Help with error accessing the SystemRestore Tab (srrstr.dll related problem)

[Dallas Overturf]

Transferred XP home from 40GB Seagate to 120GB Western Digital drive.
All appears to work except that I cannot access the Restore Tab in Control Panel -> System. Also cannot create restore points.
I've run the WD copy program twice now and same exact results both times.

I have googled srrstr.dll and found suggestions on renaming it and another file and that they would come back; from cache immediately; tried this and they did; still no change. Below... is the error message I"m seeing.

Any suggestions anyone? I"m running XP Home Athlon 1800+ SP2 with all current updates, with 768 MB of memory. I have my original XP disk; would using this with the "Repair option be any help?
I do not want to reload from scratch if I can possibly avoid it. I should also not that I tried re-applying SP2 to the machine the first time
and that made no difference. My original 40GB drive that was the source disk does not have this problem.
There were no reported errors in copying using the Western Digital software.

Thanks for any help on this! Dallas...

Email: (e-mail address removed) Or (e-mail address removed)
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
This is the error msg:
Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

AppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: srrstr.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000099b2



--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says. This is usually a one time deal.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Wesley Vogel]

First, turn off the HTML. You have an 8KB message posted.

Since you have XP Home, look here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

278. Restore/Enable System Restore - Undo
Click on Restore/Enable System Restore
sysrestoreenable.reg is the file that you want.

See also...
<quote>
Try these steps:

Go to Start> Run and type: MSCONFIG and hit enter.
Under the General tab, check "Normal Startup - load all device drivers and
services", click "apply" and reboot.

Rstrui.exe is what loads your Restore points . Read this & see if you have
it set up correctly.

1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for known
file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type: " %windir%\inf " (Without quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file " sr.inf ". Right-click it and then click
Install.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

HTH
Venkatesh
<end quote>
from...
http://www.miclasificado.com.ar/cgi/News/i81/System_restore_tab_missing.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Transferred XP home from 40GB Seagate to 120GB Western Digital drive.
All appears to work except that I cannot access the Restore Tab in
Control Panel -> System. Also cannot create restore points.
I've run the WD copy program twice now and same exact results both times.

I have googled srrstr.dll and found suggestions on renaming it and
another file and that they would come back; from cache immediately; tried
this and they did; still no change. Below... is the error message I"m
seeing.

Any suggestions anyone? I"m running XP Home Athlon 1800+ SP2 with all
current updates, with 768 MB of memory. I have my original XP disk; would
using this with the "Repair option be any help?
I do not want to reload from scratch if I can possibly avoid it. I
should also not that I tried re-applying SP2 to the machine the first
time
and that made no difference. My original 40GB drive that was the source
disk does not have this problem.
There were no reported errors in copying using the Western Digital
software.

Thanks for any
help on this! Dallas...

Email: (e-mail address removed) Or (e-mail address removed)
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
This is the error msg:
Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
sorry for the inconvenience.

AppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: srrstr.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000099b2



--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------

 

[Dallas Overturf]

Hello Wesley and thank you for the response! Results as follows:
Sorry about the html in first message My news was set to plain Text but I've
now also unchecked the html "stationery"? hopefully that does it... Though
I've left the original history in here. I selected ALL and told format to
be plain text; not sure if it will be by looking at it.
Results: MSCONFIG: Was already set to Normal Startup went in and
hit apply to be certain. No change on reboot.

Install sr.inf : tried but system comes back and says: "The
File sr.sys on Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD is needed. This
installation was from MS XP CD (version 2002 I think that was sp1) and has
had SP2 applied;
I tried putting in the original Windows CD that came with it to see if It
would by luck, grab it from there; it did not (though perhaps I need to
point it
somewhere specific??).
In case it matters, the default path it asked for was
C:\Windows\inf\i386
and I just tried to point it there on the Win CD; specfic path was M:\i386
there is no inf dir on win CD.
where M: is my CDROM drive.

Also tried the reg change from kellys-korner, still no change. Any more
thoughts on this?

Thank you much! Dallas...



--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

First, turn off the HTML. You have an 8KB message posted.

Since you have XP Home, look here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

278. Restore/Enable System Restore - Undo
Click on Restore/Enable System Restore
sysrestoreenable.reg is the file that you want.

See also...
<quote>
Try these steps:

Go to Start> Run and type: MSCONFIG and hit enter.
Under the General tab, check "Normal Startup - load all device drivers and
services", click "apply" and reboot.

Rstrui.exe is what loads your Restore points . Read this & see if you have
it set up correctly.

1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for
known
file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type: " %windir%\inf " (Without
quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file " sr.inf ". Right-click it and then click
Install.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

HTH
Venkatesh
<end quote>
from...
http://www.miclasificado.com.ar/cgi/News/i81/System_restore_tab_missing.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Transferred XP home from 40GB Seagate to 120GB Western Digital drive.
All appears to work except that I cannot access the Restore Tab in
Control Panel -> System. Also cannot create restore points.
I've run the WD copy program twice now and same exact results both times.

I have googled srrstr.dll and found suggestions on renaming it and
another file and that they would come back; from cache immediately; tried
this and they did; still no change. Below... is the error message I"m
seeing.

Any suggestions anyone? I"m running XP Home Athlon 1800+ SP2 with all
current updates, with 768 MB of memory. I have my original XP disk; would
using this with the "Repair option be any help?
I do not want to reload from scratch if I can possibly avoid it. I
should also not that I tried re-applying SP2 to the machine the first
time
and that made no difference. My original 40GB drive that was the source
disk does not have this problem.
There were no reported errors in copying using the Western Digital
software.

