Hello Bert,
OK, I looked for "sr" or "srservices" in event viewer under Applications,
Security and System. The only place it showed up was one entry from 2/19/05
that was information only saying that it ran successfully.
So, I checked to see if SR was set up to run automatically under Services
and it is. So then I tried to reinstall using your instructions. I got a
"Files Needed" message back saying "The file "sr.sys" on Win XP Home Ed.
Serv. Pack 2 CD is needed". I did not get SP2 with a CD, I downloaded it.
The message also says to type the path where the file is located and the
location defaults to C:WINDOWS\INF\i386. That directory does not exist on
my computer. There was an sr.sys in C:\i386 but dated 8/2001, so I looked
for a newer one and found it in the C:WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\ folder dated
8/2004, and used that one. But then I got a "Copy Error" message that setup
cannot copy the file srclient.dll and to ensure the location below
(C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\i386) is correct or use the SP2 CD. So I
looked for the latest date for this file and found it in
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386, among other places and used that location.
Then it wanted srframe.mmf from my original XP CD, but I found it in C:\I386
and used that since it had the same date and size as on the CD. Then I was
prompted to restart the computer, so I did.
Then I started SR and it opened but without ANY Restore points other than
one it had just created. So, I two questions:
1) Does that mean I lost all my restore points I was trying to access in the
first place? I wanted to access these to start over with a process to take
care of my passwords in Internet Explorer 6.
2) Why would there have been a problem with SR starting in the first place?
Could it have been related to dealing with protected storage as I mentioned
earlier? That is the only thing out of the ordinary that I was doing before
losing SR.
Thanks,
Bob
Hi Bob,
View the event logs to investigate System Restore service errors. To
do this, follow these steps:
Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click the Source tab to sort by name, and then look for "sr" or
"srservice." Double-click each of these services. Post the Source and
EventID of any of these errors.
Reinstall System Restore.
The following file is located in a hidden folder. To view hidden files
follow these steps:
Open Control Panel - Folder Options - View tab, select "Show hidden
files and folders" and un-check "Hide extensions for known file
types", click OK.
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the windows\inf folder. Find
the sr.inf file, right click on it and select Install. Test SR.