i need some serious help please....

[Guest]

i went to control panel and went to performance and
maintenance, and then went to visual effects, and then on
to the advanced tab, i changed the memory usage from
programs which is the default to system cache, it said to
restart the computer which i did, and then everything
went crazy from there...windows said that almost all the
data were lost and could not be saved...everytime i
restart the computer something gets lost...i tried
changing the setting back to programs but when i restart
and go back it does not change.

please i will appreciate any help i can get... i just
bought the computer a week ago.

 

[Ron Martell]

i went to control panel and went to performance and
maintenance, and then went to visual effects, and then on
to the advanced tab, i changed the memory usage from
programs which is the default to system cache, it said to
restart the computer which i did, and then everything
went crazy from there...windows said that almost all the
data were lost and could not be saved...everytime i
restart the computer something gets lost...i tried
changing the setting back to programs but when i restart
and go back it does not change.

please i will appreciate any help i can get... i just
bought the computer a week ago.

Turn on the computer and start tapping the F8 key rapidly just as soon
as the first information of any kind appears on the screen. Keep
tapping until the Windows XP Startup Menu appears and choose Safe Mode
from the menu.

When the computer is running in Safe Mode use Start - All Programs -
Accessories - System Restore.
Choose the "restore my computer to an earlier time" option and then
choose the most recent restore point that is prior to the time when
you made your changes in Control Panel.

If that does not remedy the situation then your next option is to
reinstall Windows XP. If you have a full install CD then you can do a
Repair Install as per the instructions at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm However if your
Windows XP is on a System Recovery Disk or a System Recovery partition
on the hard drive then your options are more limited and a total
wipeout and restore to "as it left the factory" condition is probably
your only alternative.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[W????n S.]

Ron,
What was the issue in this situation?
Why was data said to be lost? etc. etc.?

Just very curious.