administrative Tools)
8.) Disable System Restore on All Drives. Restart. Enable System Restore on Drives
9.) Ran System File Checker as such:
Start -> Run ->
sfc /scannow
It ran through, checked everything, and then it did not ask me to repair anything (so I assume everything is OK)
10.) SP2: Service Pack 2 comes pre-packaged with my Win XP CD, so I did not install it manually. I have seen various mentions of people trying to un-install SP2 to see if it helps. I am not at all convinced SP2 has anything to do with it, but I just thought I'd mention it.
11.) chkdsk /F C:\
C:\ is where Windows resides (my System partition). This of course asks to restart to gain exclusive access to the drive. I restarted, ran CHKDSK, everything is in order
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The only thing i have NOT tried is to do a full-fledged repair. I am reluctant to do this because:
a.) It takes too long. The only thing that does NOT work on my machine is system restore
b.) Since ONLY System Restore is not working, I do NOT wish to re-install updates. Its far too much trouble to do that just for something as small as system restore
Just to be Clear:
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional w / SP2
ALL the latest critical updates from Microsoft
This has me baffled. I seem to have tried everything short of of a format/repair, but cannot get this to work. Can Anyone help?
PS: Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I could not find a section more suited for this.
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 11:50:49]
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 11:52:03]
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 11:54:12]
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 12:29:26]
After a lengthy serach on google, and NTCompatible, I was unable to find a fix that worked for me. First things first, here's a screen shot of what is going on:
Please note: I am NOT having the "blank Calendar" problem. See the screen shot!
That being said, here is a list of things i HAVE tried, none of which have fixed my problem (NOTE: I AM logged in as an administrator (of course).)
1.) Restore Registry keys accordingn to Microsoft Knowledge Base articles dealing with "Blank" Calendars. NOTE: I am NOT having a Blank Calendar problem. System Resotre doesn't even GET as far as showing me a calendar
2.) Tried regsvr32 for jscript.dll, vbscript.dll, and mshtml by running the following batch file:
<Some .BAT File>
@Echo Off
regsvr32 jscript
regsvr32 vbscript
regsvr32 /i mshtml
</Some .BAT File>
On All 3 of them, I got a message that says registered succesfully. I RESTARTED, but still not fixed!!!!
3.) Tried Restarting into Safe Mode and trying System Restore
4.) Tried Last Known Good Configuration, and trying System Restore
5.) Tried to manually check registry keys suggested by Microsoft that have to do with System Restore / Help / Search not working. After a painful set of browsing the registry, all the keys are in place with the right values!
6.) NET START (it shows the System Restore Service As Running)
7.) Disable / Enable / Restart System Restore Service (through Services under Administrative Tools)
8.) Disable System Restore on All Drives. Restart. Enable System Restore on Drives
9.) Ran System File Checker as such:
Start -> Run ->
sfc /scannow
It ran through, checked everything, and then it did not ask me to repair anything (so I assume everything is OK)
10.) SP2: Service Pack 2 comes pre-packaged with my Win XP CD, so I did not install it manually. I have seen various mentions of people trying to un-install SP2 to see if it helps. I am not at all convinced SP2 has anything to do with it, but I just thought I'd mention it.
11.) chkdsk /F C:\
C:\ is where Windows resides (my System partition). This of course asks to restart to gain exclusive access to the drive. I restarted, ran CHKDSK, everything is in order
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The only thing i have NOT tried is to do a full-fledged repair. I am reluctant to do this because:
a.) It takes too long. The only thing that does NOT work on my machine is system restore
b.) Since ONLY System Restore is not working, I do NOT wish to re-install updates. Its far too much trouble to do that just for something as small as system restore
Just to be Clear:
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional w / SP2
ALL the latest critical updates from Microsoft
This has me baffled. I seem to have tried everything short of of a format/repair, but cannot get this to work. Can Anyone help?
PS: Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I could not find a section more suited for this.
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 11:50:49]
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 11:52:03]
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 11:54:12]
[Edited by shassouneh on 2005-12-30 12:29:26]
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1) regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll
2) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/kb896688_fix.zip
3) When you have tried to open system restore, check your event viewer (eventvwr.msc) for errors/warnings generated by "sr", "srservice" or any other source.
Originally posted by akkhir:
Quote:Are you using any Norton products? We use Norton anti-virus 9.xx. Could there be a connection?