Thanks for any
help on this! Dallas...

Email: (e-mail address removed) Or (e-mail address removed)
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
This is the error msg:
Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
sorry for the inconvenience.

AppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: srrstr.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000099b2



--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Dallas Overturf]

Fixed!! Thanks Wes: I think I may have misread your mail; on kelleys-korner
I clicked
on System Restore Restore on #278 no change then I noticed the 2nd link you
provided
and followed these instructions there which I'll Quote here now: >>>Start
quote
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore.
If a "DisableSR" value doesn't exist, go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORD
value, and create the value.
Set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore.
<<<<End quote.

The SR was there but was in fact set to 0. Setting it to 1 appears to allow
me access properly now
to the System Restore tab.

Thank you very much! I deleted the history from the end of
this follow up so it would be short.

Best regards,
Dallas...


--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

First, turn off the HTML. You have an 8KB message posted.

Since you have XP Home, look here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

278. Restore/Enable System Restore - Undo
Click on Restore/Enable System Restore
sysrestoreenable.reg is the file that you want.

See also...
<quote>
Try these steps:

Go to Start> Run and type: MSCONFIG and hit enter.
Under the General tab, check "Normal Startup - load all device drivers and
services", click "apply" and reboot.

Rstrui.exe is what loads your Restore points . Read this & see if you have
it set up correctly.

1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for
known
file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type: " %windir%\inf " (Without
quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file " sr.inf ". Right-click it and then click
Install.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

HTH
Venkatesh
<end quote>
from...
http://www.miclasificado.com.ar/cgi/News/i81/System_restore_tab_missing.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Transferred XP home from 40GB Seagate to 120GB Western Digital drive.
All appears to work except that I cannot access the Restore Tab in
Control Panel -> System. Also cannot create restore points.
I've run the WD copy program twice now and same exact results both times.

I have googled srrstr.dll and found suggestions on renaming it and
another file and that they would come back; from cache immediately; tried
this and they did; still no change. Below... is the error message I"m
seeing.

Any suggestions anyone? I"m running XP Home Athlon 1800+ SP2 with all
current updates, with 768 MB of memory. I have my original XP disk; would
using this with the "Repair option be any help?
I do not want to reload from scratch if I can possibly avoid it. I
should also not that I tried re-applying SP2 to the machine the first
time
and that made no difference. My original 40GB drive that was the source
disk does not have this problem.
There were no reported errors in copying using the Western Digital
software.

Thanks for any
help on this! Dallas...

Email: (e-mail address removed) Or (e-mail address removed)
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
This is the error msg:
Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
sorry for the inconvenience.

AppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: srrstr.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000099b2



--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Dallas Overturf]

Apparently not fixed: See Thread titled: "System Restore Tab still has
access problem (multi-disk problem?) srrstr.dll error"
For more info. This was getting rather long.


Regards, Dallas...

--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fixed!! Thanks Wes: I think I may have misread your mail; on
kelleys-korner I clicked
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore.
If a "DisableSR" value doesn't exist, go to the Edit menu, select New,
DWORD value, and create the value.
Set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System
Restore. <<<<End quote.

The SR was there but was in fact set to 0. Setting it to 1 appears to
allow me access properly now
to the System Restore tab.

Thank you very much! I deleted the history from the end of
this follow up so it would be short.

Best regards,
Dallas...


--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it says.
This is usually a one time deal.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

First, turn off the HTML. You have an 8KB message posted.

Since you have XP Home, look here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

278. Restore/Enable System Restore - Undo
Click on Restore/Enable System Restore
sysrestoreenable.reg is the file that you want.

See also...
<quote>
Try these steps:

Go to Start> Run and type: MSCONFIG and hit enter.
Under the General tab, check "Normal Startup - load all device drivers
and
services", click "apply" and reboot.

Rstrui.exe is what loads your Restore points . Read this & see if you
have
it set up correctly.

1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for
known
file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type: " %windir%\inf " (Without
quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file " sr.inf ". Right-click it and then click
Install.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

HTH
Venkatesh
<end quote>
from...
http://www.miclasificado.com.ar/cgi/News/i81/System_restore_tab_missing.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Transferred XP home from 40GB Seagate to 120GB Western Digital drive.
All appears to work except that I cannot access the Restore Tab in
Control Panel -> System. Also cannot create restore points.
I've run the WD copy program twice now and same exact results both
times.

I have googled srrstr.dll and found suggestions on renaming it and
another file and that they would come back; from cache immediately;
tried
this and they did; still no change. Below... is the error message I"m
seeing.

Any suggestions anyone? I"m running XP Home Athlon 1800+ SP2 with all
current updates, with 768 MB of memory. I have my original XP disk;
would
using this with the "Repair option be any help?
I do not want to reload from scratch if I can possibly avoid it. I
should also not that I tried re-applying SP2 to the machine the first
time
and that made no difference. My original 40GB drive that was the source
disk does not have this problem.
There were no reported errors in copying using the Western Digital
software.

Thanks for any
help on this! Dallas...

Email: (e-mail address removed) Or (e-mail address removed)
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
This is the error msg:
Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We
are
sorry for the inconvenience.

AppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: srrstr.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000099b2



--
Home Page: www.geocities.com/d_overturf
Replies regarding News Group messages to me may get a challenge verifier
back. (CHAP).
The Sender may be >
Subject: [Challenge Response] Confirm your email by visiting this URL
https://smtp.stowetel.com/challenge/... SomeURL.
If so you need to Click on the link in the challenge and do what it
says.
This is usually a one time deal.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------