Thanks again!
The ONLY norton product i "approve" of using is Norton Ghost 2003. I have learned the hard way to shy away from everything Norton (except Ghost 2003 and Partition Magic 8.05 [which happens to be not really a Norton/Symantec product to beign with] )
I will let you know IF I ever get this issue resolved.
Quote:Are you using any Norton products? We use Norton anti-virus 9.xx. Could there be a connection?
Thanks again!
The ONLY norton product i "approve" of using is Norton Ghost 2003. I have learned the hard way to shy away from everything Norton (except Ghost 2003 and Partition Magic 8.05 [which happens to be not really a Norton/Symantec product to beign with] )
I will let you know IF I ever get this issue resolved.
Originally posted by Wilhelmus:
Quote:1) regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll
2) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/kb896688_fix.zip
3) When you have tried to open system restore, check your event viewer (eventvwr.msc) for errors/warnings generated by "sr", "srservice" or any other source.
I have already tried this. To be thorough, I tried your steps 1, 2, and 3 in order.
1.) Registered OK
2.) Ran the .exe it told me all my registry keys where fine.
3.)
a.) Ran System Restore (Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore)
b.) Checked Event Logs. NO Events WHATSOEVER relating to System Restore or sr at all today!
Result: System Restore STILL shows a blank Window
Issue status: UNRESOLVED
Quote:1) regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll
2) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/kb896688_fix.zip
3) When you have tried to open system restore, check your event viewer (eventvwr.msc) for errors/warnings generated by "sr", "srservice" or any other source.
I have already tried this. To be thorough, I tried your steps 1, 2, and 3 in order.
1.) Registered OK
2.) Ran the .exe it told me all my registry keys where fine.
3.)
a.) Ran System Restore (Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore)
b.) Checked Event Logs. NO Events WHATSOEVER relating to System Restore or sr at all today!
Result: System Restore STILL shows a blank Window
Issue status: UNRESOLVED
I had the same problem, blank window on system restore. I tried loads of things to fix it but nothing worked.
This one worked for me:
download the Windows Script 5.6 from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
I then run this utility IEFIX
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
It worked for me!
This one worked for me:
download the Windows Script 5.6 from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
I then run this utility IEFIX
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
It worked for me!
Originally posted by crl:
Quote:I had the same problem, blank window on system restore. I tried loads of things to fix it but nothing worked.This one worked for me:
download the Windows Script 5.6 from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
I then run this utility IEFIX
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
It worked for me!
Thanx for the input.
I had already tried Installing Windows Scripting Host 5.6, and re-installing IE (which the IEFIX program does). Result: Blank Window.
For the sake of thoroughness, I decided to take you up on your advice and INstall WSH 5.6 anyways, followed by running the IEFix.exe and followed by a restart.
Result: System Restore STILL shows a blank Window.
Status / Result: Issue UNRESOLVED. System Resotre still shows a blank window!
Quote:I had the same problem, blank window on system restore. I tried loads of things to fix it but nothing worked.This one worked for me:
download the Windows Script 5.6 from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
I then run this utility IEFIX
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
It worked for me!
Thanx for the input.
I had already tried Installing Windows Scripting Host 5.6, and re-installing IE (which the IEFIX program does). Result: Blank Window.
For the sake of thoroughness, I decided to take you up on your advice and INstall WSH 5.6 anyways, followed by running the IEFix.exe and followed by a restart.
Result: System Restore STILL shows a blank Window.
Status / Result: Issue UNRESOLVED. System Resotre still shows a blank window!
You have three choices.
1) Do a repair install of XP, fix the problem.
2) Copy all the files that are required by "restore" using the recovery console, after booting from the CD, and fix the problem.
3) Continue going on about this problem ad-nausium until XP is obsolete and Vista has taken over, then we'll all just tell you to upgrade your version of Windoze.
I suggest option two first, the recovery console is quite simple to use and will probably fix the problem. If you choose not to do this, use option one, this will definitely fix the problem.
You say you don't want to do a repair install of XP because it takes too long. Not to be rude, but if you took the time you've spent in here, plus all the time you've spent trying various fixes, some of them multiple times, you could have reinstalled XP 3 or 4 times already. This freaking topic is 3 pages long, and there will obviously be no simple resolution to the problem!
Unless you fully intend to live with this problem, which means this thread is a moot point, I suggest you choose option one or two, otherwise, when you are 104 years old, you'll be rolling yourself up to your computer in your wheelchair, in all your toothless glory, still hoping that page 23,845 of this topic, FINALLY has the fix.
I can tell you this, by that time, I won't be scratching my bald head looking for an answer for you, you already have the answers, both of them start with "R", obviously, there is no other fix.
1) Do a repair install of XP, fix the problem.
2) Copy all the files that are required by "restore" using the recovery console, after booting from the CD, and fix the problem.
3) Continue going on about this problem ad-nausium until XP is obsolete and Vista has taken over, then we'll all just tell you to upgrade your version of Windoze.
I suggest option two first, the recovery console is quite simple to use and will probably fix the problem. If you choose not to do this, use option one, this will definitely fix the problem.
You say you don't want to do a repair install of XP because it takes too long. Not to be rude, but if you took the time you've spent in here, plus all the time you've spent trying various fixes, some of them multiple times, you could have reinstalled XP 3 or 4 times already. This freaking topic is 3 pages long, and there will obviously be no simple resolution to the problem!
Unless you fully intend to live with this problem, which means this thread is a moot point, I suggest you choose option one or two, otherwise, when you are 104 years old, you'll be rolling yourself up to your computer in your wheelchair, in all your toothless glory, still hoping that page 23,845 of this topic, FINALLY has the fix.
I can tell you this, by that time, I won't be scratching my bald head looking for an answer for you, you already have the answers, both of them start with "R", obviously, there is no other fix.
Originally posted by Relic:
Quote:You have three choices.
1) Do a repair install of XP, fix the problem.
2) Copy all the files that are required by "restore" using the recovery console, after booting from the CD, and fix the problem.
3) Continue going on about this problem ad-nausium until XP is obsolete and Vista has taken over, then we'll all just tell you to upgrade your version of Windoze.
I suggest option two first, the recovery console is quite simple to use and will probably fix the problem. If you choose not to do this, use option one, this will definitely fix the problem.
You say you don't want to do a repair install of XP because it takes too long. Not to be rude, but if you took the time you've spent in here, plus all the time you've spent trying various fixes, some of them multiple times, you could have reinstalled XP 3 or 4 times already. This freaking topic is 3 pages long, and there will obviously be no simple resolution to the problem!
Unless you fully intend to live with this problem, which means this thread is a moot point, I suggest you choose option one or two, otherwise, when you are 104 years old, you'll be rolling yourself up to your computer in your wheelchair, in all your toothless glory, still hoping that page 23,845 of this topic, FINALLY has the fix.
I can tell you this, by that time, I won't be scratching my bald head looking for an answer for you, you already have the answers, both of them start with "R", obviously, there is no other fix.
Dear Relic,
Once again thanks for your feedback.
Allow me first to clarify one important fact. Option 2 is NOT AN OPTION. If you had read through this entire thread, you would know that yes indeed i DID try a repair, which left me with a useless system! The repair would HANG half way in the "setup / repair" process. I was actually forced to restore from a Norton ghost Image and bite the bullet. I repeat: I DID TRY TO DO A REPAIR but that left me with nothing and a hung setup. And yes I did try to "Revive" the setup 2 or 3 times to no avail!
Option 3 is also not really an option from the stand-point of "fixing" the issue rather than waiting for a new OS and paying to buy it altogether.
That being said, I am open to using the recovery console, but once I boot into it I do not know what to do! HELP?
Thanx again for the input. Please review this reply.
Quote:You have three choices.
1) Do a repair install of XP, fix the problem.
2) Copy all the files that are required by "restore" using the recovery console, after booting from the CD, and fix the problem.
3) Continue going on about this problem ad-nausium until XP is obsolete and Vista has taken over, then we'll all just tell you to upgrade your version of Windoze.
I suggest option two first, the recovery console is quite simple to use and will probably fix the problem. If you choose not to do this, use option one, this will definitely fix the problem.
You say you don't want to do a repair install of XP because it takes too long. Not to be rude, but if you took the time you've spent in here, plus all the time you've spent trying various fixes, some of them multiple times, you could have reinstalled XP 3 or 4 times already. This freaking topic is 3 pages long, and there will obviously be no simple resolution to the problem!
Unless you fully intend to live with this problem, which means this thread is a moot point, I suggest you choose option one or two, otherwise, when you are 104 years old, you'll be rolling yourself up to your computer in your wheelchair, in all your toothless glory, still hoping that page 23,845 of this topic, FINALLY has the fix.
I can tell you this, by that time, I won't be scratching my bald head looking for an answer for you, you already have the answers, both of them start with "R", obviously, there is no other fix.
Dear Relic,
Once again thanks for your feedback.
Allow me first to clarify one important fact. Option 2 is NOT AN OPTION. If you had read through this entire thread, you would know that yes indeed i DID try a repair, which left me with a useless system! The repair would HANG half way in the "setup / repair" process. I was actually forced to restore from a Norton ghost Image and bite the bullet. I repeat: I DID TRY TO DO A REPAIR but that left me with nothing and a hung setup. And yes I did try to "Revive" the setup 2 or 3 times to no avail!
Option 3 is also not really an option from the stand-point of "fixing" the issue rather than waiting for a new OS and paying to buy it altogether.
That being said, I am open to using the recovery console, but once I boot into it I do not know what to do! HELP?
Thanx again for the input. Please review this reply.
The recovery console is easy, all you need to do is copy files to the correct directory. I have a kid to wake up right now so he gets to work on time, but I shall return.
I'll search my system for all the files relating to system restore(mine works fine), and tell you which ones to copy. Usually the files can be found/copied from the i386 folder on the CD. The recovery console expands them as it copies them, so there's no worry there.
I recently had to bite the bullet and use the recovery console, after all I had heard about it, I was somewhat unsure of my ability to use it. Heh, it's a piece of cake. I deleted my "ntldr" file from my root directory in a cleaning frenzy, oopsie, error at bootup, missing ntldr file. Hmmmm, "NTLDR", does that mean NT-loader? Yeah, not good.
Copied the ntldr from my wife's system to a floppy. Booted from my XP CD, went to the recovery console. Typed in "copy a:\ntldr c:\". Rebooted. Fixed.
I'll be back after I drive the kid to work. If you can't extract the files from your CD, I'll put mine up on my webspace, you can dwnld them, save them to a floppy or CD, and copy from there.
YOUR problem is really starting to pizz ME off, heh heh heh.
I'll search my system for all the files relating to system restore(mine works fine), and tell you which ones to copy. Usually the files can be found/copied from the i386 folder on the CD. The recovery console expands them as it copies them, so there's no worry there.
I recently had to bite the bullet and use the recovery console, after all I had heard about it, I was somewhat unsure of my ability to use it. Heh, it's a piece of cake. I deleted my "ntldr" file from my root directory in a cleaning frenzy, oopsie, error at bootup, missing ntldr file. Hmmmm, "NTLDR", does that mean NT-loader? Yeah, not good.
Copied the ntldr from my wife's system to a floppy. Booted from my XP CD, went to the recovery console. Typed in "copy a:\ntldr c:\". Rebooted. Fixed.
I'll be back after I drive the kid to work. If you can't extract the files from your CD, I'll put mine up on my webspace, you can dwnld them, save them to a floppy or CD, and copy from there.
YOUR problem is really starting to pizz ME off, heh heh heh.
Originally posted by Relic:
Quote:The recovery console is easy, all you need to do is copy files to the correct directory. I have a kid to wake up right now so he gets to work on time, but I shall return.
I'll search my system for all the files relating to system restore(mine works fine), and tell you which ones to copy. Usually the files can be found/copied from the i386 folder on the CD. The recovery console expands them as it copies them, so there's no worry there.
I recently had to bite the bullet and use the recovery console, after all I had heard about it, I was somewhat unsure of my ability to use it. Heh, it's a piece of cake. I deleted my "ntldr" file from my root directory in a cleaning frenzy, oopsie, error at bootup, missing ntldr file. Hmmmm, "NTLDR", does that mean NT-loader? Yeah, not good.
Copied the ntldr from my wife's system to a floppy. Booted from my XP CD, went to the recovery console. Typed in "copy a:\ntldr c:\". Rebooted. Fixed.
I'll be back after I drive the kid to work. If you can't extract the files from your CD, I'll put mine up on my webspace, you can dwnld them, save them to a floppy or CD, and copy from there.
YOUR problem is really starting to pizz ME off, heh heh heh.
LOL. Drive Safe now
Yes I have the XP CD on hand btw.
Quote:The recovery console is easy, all you need to do is copy files to the correct directory. I have a kid to wake up right now so he gets to work on time, but I shall return.
I'll search my system for all the files relating to system restore(mine works fine), and tell you which ones to copy. Usually the files can be found/copied from the i386 folder on the CD. The recovery console expands them as it copies them, so there's no worry there.
I recently had to bite the bullet and use the recovery console, after all I had heard about it, I was somewhat unsure of my ability to use it. Heh, it's a piece of cake. I deleted my "ntldr" file from my root directory in a cleaning frenzy, oopsie, error at bootup, missing ntldr file. Hmmmm, "NTLDR", does that mean NT-loader? Yeah, not good.
Copied the ntldr from my wife's system to a floppy. Booted from my XP CD, went to the recovery console. Typed in "copy a:\ntldr c:\". Rebooted. Fixed.
I'll be back after I drive the kid to work. If you can't extract the files from your CD, I'll put mine up on my webspace, you can dwnld them, save them to a floppy or CD, and copy from there.
YOUR problem is really starting to pizz ME off, heh heh heh.
LOL. Drive Safe now
Yes I have the XP CD on hand btw.
Okay, got the kid dropped off at work, came home, had to take tyhe wife to her interview. Waited for her(she got the job )then came home. Started messing with Total Air War one more time, still can't get rid of the artifacts, decided I come pull out my hair over someone else's problems cause my own is frustrating the hell out of me, so here I am.
So, in my "Restore" folder I have the following files:
filelist.xml
MachineGuid.txt
rstrlog.dat
rstrui.exe
srdiag.exe
srframe.mmf
Are all of those in your folder?
So, in my "Restore" folder I have the following files:
filelist.xml
MachineGuid.txt
rstrlog.dat
rstrui.exe
srdiag.exe
srframe.mmf
Are all of those in your folder?
Originally posted by Stealth83:
Quote:Originally posted by Relic:
Quote:If you don't have it, I can send it to you, it's only 13K.
All I can find is filelist.xm_
Dont think its the one--please send file
stealth83@nycap.rr.com
That is indeed the one but you will need to "expand" it. Either find a copy of expand.exe and do something like this
Start-> Run -> type "cmd" and click on OK, then enter the following command from you I386 folder
expand filelist.xm_ filelist.xml
Either that or try messing with the expander thats in msconfig.
Quote:Originally posted by Relic:
Quote:If you don't have it, I can send it to you, it's only 13K.
All I can find is filelist.xm_
Dont think its the one--please send file
stealth83@nycap.rr.com
That is indeed the one but you will need to "expand" it. Either find a copy of expand.exe and do something like this
Start-> Run -> type "cmd" and click on OK, then enter the following command from you I386 folder
expand filelist.xm_ filelist.xml
Either that or try messing with the expander thats in msconfig.
Originally posted by Relic:
Quote:Okay, got the kid dropped off at work, came home, had to take tyhe wife to her interview. Waited for her(she got the job )then came home. Started messing with Total Air War one more time, still can't get rid of the artifacts, decided I come pull out my hair over someone else's problems cause my own is frustrating the hell out of me, so here I am.
So, in my "Restore" folder I have the following files:
filelist.xml
MachineGuid.txt
rstrlog.dat
rstrui.exe
srdiag.exe
srframe.mmf
Are all of those in your folder?
Congrats on the Wife's Job.
Ok, here is what i have (It looks MachineGuid.txt is missing, but I might have deleted that at one point while toruble shooting this mess).
Quote:Okay, got the kid dropped off at work, came home, had to take tyhe wife to her interview. Waited for her(she got the job )then came home. Started messing with Total Air War one more time, still can't get rid of the artifacts, decided I come pull out my hair over someone else's problems cause my own is frustrating the hell out of me, so here I am.
So, in my "Restore" folder I have the following files:
filelist.xml
MachineGuid.txt
rstrlog.dat
rstrui.exe
srdiag.exe
srframe.mmf
Are all of those in your folder?
Congrats on the Wife's Job.
Ok, here is what i have (It looks MachineGuid.txt is missing, but I might have deleted that at one point while toruble shooting this mess).
